2023 13th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - It's NITRO Burnin' Time!!!

OK, here we go. Two national event results in a single weekend!
Congratulations to '64BEL' (FBBO) for winning the Thunder Valley Nationals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with an outstanding total of 140.0 points. Both his Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks won their respective classes. His Funny Car pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations and his Pro Stock pick lost in the second round of eliminations. He was also helped with ET bonus points in Funny Car.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) got the runner-up spot with 116.5 points.
Game leader 'TT5.9 mag' was the top FABO finisher with 104.5 points


Here's where the ET and Speed bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:

Top Fuel
E.T. - Leah Pruett, 3.745 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 334.48 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.938 during qualifying
Speed - Bob Tasca III, 329.26 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Erica Enders, 6.627 during qualifying
Speed - Aaron Stanfield, 206.80 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.805 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Hector Arana Jr., 199.02 during qualifying




Here are the game point standings after the 8th event of the 2023 season:

712.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change in standings
640.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
601.5 - ocdart (FABO) +1
597.5 - Yunick13 (FABO) -1
560.5 - Duster79 (FABO) +1
552.5 - Outlawd (FBBO) -1
549.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) +3
596.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -1
525.0 - cuda20 (FABO) -1
523.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
498.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +2
452.5 - memike (FABO) -1
439.5 - alsant (FBBO) -1
434.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) no change
396.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change

The 9th race of the 2023 season, the 16th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, are scheduled for June 22-25 at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, OH.

GOOD LUCK!