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

Congratulations to 'alsant' (FBBO) for winning the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with a very nice total of 128.5 points. His Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock picks all lost in the final round of eliminations; his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the second round of eliminations. He was also helped with Speed bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'Duster79' (FABO) got the runner-up spot with 114.0 points.
A funny thing this race: NOBODY picked a class winner in either Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock or Pro Stock Motorcycle.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Leah Pruett, 3.684 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 333.58 during Round 2 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Bob Tasca III, 3.884 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Capps, 331.28 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Matt Hartford, 6.593 during qualifying
Speed - Erica Enders, 208.36 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.777 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Eddie Krawiec, 200.98 during Round 1 of eliminations



Here are the game point standings after the 9th event of the 2023 season:

800.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change in standings
743.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
710.0 - Yunick13 (FABO) +1
6885 - ocdart (FABO) -1
674.5 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
651.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change
649.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
646.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
603.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
596.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
588.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
568.0 - alsant (FBBO) +1
565.0 - memike (FABO) -1
514.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) no change
480.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change

We get the next couple of weekends off before the 10th race of the 2023 season, the final Dodge Power Brokers Mile-High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway kicks off three consecutive weekends of racing known as the "Western Swing". The Mile-High Nationals are scheduled for July 14-16 in Morrison, CO.

As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts at 5:30pm EDT (2:30pm PDT) on Friday, July 14.
nhra.com currently shows the following entry counts:
16 Top Fuel
15 Funny Car
16 Pro Stock
14 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Those counts can always change so please keep checking to make sure your driver selections are competing in this event.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!