Congratulations to Yunick13 (FABO) for being for winning the 38th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with a very nice total of 144.0 points.
His Funny Car pick won the class. His Top Fuel pick lost in final round of eliminations. His Pro Stock pick lost in the semi-finals, and his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick was upset and lost in the second round of eliminations. His point total was also helped with ET bonus points in Funny Car and both ET and Speed bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 116.5 points.
Here's where the ET and Speed bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Doug Kalitta, 3.658 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Doug Kalitta, 336.99 during the Final Round of eliminations
Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.852 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Matt Hagtan, 336.15 during Round 1 of eliminations
Pro Stock
E.T. - Erica Enders, 6.494 during qualifying
Speed - Erica Enders, 212.19 during qualifying
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.672 during qualifying
Speed - Gaige Herrera, 203.00 during qualifying
Here are the game point standings after the 1st event of the 2023 Countdown:
2111.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change in the game point standings
2094.0 - Yunick13 (FABO) +2
2076.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
2066.0 - ocdart (FABO) -2
2041.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +1
2031.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +1
2021.5 - Duster79 (FABO) +1
2019.5 - Outlawd (FBBO) +1
2010.0 - Back in Time (FABO) -4
2000.0 - memike (FABO) +1
1970.5 - stroked340 (FABO) +1
1956.5 - alsant (FBBO) -2
1944.0 - 64BEL (FBBO no change
1939.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) no change
1905.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
The 18th race of the 2023 season, and the 2nd round of the "Countdown", is the betway NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Concord, NC, next weekend, September 22-24. This is your Tuesday before the event reminder.
The first of three Pro qualifying sessions will start at 6:00PM EDT (3:00PM PDT) on Friday, September 22. Get your picks posted!
The nhra.com website currently shows the following professional class entry counts: 14 Top Fuel
15 Funny Car
20 Pro Stock
18 Pro Stock Motorcycle
