Congratulations to 'MomsDuster' (FABO) for winning the NHRA Midwest Nationals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with an outstanding total of 166.0 points.
His Top Fuel and Funny Car picks won their class, his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the final round of eliminations and his Pro Stock pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations. His point total was also helped with ET bonus points in Pro Stock and Speed bonus points in Top Fuel.
'TT5.9mag' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot for the second race in a row, this time with 138.0 points.
Here's where the ET and Speed bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Doug Kalitta, 3.709 during qualifying
Speed - Clay Millican, 334.07 during qualifying
Funny Car
E.T. - Bob Tasca III, 3.852 during qualifying
Speed - Bob Tasca III, 331.85 during qualifying
Pro Stock
E.T. - Erica Enders, 6.514 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Fernando Cuadra Jr., 210.93 during Round 1 of eliminations
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.701 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Matt Smith, 203.40 during Round 3 of eliminations
Here are the game point standings after the 3rd event of the 2023 Countdown:
2363.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change in the game point standings
2310.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
2303.5 - Yunick13 (FABO) no change
2283.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change
2267.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
2239.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) +1
2237.5 - memike (FABO) +1
2237.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -2
2227.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
2196.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) +2
2194.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
2188.0 - stroked340 (FABO) -2
2127.5 - alsant (FBBO) +1
2111.5 - 64BEL (FBBO -1
2104.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
The 20th race of the 2023 season, and the 4th race of the "Countdown", is the Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, TX, scheduled for October 12-15. nhra.com currently shows the following car numbers:
20 Top Fuel
18 Funny Car
19 Pro Stock
14 Pro Stock Motorcycle
