Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for winning the Texas NHRA FallNationals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with an outstanding total of 198.0 points.
His Top Fuel, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks won their respective classes, and his Funny Car pick lost in the second round of eliminations. His point total was also helped with ET bonus points in Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and Speed bonus points in both Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'stroked340' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 180.0 points.
Here's where the ET and Speed bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Steve Torrence, 3.636 during qualifying
Speed - Justin Ashley, 338.40 during qualifying
Funny Car
E.T. - Bob Tasca III, 3.822 during qualifying
Speed - Bob Tasca III, 338.57 during qualifying
Pro Stock
E.T. - Erica Enders, 6.467 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Jerry Tucker, 213.09 during qualifying
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.627, a new National Record, during qualifying
Speed - Gaige Herrera, 204.16 during qualifying
Here are the tightened-up game point standings after the 4th event of the 2023 Countdown:
2479.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change in the game point standings
2474.0 - Yunick13 (FABO) +1
2451.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) -1
2442.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change
2416.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
2408.5 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change
2408.0 - memike (FABO) no change
2392.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +3
2368.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +3
2357.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -2
2354.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) -1
2347.0 - Duster79 (FABO) -3
2250.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
2218.0 - 64BEL (FBBO no change
2203.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
The 21st race of the 2023 season, and the 5th race of the "Countdown", is the NHRA Nevada Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV, scheduled for October 26-29. nhra.com currently shows the following competitor entries:
17 Top Fuel
17 Funny Car
20 Pro Stock (includes a familiar name from seasons past making his first runs of the 2023 season)
15 Pro Stock Motorcycle
