2024 14th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - It's NITRO Burnin' Time Again!!!

Congratulations to 'alsant' (FBBO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 2024 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Concord, NC, with an outstanding total of 136.5 points. His Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks won all three rounds of eliminations. His Pro Stock pick also made it to the final round of eliminationswas a class winner. He was also helped with both ET and Speed bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'64BEL' (FBBO) grabbed the runner-up spot with another outstanding total of 135.0 points. His Top Fuel, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks won all three rounds of eliminations. His Funny Car pick lost in the first round of eliminations. He was helped with ET bonus Pro Stock and ET and Speed bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
The top FABO player was 'stroked340' with 130.0 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Doug Kalitta, 3.691 during qualifying
Speed - Doug Kalitta, 337.92 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - John Force, 3.820 during qualifying
Speed - Bob Tasca III, 338.34 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.500 during qualifying
Speed - Erica Enders, 211.56 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.671 during qualifying
Speed - Gaige Herrera, 203.34 during Round 1 of eliminations



Here are the game point standings after the 5th event of the 2024 season:
524.0 - Duster79 (FABO) +3 change in the point standings
521.5 - memike (FABO) -1
511.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) -1
507.0 - alsant (FBBO) +4
493.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +1
472.5 - Yunick13 (FABO) +1
471.5 - ocdart (FABO) -2
469.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) -5
468.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +3
452.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +3
448.0 - Back in Time (FABO) -2
448.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +3
434.5 - GTXDAN (FBBO) -3
409.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) -3
391.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -1
314.5 - SSG_Karg (FABO) no change

Now we get three weeks off to reset our minds after the four-wide foolishness (JMO) and get ready to finish the 2024 season with traditional two-lane competition.
The next race event on the 2024 season will be the Gerber Collision and Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by Peak Performance at Route 66 Raceway in Elwood, IL, scheduled for May 17-19. nhra.com currently shows the following entries but these counts may change:

* 20 Top Fuel
* 18 Funny Car
* 16 Pro Stock
* 15 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Please check to verify your picks are participating before posting your picks.


GOOD LUCK!