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

Congratulations to 'Outlawd' (FBBO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals in Kent, WA, with an outstanding total of 150.5 points.
'Outlawd' (FBBO) picked the class winner in Funny Car, his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the final round of eliminations, his Top Fuel pick lost in the semi-finals and his Pro Stock pick lost in Round 2 of eliminations. His point total was also helped with ET bonus points in Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock, and with Speed bonus points in Top Fuel.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 145.5 points.
The best FABO-player score was 'TT5.9mag' with 135.5 points

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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Doug Kalitta, 3.670 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Doug Kalitta, 337.41 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Austin Prock, 3.838 during both qualifying and Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Bob Tasca III, 338.51 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Erica Enders, 6.500 during qualifying
Speed - Chris McGaha, 211.13 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.709 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Jianna Everisto, 203.95 while losing during Round 2 of eliminations


The point differences just keep getting tighter.
Here are the game point standings after the 11th event of the 2024 season:

1238.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change in the points standings
1235.5 - Outlawd (FBBO) +1
1220.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO) +1
1215.5 - Yunick13 (FABO) -2
1213.5 - stroked340 (FABO no change
1186.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
1155.5 - GTXDAN (FBBO) +4
1152.5 - ocdart (FABO) +2
1139.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
1138.0 - Duster79 (FABO) -2
1129.5 - Back in Time FABO +1
1125.0 - alsant (FBBO) -5
1095.0 - memike (FABO) no change
1084.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
1043.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
1031.0 - SSG_Karg (FABO) no change

No time off!
The next race event on the 2024 season will be the DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals, the last of the abbreviated two-event 'West Coast Swing', at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, CA, scheduled for July 26-28.
Short fields again as nhra.com shows the following class entry numbers:

14 - Top Fuel
19 - Funny Car (includes a John Force entry who will not be there)
18 - Pro Stock
12 - Pro Stock Motorcycle
As always, please check to verify your picks are participating before posting your picks.


GOOD LUCK!