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

Maybe the Brainerd race should have been named the "Holeshot and Redlight Nationals"!
After all of the improbable early elimination round results - eight of the top 10 drivers in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock and seven of the top 10 Funny Car drivers had been eliminated after Round 2 - 'ocdart' (FABO) was the top finisher with 117.5 points. He picked the class winners in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock. His Funny Car pick lost in the second round of eliminations. He was also helped by both ED and Speed bonus points in Funny Car.
'memike' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 95.0 points.
The top FBBO player was '64BEL' with 84.5 points.

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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Steve Torrence and Tony Stewart, 3.688 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 336.07 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Austin Prock, 3.872 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Austin Prock, 334.75 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Jerry Tucker and Erica Enders, 6.612 during qualifying
Speed - Greg Anderson, 208.30 while losing during Round 1 of eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 13th event of the 2024 season:

1394.5 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change in the points standings
1383.0 - ocdart (FABO) +5
1380.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) -1
1371.5 - Yunick13 (FABO) -1
1357.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) -1
1354.5 - stroked340 (FABO -1
1332.5 - GTXDAN (FBBO) -1
1329.5 - Duster79 (FABO) +1
1320.0 - cuda20 (FABO) -1
1316.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
1282.0 - Back in Time (FABO) +1
1271.0 - alsant (FBBO) -1
1265.5 - memike (FABO) +1
1240.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
1182.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
1154.5 - SSG_Karg (FABO) no change

I don't remember when the points have been this close going to the U.S. Nationals!

Now we get a weekend off to study our picks before the final event of the regular season.
The next race event on the 2024 season will be the 70th annual Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in Indianapolis, IN, scheduled for August 28-September 2.
Unbelievable, one short field at Indy! nhra.com currently shows the following class entry numbers:

21 - Top Fuel
19 - Funny Car
21 - Pro Stock
14 - Pro Stock Motocycle

As always, please check to verify your picks are participating before posting your picks. There will also be some new names participating for the first time this season.

GOOD LUCK!