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

Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) and 'stroked340' (FABO) for sharing the the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 70th anniversary Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals Top Qualifier title with outstanding totals of 229.5 points each. They both picked the class winners in Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle. Their Top Fuel pick lost in the final round of eliminations and their Pro Stock pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations. They were also helped with ET bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'TT5.9mag' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 227.5 points.
Way to go!

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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.693 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 334.32 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Jack Beckman, 3.842 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Bob Tasca III, 336.23 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Erica Enders, 6.529 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Erica Enders, 210.37 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.755 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Jianna Everisto, 200.41 during Round 1 of eliminations

Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) for being the NHRA "Pick 'Em" game point leader at the close of the regular season!

Here are the game point standings after the 14th event of the 2024 season:

1609.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) +2 change in the points standings
1584.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO) +3
1584.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +3
1545.5 - cuda20 (FABO) +5
1521.5 - Outlawd (FBBO) -4
1516.5 - Yunick13 (FABO) -2
1515.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +3
1512.5 - ocdart (FABO) -6
1511.5 - GTXDAN (FBBO) -2
1482.5 - Duster79 (FABO) -2
1461.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1449.0 - memike (FABO) +1
1439.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
1424.0 - alsant (FBBO) -2
1325.0 - SSG_Karg (FABO) +1
1307.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -1

Lots of position movement because of the points-and-a-half for elimination round wins at the U.S. Nationals.

Now we get a weekend off to study our picks before the first event of the six-race "countdown".
The next race event on the 2024 season will be the 39th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Mohnton, PA, scheduled for September 12-15.
nhra.com currently shows the following class entry numbers:

18 - Top Fuel
16 - Funny Car
17 - Pro Stock (none of the Cuadra boys are currently entered)
14 - Pro Stock Motocycle

As always, please check to verify your picks are participating before posting your picks.

GOOD LUCK!

The points reset after the U.S. Nationals. I will post the reset point totals in the next day or two so be on the lookout.