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

Congratulations to former Pro Stock and Super Gas driver Mark ("Cowboy") Pawuk for winning the first Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown championship in his Dodge Drag Pak Challenger!

Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 14th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals with an outstanding total of 152.5 points. He picked the class winner in Pro Stock Motorcycle, his Top Fuel pick lost in the final round of eliminations, and his Funny Car and Pro Stock picks both lost in the semi-final round of eliminations. He was also helped with ET bonus points in both Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and Speed bonus points Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'Yunick13' (FABO) and 'memike' shared the runner-up spot with 152.0 points each.
Way to go!

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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.702 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Clay Millican, 330.96 while losing during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Austin Prock, 3.814 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Ron Capps, 333.33 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Erica Enders, 6.552 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Matt Hartford, 208.49 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.796 during qualifying
Speed - Gaige Herrera, 198.88 during Round 2 of eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 17th event of the 2024 season and the halfway point of the 6-race 2024 Countdown:
2397.5 - Yunick13 (FABO) +1 change in the points standings
2393.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) +2
2381.0 - ocdart (FABO) +2
2359.5 - Outlawd (FBBO) -3
2359.5 - cuda20 (FABO) -2
2358.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +2
2339.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
2337.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) -2
2322.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
2314.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +2
2304.5 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
2295.5 - GTXDAN (FBBO) -2
2287.5 - memike (FABO) no change
2230.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
2226.0 - SSG_Karg (FABO) +1
2200.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -1

Again, lots of position movement this week and the points remain extremely close. This is still anybody's game with three races to go.

Now we get a week off from racing to study our picks before the 4th race of the 6-race "countdown". The 39th annual NHRA Texas FallNationals at Texas Motorplex in Ennis, TX, is scheduled for October 9-13.
nhra.com currently shows the following class entry numbers:

17 - Top Fuel (including one driver racing in a national event for the first time)
19 - Funny Car
20 - Pro Stock
14 - Pro Stock Motocycle

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