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

Congratulations to '64BEL' (FBBO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 39th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals with an outstanding total of 171.5 points. He picked the class winners in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle, his Pro Stock pick lost in the final round of eliminations, and his Funny Car picks lost in the semi-final round of eliminations. He was also helped with ET bonus points in Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) and 'stroked340' (FABO) shared the runner-up spot with 156.0 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, 3.667 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 338.19 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Austin Prock, 3.813 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Hagan, 335.20 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.524 during qualifying
Speed - Troy Coughlin Jr., 211.09 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.749 during qualifying
Speed - Angie Smith, 202.54 during Round 1 of eliminations

Here are the game point standings after the 18th event of the 2024 season:
2549.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) +1 change in the points standings
2529.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) +4
2520.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change
2515.5 - Yunick13 (FABO) -3
2495.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +2
2491.0 - cuda20 (FABO) -1
2483.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) +1
2476.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +1
2434.5 - GTXDAN (FBBO) +3
2425.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) -6
2419.5 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
2408.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -2
2405.5 - memike (FABO) no change
2369.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
2336.0 - SSG_Karg (FABO) no change
2326.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change

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

Now we get some time off from racing to study our picks before the 5th race of the 6-race "countdown". The 25th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV, is scheduled for October 31-November 3.
nhra.com currently shows the following class entry numbers:

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

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