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

Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) and 'stroked340' (FABO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 25th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals with outstanding totals of 165.5 points each. They each picked the class winners in Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle, Their Pro Stock pick lost in the final round of eliminations and their Top Fuel pick lost in the second round of eliminations. They were each helped with ET bonus points in Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'64BEL' (FBBO), 'memike' (FABO) and 'TT5.9mag' (FABO) all shared the runner-up spot with 164.0 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, 3.660 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 336.74 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Austin Prock, 3.817 during qualifying
Speed - Blake Alexander and Paul Lee, 333.49 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.591 while losing in the final round of eliminations
Speed - Aaron Stanfield, 207.15 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.798 during the final round of eliminations
Speed - Matt Smith, 198.85 during qualifying

Here are the game point standings after the 19th event of the 2024 season:
2715.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change in the points standings
2703.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
2660.5 - stroked340 (FABO) +2
2647.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) +3
2642.5 - Yunick13 (FABO) -1
2628.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
2626.5 - ocdart (FABO) -4
2601.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
2569.5 - memike (FABO) +4
2561.5 - GTXDAN (FBBO) -1
2552.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
2542.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) -2
2518.5 - Duster79 (FABO) -2
2456.0 - SSG_Karg (FABO) +1
2448.5 - alsant (FBBO) -1
2437.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change

Again, lots of position movement this week and the points are still close enough to make this anybody's game with only one race to go.

Now we get some time off from racing to study our picks before the final race of the 6-race "countdown". The In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip in Pomona, CA, is scheduled for November 14-17.
nhra.com currently shows the following class entry numbers:

18 - Top Fuel
18 - 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!