2019 9th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Are You Ready For Some NITRO?!!

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Oops! A day late in posting your Tuesday before the event reminder.
The Arizona Nationals start Friday, February 22nd. Current forecast calling for high temp of 51F on Friday with rain continuing from Thursday night diminishing to 50% chance of rain at 4:00PM MST and then mostly sunny after that. 54F on Saturday with 40% chance of some rain, and 58F on Sunday with no forecast of rain for either day. Looks like this may be a 2-run Saturday qualifying event.
The current entry list shows:
16 Top Fuel - Jordan Vandergriff will be making his Top Fuel debut
17 Funny Car - Blake Alexander will be making his Funny Car debut affiliated with Tim Wilkerson
18 Pro Stock

The surprise in Top Fuel is that there is still no entry out of DSR for Tony Schumacher at the Arizona Nationals.

Get your picks posted!

 
Arizona Nationals picks:

Top Fuel - Steve Torrance
Funny Car - Jack Beckman
Pro Stock - Jason Line
 
Probably not much testing got in today. Rained pretty much all day. I think the text I got from the brat in law said "IT'S POURING!!!" :lol:
 
35th annual Arizona Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 55F, 44% relative humidity, barometer 28.63, adjusted altitude 2,415', track temp 83F

TF: Brittany Force, 4.976 @ 185.28 (Only 6 TF made attempts. Jim Maroney was 2nd with a 8.697 @ 53.86)
FC: Matt Hagen, 3.942 @ 321.50 (Only 13 FC made attempts. John Force was 2nd with a 5.447 @ 140.33)
PS: No PS attempts during Q1 - NHRA pulled the plug on any further qualifying/racing on Friday


Q2
Weather: 55F, 40% relative humidity, barometer 29.04, adjusted altitude 1,133', track temp 99F

TF: Terry McMillen, 3.695 @ 330.96
FC: Robert Hight, 3.882; Matt Hagan @ 327.82
PS: Bo Butner, 6.522; Jason Line @212.03



Q3
Weather: 59F, 33% relative humidity, barometer 28.99, adjusted altitude 1,432', track temp 83F

TF: Billy Torrence, 3.667; Terry McMillen @ 330.96
FC: Robert Hight, 3.867 @ 329.91
PS: Bo Butner, 6.522; Jason Line @212.16

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Congratulations to alsant (FBBO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the 34th annual Arizona Nationals with a very nice total of 22.0 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifier in Funny Car and the #3 qualifier in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock. Way to go!
'Nick2317' (FBBO) grabbed the #2 qualifier spot with 21.5 bonus points.
New player 'Garry in AZ' is the highest FABO qualifier with 18.0 bonus points in the #3 spot.
More great picks!
Good luck all in eliminations tomorrow!

We have 17 players this week and 17 different driver combos made up of:
* 6 different Top Fuel drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #3 qualifier Antron Brown (4 picks) and #14 qualifier Steve Torrence (9 picks). There could be one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if they both survive the opening round.
* 7 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #8 qualifier John Force (1 pick) and the #9 qualifier Ron Capps (3 picks). There could also be two head-to-head matchups in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 5 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #7 qualifier Jeg Coughlin Jr. (1 pick) and #10 qualifier Greg Anderson (3 picks). There could be one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations.

Two players did not make new picks this week nor did they 'lock' their picks last week. By game rules their picks from the Winternationals were carried over to the Arizona Nationals. This gives them the opportunity to pick up Round win points, but they are not eligible for event bonus points for any event their previous picks are carried over to. Each of them received 0 qualifying bonus points and they will not be eligible for either ET or Speed bonus points.
Please either 'lock' your picks or make sure you make new picks for each event.

Good luck all!

 
NHRA is doing something different with the TV coverage of the 2019 Arizona Nationals, the Sunday coverage is "nitro only" and the Pro Stock coverage will be broadcast Tuesday evening.
I won't be posting any results until Wednesday at the earliest so y'all can watch the TV coverage without already knowing the results.
 
I was there Saturday during Qualifying and 1st round of Sportsman classes. The pleasant surprise were the number of people who stayed in the stands to watch the Super classes and stock and super stock.Normally the stands empty after the Pro's run. My friend went 3 rounds Saturday and Sunday before breaking out by .001. Fun day over all. I know it's a Chevy but proud of this kid..Known him since he was a little kid. # 2 in Division 7 Super Gas last year.

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Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 2nd NHRA event of the 2019 season.
Still unusually cold weather for the Arizona Nationals.

Congratulations to 'Nick2317' (FBBO) for being "Top Picker Eliminator" for the Arizona Winternationals, the second event of 2019, with a nice point total of 96.5 points with a class win in Funny Car. His Top Fuel pick lost in the semi-finals and his Pro Stock pick lost in the second round of eliminations. He was helped by Speed bonus points in Pro Stock.
'71dartswinger' (FABO) was the event runner-up with 96.0 points. Both his Funny Car and Pro Stock picks went to the final round of eliminations before losing, and his Top Fuel pick lost in the semi-finals.

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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Billy Torrence, 3.667 during qualifying
Speed - Jordan Vandergriff, 333.41 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.867 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Hight, 329.91 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Bo Butner, 6.522 during qualifying
Speed - Jason Line, 212.16 during qualifying

Here are the game point standings after the 2nd event of the 2019 season:

219.0 - alsant (FBBO)
182.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO)
175.5 - Garry in AZ (FABO)
174.0 - cuda20 (FABO)
163.0 - Back in Time (FABO)
159.0 - Duster79 (FABO)
149.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO)
137.5 - SSG Karg (FABO)
134.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO)
109.5 - 64BEL (FBBO)
93.0 - Budnicks (FBBO)
92.0 - MomsDuster (FABO)
73.5 - stroked340 (FABO)
72.5 - ocdart (ABO)
64.5 - memike (FABO)
51.0 - Nitro Will (FABO)
49.0 - johnnycuda (FABO)


The 3rd race of the 2019 season, the 50th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, is March 14-17, at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, FL.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, March 15 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 1:15PM EST (10:15 PM PST).
The Gatornationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 16 Top Fuel, 15 Funny Car, 14 Pro Stock and 12 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries but that is always subject to change. Keep checking the NHRA.com website for an updated entry list to make sure your picks are competing at this event.
This is the first 2019 event for Pro Stock Motorcycle so make sure you make a pick for this class if you haven't already done so. You don't want to miss out on available points.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
 
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TF Doug kalitta
FC Jhn force
PS Jason line
Psm Krawic
"lock in please"
so i dont lose anymore Bonus points
 
TF Doug kalitta
FC Jhn force
PS Jason line
Psm Krawic
"lock in please"
 
Here's your Tuesday before the event reminder for the 50th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.
Professional classes at the Gators start Friday, March 15th. Current forecast calling for high temp of 84F on Friday with a 60% chance of rain starting about noon and continuing to 5:00PM. Saturday forecast is a high temp of 71F and cloudy, and Sunday forecast shows a high temp of 73F and partly sunny.
The current entry list shows:
18 Top Fuel - still no sign of a Tony Schumacher entry
16 Funny Car
17 Pro Stock
23 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Make sure you post a Pro Stock Motorcycle pick for this event.

Get your picks posted!
 
T.F..Steve Torrence
F.C..Capps
P.S..Anderson
P.S.M..Kraweic:thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Gators picks:

Top Fuel - Doug Kalitta
Funny Car - Robert Hight
Pro Stock - Bo Butner
Pro Stock Motorcycle - Eddie Krawiec
 
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