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

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TF Leah pritchett
FC jack beckman
PS jeg coughlin
Psm Matt smith
"lock in please"
 
50th annual Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 82F, 54% relative humidity, barometer 29.88, adjusted altitude 2,315', track temp 105F

TF: Steve Torrence, 3.800; Leah Pritchett @ 321.88
FC: Ron Capps, 4.017; John Force @313.66
PS: Bo Butner, 6.557; Jason Line @ 211.16
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.753 @ 200.95

...and Warren Johnson had the rest of the 8-car field covered in Unfinished Business with a 14.965 @ 97.26 during the 1st round of Eliminations. The next quickest was Shirley Muldowney with a 15.492, and the next fastest was Don Prudhomme @ 95.72. The old doorslammer got the best of all the rest.


Q2
Weather: 84F, 54% relative humidity, barometer 29.82, adjusted altitude 2,599', track temp 109F

TF: T.J. Zizzo, 3.762; Brittany Force @ 323.81
FC: Robert Hight, 3.928; Tommy Johnson Jr. @322.58
PS: Rodger Brogdon, 6.490; Greg Anderson @ 213.40
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.753 @ 201.76 (new National Speed Record)


Q3
Weather: 72F, 46% relative humidity, barometer 29.93, adjusted altitude 1,395', track temp 87F

TF: Brittany Force, 3.718; Antron Brown @ 330.23
FC: John Force, 3.897 @ 331.94
PS: Rodger Brogdon, 6.490; Greg Anderson @ 213.40
PSM: Eddie Krawiec, 6.747; Matt Smith @ 201.76 (new National Speed Record)​


Q4
Weather: 71F, 49% relative humidity, barometer 29.92, adjusted altitude 1,375', track temp 87F

TF: Brittany Force, 3.680; Antron Brown @ 330.23
FC: Tim Wilkerson, 3.875; John Force @ 331.94
PS: Rodger Brogdon, 6.490; Greg Anderson @ 213.40
PSM: Andrew Hines, 6.720; Matt Smith @ 201.76
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My error on my earlier post! Following is the correct Gatornationals qualifying result. I apologize for any confusion.

Congratulations to Budnicks (FBBO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the 50th annual Amalie Oil Gatornationals with a very nice total of 28.0 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifier in Funny Car, the #3 qualifier in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle and the #5 qualifier in Pro Stock. Way to go!
'stroked340' (FABO) grabbed the #2 qualifier spot with 27.0 bonus points.
More great picks!
Good luck all in eliminations tomorrow!

We have 17 players this week and 15 different driver combos made up of:
* 7 different Top Fuel drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #7 qualifier Clay Millican (1 pick) and #10 qualifier Austin Prock (1 pick). There could be three head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if they all survive the opening round.
* 9 different Funny Car drivers with two Round 1 head-to-head matchups. One between #6 qualifier Jack Beckman (1 pick) and the #11 qualifier J.R. Todd (2 picks); and the other between #8 qualifier Cruz Pedregon (1 pick) and #9 qualifier Bob Tasca III (1 pick). There could also be three head-to-head matchups in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 5 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week. No Round 1 head-to-head matchups, but there could be one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations.
* 5 different Pro Stock Motorcycles drivers picked this week. No Round 1 head-to-head matchups, but there could be one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations.

Good luck all!
 
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Yes, you did...and so did five other players.
I mistakenly originally posted incorrect results.
Sorry for any confusion. Post #54 has now been corrected.
 
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Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 3rd NHRA event of the 2019 season, the 50th annual Gatornationals.

Congratulations to both 'alsant' (FBBO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 50th annual Amalie Oil Gatornationals. They both had an outstanding total of 164.5 points. Their picks were class winners in both Funny Car and Pro Stock, their Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the final round of eliminations and their Top Fuel pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations. They were both helped with both ET and Speed bonus points in Funny Car.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) was the event runner-up with 163.0 points. Both his Funny Car and Pro Stock picks were class winners, and both his Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks lost in the second round of eliminations. He was helped with ET bonus points in Both Top Fuel and Funny Car, Speed bonus points in both Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick also grabbed National Record bonus points.

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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.680 during qualifying and and Steve Torrence, 3.680 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Antron Brown, 330.23 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.868 during qualifying
Speed - John Force, 331.94 during qualifying, and Robert Hight, 331.94 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Rodger Brogdon, 6.490 during qualifying
Speed - Greg Anderson, 213.40 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Andrew Hines, 6.720 (new National Record) during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 201.76 (new National Record) during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 3rd event of the 2019 season:

383.5 - alsant (FBBO) no change in standings
295.5- cuda20 (FABO) +2
284.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +2
256.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +7
254.0 - Garry in AZ (FABO) -2
238.5 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
237.0 - ocdart (FABO) +7
222.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO)
200.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) +1
185.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -1
179.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) -4
173.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) -4
171.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) -1
170.0 - stroked340 (FABO) -1
152.0 - memike (FABO) no change
131.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
118.5 - Nitro Will (FABO) -1



The 4th race of the 2019 season, the silliness that is the 10th annual Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, is April 5-7, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, April 5 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:30PM EDT (12:30 PM PDT).
The Four-Wide Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 10 Top Fuel, 13 Funny Car, 13 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.
I will post a reminder about the special scoring that is used for all Four-Wide events the Tuesday before the event.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
 
Posting this a little earlier than I said I would. The 4-Wides are scored differently. We're using the same scoring this year as previously used and, again, this scoring is only for the 4-Wide events, both Las Vegas and Carolina.

Points change for 4-Wide events ONLY!!!

Same rules as the past several years:

These events only have 3 rounds of eliminations. Event scoring will be similar to the NHRA points scoring.

Qualifying position bonus points are the same as always

Each pro elimination round is run with 4 cars per race rather than 2, and 2 cars advance from each of the first 2 rounds of eliminations.

First round: Four races of four cars each. The 1st car of each race to cross the finish line will get 10 points, the 2nd car will get 5 points. Eight cars advance to the second round of eliminations.

Second round: Two races of four cars each. Same scoring as the first round. Four cars advance to the final round of eliminations.

Final round: One race of four cars. 1st Place finisher will get 10 points, 2nd Place will get 5 points, 3rd Place will get 3 points, 4th Place will get 1 point.

Same scoring for quickest e.t. and fastest speed for the event and for any national record set at this event.

Again, this scoring will be for the 4-Wide events only.
 
Here's your Tuesday before the event reminder for the DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.
Professional classes at the Four-Wides start Friday, April 5th. Current forecast calling for high temp of 75F on Friday. Saturday forecast is a high temp of 74F, and Sunday forecast shows a high temp of 80F.
The current entry list shows:
15 Top Fuel - still no sign of a Tony Schumacher entry
17 Funny Car
16 Pro Stock
19 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Interesting thing I noticed on the nhra.com entry list for Top Fuel is that Leah Pritchett's entry is listed as "DSR Top Fuel Team" rather than a sponsor name.

Get your picks posted!
 
Picks for # 2 Dog and Pony Show in Vegas.
Top Fuel : Brittany Force
Funny Car : Robert Hight
Pro Stock : Bo Butner
PSM : Eddie Kraweick.
 
T.F...Steve Torrence
F.C...Hagan
P.S...Jason Line
P.S.M..Krawiec..:thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Las Vegas 4-Wides picks:

Top Fuel - Doug Kalitta
Funny Car - Jack Beckman
Pro Stock - Alex Laughlin
Pro Stock Motorcycle - Eddie Krawiec
 

10th annual Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 70F, 33% relative humidity, barometer 27.75, adjusted altitude 3,697', track temp 101F

TF: Brittany Force, 3.733; Mike Salinas @ 327.35
FC: J.R. Todd, 3.919; Robert Hight @323.97
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Rodger Brogdon, 6.665; Erika Enders-Stevens @ 206.54
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.929 @ 195.48


Q2
Weather: 76F, 28% relative humidity, barometer 27.66, adjusted altitude 4,187', track temp 107F

TF: Mike Salinas, 3.705 @ 328.46
FC: Tim Wilkerson, 3.895; Matt Hagan @327.03
PS: Bo Butner, 6.648 @ 206.67
PSM: Hector Arana Jr., 6.884; Matt Smith @ 196.50


Q3
Weather: 73F, 32% relative humidity, barometer 27.84, adjusted altitude 3,822', track temp 111F

TF: Mike Salinas, 3.705 @ 328.46
FC: Tim Wilkerson, 3.895; Matt Hagan @327.03
PS: Bo Butner, 6.648; Jeg Coughlin Jr. @ 206.87
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.879 @ 196.76


Q4
Weather: 78F, 25% relative humidity, barometer 27.82, adjusted altitude 4,082', track temp 117F

TF: Mike Salinas, 3.705 @ 328.46
FC: Tim Wilkerson, 3.895; Matt Hagan @327.03
PS: Bo Butner, 6.648; Greg Anderson @ 206.92
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.879 @ 196.76

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Congratulations to 64BEL (FBBO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the 10th annual Denso Spark Plugs 4-Wide Nationals with a very nice total of 28.5 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifier in Funny Car, the #2 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle, the #3 qualifier in Pro Stock and the #5 qualifier in Top Fuel. Way to go!
'Budnicks' (FBBO) and 'super-bee_Ski' share the #2 qualifier spot with 27.5 bonus points.
'Back in Time' is the top FABO qualifier with 26.0 bonus points
More great picks!
Good luck all in eliminations tomorrow!

We have 17 players this week and 16 different driver combos made up of:
* 7 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups, but a possibility of three head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if they all survive the opening round.
* 7 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #6 qualifier John Force (1 pick) and the #11 qualifier Jack Beckman (2 picks). There could also be two head-to-head matchups in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 6 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #7 qualifier Erica Enders-Stevens (4 picks) and #10 qualifier Jason Line (5 picks). There could be two head-to-head matchups in the 2nd round of eliminations.
* 4 different Pro Stock Motorcycles drivers picked this week with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #1 qualifier Matt Smith (5 picks) and #16 qualifier Angelle Sampey (2 picks). No possible head-to-head matchups in the 2nd round of eliminations.

Good luck all!
 
Do I still have my locked in picks ocdart ?
 
memike said:
Do I still have my locked in picks ocdart ?
Click to expand...

Your current 'locked' picks are:
TF - Doug Kalitta
FC - John Force
PS - Jason Line
PSM - Eddie Krawiec

Let me know if you want to change any of them for the future.
 
Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 4th NHRA event of the 2019 season, the 10th annual Denso Spark Plugs 4-Wide NHRA Nationals.

Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 10th annual Denso Spark Plug Nationals with a very nice total of 111.0 points. He was helped with ET bonus points in Pro Stock.
'64BEL' (FBBO) was the event runner-up with 103.5 points. He was helped with ET bonus points in Funny Car and Speed bonus points in Pro Stock.

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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Mike Salinas, 3.705 during qualifying
Speed - Mike Salinas, 330.39 while winning the final quad of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Tim Wilkerson, 3.891 while winning in his first quad of eliminations
Speed - John Force, 329.67 while winning in his first quad of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Bo Butner, 6.639 while winning in his first quad of eliminations
Speed - Greg Anderson, 207.88 while coming in as runner-up in his second quad of eliminations

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith , 6.879 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 197.39 while winning in his first quad of eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 4th event of the 2019 season:

459.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change in standings
395.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +1
382.5 - cuda20 (FABO) -1
358.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
319.0 - Duster79 (FABO) +1
318.5 - ocdart (FABO) +1
304.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +1
304.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +1
282.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) +2
277.5 - Garry in AZ (FABO) -5
266.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) +2
262.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -2
257.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) -1
257.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
244.0 - memike (FABO) no change
199.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
166.5 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change



The 5th race of the 2019 season, the 32nd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals, is April 12-14 at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, TX.
Neither Pro Stock nor Pro Stock Motorcycle is competing at this event.
Before the 2019 NHRA season started I posted a thread asking for your suggestions of what class you wanted to add so we would have at least three classes for our game - or if you only wanted to have two classes for certain events. I didn't receive any replies so...after making an executive decision, I decided to add Pro Mod for this event to shake things up a bit.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, April 12 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:00PM EDT (1:30 PM PDT).
The SpringNationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 17 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car and 27 Pro Mod 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.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
 
Here's your Tuesday before the event reminder for the Mopar Express Lane SpringNationals.
Professional classes at the SpringNationals start Friday, April 12th. Current forecast calling for high temp of 81F on Friday with a 10%-20% chance of some moisture during qualifying hours. Saturday forecast is a high temp of 81F with thunderstorms forecast during qualifying hours, and Sunday forecast shows a high temp of 70F with a 10% chance of moisture at the start of eliminations decreasing to 0% about 2:00PM. But if you've ever been close to the Gulf of Mexico you know that weather can change in a heartbeat.
As mentioned in Post #70, neither Pro Stock nor Pro Stock Motorcycle is competing at this event. I added Pro Mod as a third class so we will have three classes to pick from - and Pro Mod currently shows 27 entries so that should add a little bit of chaos to this weeks edition of the NHRA "Pick 'em" game.
The current entry list shows:
15 Top Fuel - still no sign of a Tony Schumacher entry
17 Funny Car
27 Pro Mod

Get your picks posted!
 
Please add Rickie Smith as my ProMod pick and lock it in.
Brrraaaaaaap!
My favorite class!
 
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