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

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Congratulations to both 'cuda20' (FABO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) for sharing the Top Qualifier title for the 2019 NHRA Sonoma Nationals with a very nice totals of 29.0 bonus points each. 'cuda20' (FABO) picked the #1 qualifier in Funny Car, the #2 qualifier in Top Fuel, #4 qualifier in Pro Stock and the #5 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle; 'ocdart' (FABO) picked the #1 qualifiers in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, the #3 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle and the #5 qualifier in Pro Stock. Way to go!
'alsant' (FBBO) and 'Back in Time' (FABO) shared the runner-up qualifying spot with 27.0 bonus points each.
More great picks!

We have 17 players this week and 16 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2.
* 6 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #6 qualifier Matt Hagan (3 picks) and #11 qualifier J.R. Todd (2 picks). There is also a possibility of 1 Round 2 head-to-head matchup.
* 6 different Pro Stock drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of 2 Round 2 head-to-head matchups.
* 5 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of 1 Round 2 head-to-head matchup.
 
Sonoma TV coverage is a 3-parter today...I hope this is either just an experiment or something out of necessity dictated by the networks and not something NHRA is planning for the future.

Saturday qualifying on at 2:30-3:30pm EDT (11:30am-12:30pm PDT) on FS1
Sunday Finals Top Fuel and Funny Car eliminations on at 5:00-7:00pm EDT (2:00-4:00pm PDT) on FOX
Sunday Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle eliminations on at 10:00-11:00pm EDT (7:00-8:00pm PDT) on FS1

"Pick 'Em" game results for Sonoma will probably be posted Monday.
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ocdart said:
Sonoma TV coverage is a 3-parter today...I hope this is either just an experiment or something out of necessity dictated by the networks and not something NHRA is planning for the future.

Saturday qualifying on at 2:30-3:30pm EDT (11:30am-12:30pm PDT) on FS1
Sunday Finals Top Fuel and Funny Car eliminations on at 5:00-7:00pm EDT (2:00-4:00pm PDT) on FOX
Sunday Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle eliminations on at 10:00-11:00pm EDT (7:00-8:00pm PDT) on FS1

"Pick 'Em" game results for Sonoma will probably be posted Monday.
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Thanks...My DVR didn't pick up on the Pro Stock show which is my Favorite cars.
 
Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 15th NHRA event of the 2019 season, the 32nd annual Sonoma Nationals.

Congratulations to 'johnnycuda' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the NHRA Sonoma Nationals with an outstanding total of 176.5 points. He was helped with both Speed and ET bonus points in Funny Car. His Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks all won their class and his Top Fuel pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations.
'alsant' (FBBO) and 'Back in Time' (FABO shared the event runner-up spot with 157.0 points each.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Clay Millican, 3.698 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 335.15 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.858 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Hight, 334.65 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Alex Laughlin, 6.520 during qualifying
Speed - Erica Enders-Stevens, 211.46 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.779 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 200.83 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 15th event of the 2019 season:

1687.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in standings
1616.5 - alsant (FBBO) no change
1597.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1540.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
1455.5 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
1320.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change
1282.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
1170.5 - Garry in AZ (FABO) +1
1136.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) -1
1110.5 - memike (FABO) no change
1106.5 - johnnycuda *FABO) +4
1100.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) -1
1046.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1
1024.0 - stroked340 (FABO) -1
992.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -1
953.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
646.5 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change


The 16th race of the 2019 season, the 32nd annual Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Northwest Nationals, is August 2nd-4th at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Washington, and is the final event of the Western Swing and the last of three consecutive weekends of racing.
Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock only are competing at this event.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, August 2nd in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:00PM EDT (1:00PM PDT).
The Northwest Nationals entry list is not yet posted on NHRA.com. 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 is your Tuesday-before-the-event reminder about the 16th race of the 2019 season, the 32nd annual Magic Dry Absorbent NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Washington.
Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock are competing amidst the oxygen-rich air at this event.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Nitro Qualifying starts on Friday, August 2nd in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:00PM EDT (1:00PM PDT).
The Northwest Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 15 Top Fuel, 16 Funny Car and 19 Pro Stock 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!
 
TF Steve Torrence
FC Robert Hight
ps Greg Anderson
psm Andrew Hines
lock in please
 
Northwest Nationals picks:

Top Fuel - Clay Millican
Funny Car - Tommy Johnson Jr.
Pro Stock - Alex Laughlin
 
NHRA Northwest Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 80F, 51% relative humidity, 29.74", 2,345' adj. altitude, 102F track temp
TF: Leah Pritchett, 3.725; Austin Prock @ 327.90
FC: John Force, 3.891 @ 328.86
PS: Jeg Coughin Jr., 6.541; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 210.97

Q2
Weather: 80F, 51% relative humidity, 29.74", 2,345' adj. altitude, 102F track temp
TF: Mike Salinas, 3.694; Steve Torrence @ 328.46
FC: Bob Tasca III, 3.871; Robert Hight @ 331.28
PS: Jeg Coughin Jr., 6.539; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 210.97

Q3
Weather: 80F, 44% relative humidity, 29.75", 2,183' adj. altitude, 122F track temp
TF: Mike Salinas, 3.694; Steve Torrence @ 328.46
FC: Bob "Boomer" Tasca III, 3.871; Robert Hight @ 331.28
PS: Jeg Coughin Jr., 6.539; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 210.97

Q4
Weather: 82F, 41% relative humidity, 29.68", 2,410 adj. altitude, 120F track temp
TF: Mike Salinas, 3.694; Steve Torrence @ 328.46
FC: Bob "Boomer" Tasca III, 3.871; Robert Hight @ 331.28
PS: Jeg Coughin Jr., 6.539; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 210.97

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Did you catch the video of Beau Layne's Top Fuel Harley crash in Q1? Not hurt after crossing over from the left lane through the right lane and crashing into the wall, then rolling quite a ways down the track. His bike kept going and punched through the first catch net, through the sand trap and finally stopped by the last catch net. Wild ride!
 
ocdart said:
Did you catch the video of Beau Layne's Top Fuel Harley crash in Q1? Not hurt after crossing over from the left lane through the right lane and crashing into the wall, then rolling quite a ways down the track. His bike kept going and punched through the first catch net, through the sand trap and finally stopped by the last catch net. Wild ride!
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Those guys are certified nuts!
 
So once again FS1 shows some baseball recorded piece instead of Drag Racing. Good thing it's just qualifying and not the Finals which might be recorded at times. In the grand scheme of things it's not a big deal. Just feel like Drag Racing seems to be the red headed step child no matter who broadcasts them. Rant over :) :)
 
Congratulations to 'Moms Duster' (FABO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the 2019 NHRA Northwest Nationals with a very nice total of 21.0 bonus points. 'Moms Duster' (FABO) picked the #2 qualifier in Funny Car, the #3 qualifier in Pro Stock and the #4 qualifier in Top Fuel. Way to go!
'Nick2317' (FBBO) and 'super-bee_ski' (FABO) shared the runner-up qualifying spot with 19.5 bonus points each.
More great picks!

We have 17 players this week and 15 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of two head-to-head matchup in Round 2.
* 7 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of three Round 2 head-to-head matchups.
* 6 different Pro Stock drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of 2 Round 2 head-to-head matchups.
* 5 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of one Round 2 head-to-head matchup.
 
Back in Time said:
So once again FS1 shows some baseball recorded piece instead of Drag Racing. Good thing it's just qualifying and not the Finals which might be recorded at times. In the grand scheme of things it's not a big deal. Just feel like Drag Racing seems to be the red headed step child no matter who broadcasts them. Rant over :) :)
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Yeah I was disappointed too
 
It's late here on the left coast, but it's still Tuesday for half the country.
Here is your Tuesday-before-the-event reminder about the 17th race of the 2019 season, the 38th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minnesota.
Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock are competing at this event.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Nitro Qualifying starts on Friday, August 16th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:30PM EDT (12:30PM PDT).
The Lucas Oil Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 19 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car and 20 Pro Stock 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!
 
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Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 16th NHRA event of the 2019 season, the 32nd annual Magic Dry Absorbant NHRA Northwest Nationals.

Congratulations to 'Nick2317' (FBBO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the NHRA Northwest Nationals with a nice total of 99.5 points. His Top Fuel and Pro Stock picks both lost in the final round of elimination and his Funny Car Pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations.
'ohnnycuda' (FABO) grabbed the event runner-up spot with 93.5 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Mike Salinas, 3.694 during qualifying
Speed - Shawn Reed329.50 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Bob Tasca III, 3.871 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Hight, 331.28 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.539 during qualifying
Speed - Erica Enders-Stevens, 210.97 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 16th event of the 2019 season:
1750.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in standings
1679.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
1655.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1628.4 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
1532.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
1382.0 -Nick2317 (FBBO) +1
1368.5 - ocdart (FABO) -1
1226.5 - Garry in AZ (FABO) no change
1201.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
1200.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
1188.0 - memike (FABO) -1
1156.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) no change
1084.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +1
1067.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1
1045.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
1030.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
686.5 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change


The 17th race of the 2019 season, the 38th annual NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals, is August 15th-18th at Brainerd International Raceways in Brainerd, Minnesota, and is the final event before the U.S. Nationals.
Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock only are competing at this event.


As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, August 2nd in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:00PM EDT (1:00PM PDT).
The Northwest Nationals entry list is not yet posted on NHRA.com. 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!
 
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