2020 10th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Are You Ready For Some NITRO?!!

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Was a great day. Cold but the rain held off.
 
Congratulations to 'stroked340' (FABO) for being "Top Picker Eliminator" for the Lucas Oil Winternationals, the opening event of the 2020 season, with a very nice point total of 109.0 points with a class win in Top Fuel. His Funny Car pick lost in the semi-finals and his Pro Stock picks went to the finals but lost there.
'Back in Time' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 108.0 points. Both his Top Fuel and Funny Car picks scored class wins but his Pro Stock pick lost in the opening round of eliminations. He was also helped by both ET and Speed bonus points in Funny Car.
New player 'R413' was the top FBBO scorer with 101.0 points


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.657 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 336.23 during Round 2 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Jack Beckman, 3.837 during the final round of eliminations
Speed - Jack Beckman, 333.33 during the final round of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.522 during the final round of eliminations
Speed - Erica Enders-Stevens, 211.23 during qualifying

Here are the game point standings after the 1st event of the 2020 season:

109.0 - stroked340 (FABO)
108.0 - Back in Time (FABO)
101.0 - R413 (FBBO)
98.0 - alsant (FBBO)
95.0 - ocdart (FABO)
87.0 - cuda20 (FABO)
87.0 - Garry in AZ (FABO)
87.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO)
82.0 - SSG Karg (FABO)
78.5 - johnnycuda (FABO)
67.0 - 64BEL (FBBO)
61.0 - Budnicks (FBBO)
60.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO)
59.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO)
49.0 - memike (FABO)
48.0 - Duster79 (FABO)
37.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO)


The 2nd race of the 2019 season, the 35th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals, is February 21-23, at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Chandler, AZ.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, February 21 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:45PM EST (12:45PM PST).
The Arizona Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 15 Top Fuel, 15 Funny Car and 16 Pro Stock entries. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist02.aspx for an updated entry list.
Pro Stock Motorcycle will not run until the 3rd race of the 2020 season at Gainesville, Fl.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

 
Here is your "Tuesday before the race" reminder to post your picks for the 2020 NHRA Arizona Nationals if you haven't done so already.
The NHRA website currently shows 17 Top Fuel, 16 Funny Car and 19 Pro Stock entries.
The current weather forecast calls for high temps of 77F on Friday, 69F on both Saturday and Sunday.
Post those picks!
 
Arizona Nats picks.
Top Fuel : Brittany Force
Funny Car : Hight
Pro/ Stock : Line
Was planning on being there to help My Friend with his Super/ Gas car but my health prevents it this year.
 
Arizona Nationals picks...
TF Brittany Force
FC John Force
PS Jason Line
 
35th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 79F, 29% relative humidity, barometer 28.84", adjusted altitude 3,025', track temp 99F
TF: Brittany Force, 3.707 @ 328.14
FC: Robert Hight, 3.867 @ 330.55
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.567; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 209.75

Q2
Weather: 79F, 33% relative humidity, barometer 28.78", adjusted altitude 3,126', track temp 89F
TF: Steve Torrance, 3.671; Brittany Force @ 331.12
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.859; John Force @ 331.94
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.536; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 209.82

Q3
Weather: 74F, 42% relative humidity, barometer 29.69", adjusted altitude 2,983', track temp 80F
TF: Brittany Force, 3.670; Billy Torrence @ 328.14
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.859; John Force @ 331.94
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.536; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 209.82

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Congratulations to '71dartswinger' (FABO) for winning the Top Qualifier title of the 2020 NHRA Arizona Nationals with an almost perfect total of 23.5 bonus points. He each picked the #1 qualifier in both Top Fuel and Funny Car and the #2 qualifier in Pro Stock. Way to go!
New player 'R413' is the top FBBO qualifier with 21.5 bonus points each. More great picks!
Good luck all in eliminations tomorrow!

We have 17 players this week with 16 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There could be two head-to-head matchups in the 2nd round of eliminations if they both survive the opening round.
* 6 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There could be two head-to-head matchups in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 5 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week. No Round 1 head-to-head matchups and a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations.

Good luck all!
 
Congratulations to 'cuda20' (FABO) for being "Top Picker Eliminator" for the Arizona Nationals, the 2nd event of the 2020 season, with a very nice point total of 112.0 points with class wins in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock. His Funny Car pick lost in the opening round of eliminations. He was also helped by both ET and Speed bonus points in Pro Stock.
'64BEL' (FBBO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 95.5 points. Both his Top Fuel and Funny Car picks went to the final round of eliminations before losing and his Pro Stock pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.643 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Brittany Force, 337.92 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Jeff Diehl, 3.825 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - John Force, 335.90 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Erica Enders, 6.526 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Erica Enders, 211.00 during Round 2 of eliminations

Here are the game point standings after the 2nd event of the 2020 season:

199.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +5 places in the point standings
184.5 - stroked340 (FABO) -1
181.0 - ocdart (FABO) +2
179.5 - Garry in AZ (FABO) +3
168.5 - Back in Time (FABO) -3
165.0 - alsant (FBBO) -2
162.5 - R413 (FBBO) -4
162.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) +3
155.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) -1
153.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) +3
142.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
141.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
139.0 - memike (FABO) +2
128.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) -5
125.5 - Duster79 (FABO) +1
98.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) -2
96.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change


The 3rd race of the 2020 season, the 51st annual AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, is March 12-15, at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, FL.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, March 13 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 2:30PM EDT (11:30AM PDT).
The Arizona Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 15 Top Fuel, 13 Funny Car, 16 Pro Stock and 11 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist03.aspx for an updated entry list.
The Gatornationals are the first event of the year for Pro Stock Motorcycles.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
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Here's your day after Tuesday before the event reminder for the 51st annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.
Professional classes qualifying at the Gators start Friday, March 13th. Current forecast calls for high temps of 82F on Friday and partly sunny. The forecast is the same for both Saturday and Sunday: 84F and sunny.
The current entry list shows:
17 Top Fuel
16 Funny Car
19 Pro Stock
22 Pro Stock Motorcycle

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

Get your picks posted!

 
No Nitro classes will be racing at the 2020 NHRA Gatornationals this weekend. That portion of the show will be rescheduled to a later date due to the current Coronavirus outbreak.

NHRA postpones portion of Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals

Please repost your race picks whenever this event is rescheduled. I will post a reminder at that time.
See y'all next month (hopefully) for the Denso Spark Plugs Four-Wide Nationals silliness from Las Vegas.
 
So, did anybody watch the Dixie Vodka 150 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational at Homestead-Miami on FS1 today.
No, it wasn't real racing but it was fun and very entertaining to watch.
THANKS to all those involved in putting this on to help us satisfy our racing bug during this unprecedented time.
It would be great if iRacing.com and NHRA would develop something similar.

 
ocdart said:
So, did anybody watch the Dixie Vodka 150 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational at Homestead-Miami on FS1 today.
No, it wasn't real racing but it was fun and very entertaining to watch.
THANKS to all those involved in putting this on to help us satisfy our racing bug during this unprecedented time.
It would be great if iRacing.com and NHRA would develop something similar.
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I did, not like the real thing but fun to watch.
 
NHRA released the schedule for the remainder of the 2020 season:

06/05-07 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, Gainesville, FL
06/12/14 Mopar Express Lane NHRA Springnationals presented by Pennzoil, Houston, TX
06/19-21 NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Bristol, TN
06/26-28 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, Norwalk, OH
07-09-12 Route 66 NHRA Nationals, Chicago, IL
07/17-19 Dodge Mile-High Nationals, Denver, CO
07/24-26 NHRA Sonoma Nationals, Sonoma, CA
07/30-08/02 NHRA Northwest Nationals, Seattle, WA
08/13-16 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, Brainerd, MN
08/21-23 Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals, Topeka, KS
09/03-07 NHRA U.S. Nationals, Indianapolis, IN
09/11-13 Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals, Reading, PA
09/18-20 NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, Charlotte, NC
09/25-27 (Make-up dates if needed), Gainesville, FL
10/02-04 AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals, St. Louis, MO
10/09-11 (Make-up dates if needed), Houston, TX
10/15-18 AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals, Dallas, TX
10/29-11/01 Dodge NHRA Nationals, Las Vegas, NV
11/12-15 Auto Club NHRA Finals, Pomona, CA

2020 will be an abbreviated 19 race season, 2 events have already been completed.
There will not be a point re-set after the U.S. Nationals, nor will there be a "Countdown". Each round of racing is now more important than before for the points to determine the series champion for each class.
Our "Pick 'Em" game will follow the same format.

I will post a "Tuesday-before-the-event" notice before the Gatornationals. I will also use your already-posted Gatornationals picks if you've already posted them. You are welcome to to post new picks if you want or keep what you've already posted.

I can't wait to get going again!
 
TheY dropped the New England Dragway dates..right here nhra:icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU:..
 
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