2021 11th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time To Burn Some NITRO!!!

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Congratulations to both 'shittyslant6' (FABO) and 'Budnicks' (FBBO) for winning the 2021 NHRA Denso Spark Plugs Four-Wide Top Qualifier title with very nice totals of 30.0 bonus points each. They both picked the #1 qualifier in Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, the #2 qualifier in Top Fuel and the #4 qualifier in Funny Car. Way to go!
'stroked340' (FABO) was right behind in #2 qualifier spot with 28.5 bonus points. More great picks!

We had 14 players this week and 11 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers
* 6 different Funny Car drivers
* 3 different Pro Stock drivers
* 3 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers

 
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Congratulations to 'stroked340' (FABO) for being "Top Picker Eliminator" for the 11th annual Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, the 2nd event of the 2021 season, with a very nice point total of 113.5 points with a class win in Top Fuel. His Funny Car pick finished 2nd in the final quad, his Pro Stock pick finished 3rd in a 2nd round quad, and his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick finished last in a 2nd round quad. He was helped with ET bonus points in both Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle and Speed bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'Nick2317' (FBBO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 112.5 points with class wins in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock. His Funny Car pick finished 2nd in the final quad and his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick finished last in a 2nd round quad. He was helped with both ET and Speed bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.732 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 330.80 while during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.882 during qualifying
Speed - John Force, 332.02 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.632 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Chris McGaha, 206.29 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.888 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Matt Smith, 196.87 during Round 1 of eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 2nd event of the 2021 season:

268.5 - shittyslant6 (FABO) no change in season point standings
267.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
251.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
250.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
211.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +2
210.5 - memike (FABO) +2
193.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +2
188.5 - ocdart (FABO) +2
187.0 - alsant (FBBO) -3
186.5 - Duster79 (FABO) -5
173.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) +1
160.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) +1
158.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -2
85.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) new player this week


The 3rd race of the 2021 season, the final running of the Lucas Oil NHRA Summer Nationals, is scheduled for April 30-May 2, at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, GA.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts. Pro Qualifying is scheduled to begin at 12:15PM EDT (9:15AM PDT) on Friday, May 1.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
 
ocdart said:
Done...and since you didn't change your picks from the Gators, I'll treat them as 'on time' and no penalty for being either late or carryover
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thanks! and thanks for the new player i'm not in last place Ha Ha.
 
Here's your 'Tuesday before the event' reminder for the upcoming final running of the Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, GA.
The Southern Nationals start with professional qualifying on Saturday, May 1. Current forecast is calling for high temps of 76F on Saturday and 81F on Sunday with sunny conditions on Saturday and partly sunny on Sunday.
The in-and-out sun could mean some tuning questions and quick changes for the crew chiefs during Sunday's final eliminations.
The current entry list shows:
15 Top Fuel
14 Funny Car
20 Pro Stock
22 Pro Stock Motorcycle

As always, check the entry lists (NHRA National Event Entry Statistics) to make sure your driver pick is racing. There are some 'not yet raced in 2021' names competing at this event.

Post your picks posted and let's go racing!

 
T.F...Steve Torrence
F.C..Hagan
P.S..Anderson
P.S.M..Matt Smith :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Top fuel...Steve Torrence
Funny car...Matt Hagen
Pro/Stock...Greg Anderson
Pro bike...Matt Smith

Going to be a dandy, good luck everyone
 
johnnycuda said:
whoop whoop cant wait!
Finally some normal racing, haha good luck all!
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Since I haven't seen any updated picks from you yet for the Southern Nationals, I 'locked' your last picks for all future events.
Please post updated picks whenever you may want to 'unlock' them.


 
Southern Nats picks

TF Justin Ashley
FC Robert Hight
PS Deric Kramer
PSM Matt Smith
 
ocdart said:
Since I haven't seen any updated picks from you yet for the Southern Nationals, I 'locked' your last picks for all future events.
Please post updated picks whenever you may want to 'unlock' them.

Thanks OC!
nope those are good for now!!!
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Final Lucas Oil Southern Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 75F, 30% relative humidity, barometer 30.10", adjusted altitude 1,902', track temp 119F
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.869 @ 319.98
FC: J.R. Todd, 3.982 @ 325.69
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.548; Erica Enders @ 211.06
PSM: Scotty Pollacheck, 6.779; Eddie Krawiec @ 201.70


Q2
Weather: 78F, 28% relative humidity, barometer 30.03", adjusted altitude 2,189', track temp n/aF
TF: Billy Torrence, 3.815; Steve Torrence @ 323.66
FC: J.R. Todd, 3.982 @ 325.69
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.548; Erica Enders @ 211.06
PSM: Scotty Pollacheck, 6.779; Eddie Krawiec @ 201.70



 
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Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO), 'memike' (FABO), 'nick2317' (FBBO) and 'stroked340' (FABO) for sharing the 2021 NHRA Lucas Oil Southern Nationals Qualifier title with nice totals of 27.5 bonus points each. They all picked the #1 qualifier in Pro Stock, the #2 qualifier in Top Fuel, the #3 qualifier in Funny Car and #7 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle. Way to go!
'shittyslant6' (FABO) was right behind in #2 qualifier spot with 26.5 bonus points. More great picks!

14 players again this week and 11 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #6 qualifier Leah Pruett (1 pick) and #9 qualifier Doug Kalitta (1 pick). There is a possibility of another head-to-head matchup in Round 2 if both picks survive Round 1.
* 5 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #3 qualifier Matt Hagan (6 picks) and #12 qualifier Robert Hight (4 picks). There is also a possibility on two head-to-head matchups in Round 2.
* 5 different Pro Stock drivers. No head-to-head matchups in the opening round of eliminations, but a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in Round 2.
* 6 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #7 qualifier Matt Smith (8 picks) and #9 qualifier Steve Johnson (1 pick). There is also a possibility of one Round 2 head-to-head matchup between team members if both survive Round 1.
 
Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO), 'memike' (FABO), 'Nick2317' (FBBO) and 'stroked340' (FABO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 40th annual (and final) NHRA Southern Nationals, the 3rd event of the 2021 season, with very nice point totals of 157.5 points each. They each picked the class winner in Pro Stock, their Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks each lost in the final round of eliminations. and their Funny Car pick lost in the semi-final round. They were helped with ET bonus points in both Funny Car and Pro Stock.
'johnnycuda' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 147.0 points with a class win in Pro Stock. His Funny Car pick lost in the final round of eliminations and both his Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks lost in the semi-final round. He was helped with ET bonus points in Pro Stock and Speed bonus points in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Justin Ashley, 3.746 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Brittany Force, 330.63 while during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Matt Hagan, 3.947 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Bob Tasca III, 327.82 during Round 3 of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.548 during qualifying
Speed - Erica Enders, 211.06 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Scotty Pollacheck, 6.779 during qualifying
Speed - Eddie Krawiec, 201.70 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 3rd event of the 2021 season:

410.0 - shittyslant6 (FABO) no change in season point standings
409.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +1
408.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +1
395.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) -2
369.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
368.0 - memike (FABO) no change
306.0 - alsant (FBBO) +2
305.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +5
299.5 - cuda20 (FABO) -2
276.5 - Duster 79 (FABO) no change
273.5 - ocdart (FABO) -3
255.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
246.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) -2
171.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change


The 4th race of the 2021 season, the NGK NTK NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, is scheduled for May 14-16, at zMAX Dragway in Concord, NC.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts. Pro Qualifying is scheduled to begin at 7:00PM EDT (4:00PM PDT) on Friday, May 14.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
 
Here's your 'Tuesday before the event' reminder for the upcoming NGK NTK NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Concord, NC. This is the final (thank goodness!) running of a four-wide event this season.
This Four-Wide Nationals start with one round of professional qualifying on Friday, May 14, and then two rounds of professional qualitying on Saturday.
Current forecast is calling for high temps of 68F at the start of Friday qualifying, 73F on both Saturday and Sunday with sunny conditions on Friday and Saturday and partly sunny on Sunday.
The in-and-out sun could mean some tuning questions and quick changes for the crew chiefs during Sunday's final eliminations.
The current entry list shows:
18 Top Fuel
16 Funny Car
20 Pro Stock
22 Pro Stock Motorcycle

As always, check the entry lists (NHRA National Event Entry Statistics) to make sure your driver pick is racing.

Post your picks posted and let's go racing!

 
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