2023 13th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - It's NITRO Burnin' Time!!!

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Las Vegas Four-Wide qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 69F, 14% relative humidity, barometer 29.80, adjusted altitude 3,288', track temp n/a
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.712; Brittany Force @ 330.55
FC: Cruz Pedregon, 3.910; Robert Hight @ 330.23
PS: Dallas Glenn, 6.633; Erica Enders @ 207.02

Q2
Weather: 76F, 10% relative humidity, barometer 29.78, adjusted altitude 3,696', track temp 128F
TF: Brittany Force, 3.697 @ 335.73
FC: Cruz Pedregon, 3.910; Robert Hight @ 330.23
PS: Dallas Glenn, 6.629; Troy Coughlin Jr. @ 207.11

Q3
Weather: 72F, 11% relative humidity, barometer 30.10, adjusted altitude 3,130', track temp 111F
TF: Brittany Force, 3.697 @ 335.73
FC: Cruz Pedregon, 3.910; Robert Hight @ 330.23
PS: Matt Hartford, 6.599; Troy Coughlin Jr. @ 207.11

Q4
Weather: 69F, 11% relative humidity, barometer 30.12, adjusted altitude 2,903', track temp 123F
TF: Brittany Force, 3.697 @ 335.73
FC: Cruz Pedregon, 3.910; Robert Hight @ 330.23
PS: Matt Hartford, 6.599; Troy Coughlin Jr. @ 207.11
 
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Congratulations to both 'Back in Time' (FABO) and 'Yunick13' (FABO) for sharing the 4th event of the 2023 NHRA season Four-Wide Nationals Top Qualifier title with a very nice total of 21.5 bonus points each. 'Back in Time' picked the #1 qualifier in Top Fuel, the #3 qualifier in Funny Car and the #4 qualifier in Pro Stock. 'Yunick13' picked the #1 qualifier in Pro Stock, the #3 qualifier in Funny Car and the #4 qualifier in Top Fuel. Way to go!
'memike' (FBBO) was right behind with 21.0 bonus points.
'Budnicks' was the highest FBBO qualifier with 20.0 bonus points.

More great picks!

We have 15 players again this week and 13 different driver combos made up of:
* 6 different Top Fuel drivers with two Round 1 'quads' with two picked drivers involved. One 'quad' with both #4 qualifier Justin Ashley (1 pick) and #12 qualifier Austin Prock (1 pick); another 'quad' with both #3 qualifier Mike Salinas (2 picks) and #11 qualifier Clay Millican (1 pick).
* 4 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 'quad' with two picked drivers involved: #3 qualifier Matt Hagan (10 picks) and #6 qualifier Robert Hight (1 pick).
* 5 different Pro Stock drivers with two Round 1 'quads' with multiple picked drivers involved. One 'quad' with ! qualifier Matt Hartford (1 pick), #8 qualifier Camrie Caruso (3 picks) and #9 qualifier Erica Enders (5 picks); the other 'quad' with #4 qualifier Troy Coughlin Jr. (1 pick) and % qualifier Greg Anderson (5 picks).
* Pro Stock Motorcycle is not competing at this event

Good luck all!
 
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Our view from the Mandalay Bay. Ready for eliminations tomorrow. If you guys have never been to a 4 wide event, plan a trip and go. It’s pretty incredible watching 4 fuel cars make passes.
 
Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 4th event of the 2023 season, the 13th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, with a very nice total of 114.5 points.
His Top Fuel pick won the 1st and 2nd round Quads and came in third in the Final Quad. His Funny Car pick won all three Quads. His Pro Stock pick won the 1st and 2nd round Quads and came in second in the Final Quad. He was also helped with both ET and Speed bonus points in Top Fuel, and with Speed bonus points in Pro Stock.
'cuda20' (FABO), 'Duster79' (FABO) and 'Nick2317' FBBO shared the runner-up spot with 87.0 points each.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.697 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 335.73 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Cruz Pedregon, 3.910 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Hight, 330.23 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Matt Hartford, 6.599 during qualifying
Speed - Troy Coughln Jr., 207.59 during Round 1 of eliminations



Here are the game point standings after the 4th event of the 2023 season:

320.5 - Duster79 (FABO) +1 change in standings
311.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +1
308.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +1
286.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) -3
284.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +3
274.5 - Yunick13 (FABO) no change
256.0 - memike (FABO) +3
252.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) -1
246.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) -4
229.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +2
221.0 - ocdart (FABO) -2
213.0 - alsant (FBBO) +1
210.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) -2
185.5 - stroked340 (FABO) +1
173.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1

The 5th race of the 2023 season (and the LAST of the silliness that are the back-to-back four-wide events), the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, is scheduled for April 28-30, at zMAX Dragway in Concord, NC.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts at 4:00pm EDT (1:00pm PDT) on Friday, April 28.
nhra.com currently shows the following entry counts:
16 Top Fuel
16 Funny Car
16 Pro Stock
17 Pro Stock Motorcycle
Those counts can always change so please keep checking to make sure your driver selections are competing in this event.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
 
TF Brittany F.
FC Matt Hagan
PS Troy Coughlin Jr.
Let's take Matt Smith for a win this week on his Bike.
 
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B. Force
R. Hight
G. Anderson
G. Herrara

Good luck everyone
 
T.F..Steve Torrence
F.C..Hagan
P.S..Anderson
P.S.M.Matt Smith :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 
Carolina 4-Wides picks...

TF - Justin Ashley
FC - Ron Capps
PS - Dallas Glenn
PSM - Gaige Herrera

I originally picked Ashley in Top Fuel, then changed to Josh Hart this morning before remembering I can't change since qualifying started yesterday (brain cramp!). So, back to Justin Ashley.
 
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So sorry all, I really messed up and totally forgot to post my usual "Tuesday before the event" reminder about the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals starting TODAY at zMAX Dragway in Concord, NC.
nhra.com shows the following professional class entries:

18 Top Fuel
16 Funny Car
23 Pro Stock
17 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Pro class qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:00pm EDT (1:00pm PDT) so post your picks if you haven't already done so.
 
Circle K (Concord, NC) Four-Wide qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: n/a
No results shown on nhra.com

Q2
Weather: 73F, 57% relative humidity, barometer 29.77, adjusted altitude 2,354', track temp n/a
TF: Josh Hart, 3.689; Steve Torrence @ 332.92
FC: Alexis DeJoria, 3.876 @ 333.08
PS: Cristian Cuadra, 6.558; Camrie Caruso @ 209.79
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.758 @201.10

Q3
Weather: 68F, 78% relative humidity, barometer 29.83, adjusted altitude 2,031', track temp 96F
TF: Brittany Force, 3.651 @ 336.32
FC: Bob Tasca III, 3.852; Alexis DeJoria @ 334.65
PS: Matt Hartford, 6.538; Camrie Caruso @ 209.79
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.735 @201.52

Q4
Weather: 70F, 73% relative humidity, barometer 29.83, adjusted altitude 2,143', track temp 98F
TF: Brittany Force, 3.651 @ 336.32
FC: Bob Tasca III, 3.852; Alexis DeJoria @ 334.65
PS: Matt Hartford, 6.538; Deric Kramer @ 209.95
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.735 @201.52
 
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Congratulations to 'TT5.9mag' (FABO) for winning the 4th event of the 2023 Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Top Qualifier title with a very nice total of 29.0 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifier in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle, the #3 qualifier in Funny Car and the #5 qualifier in Pro Stock. Way to go!
'ocdart' (FBBO) was right behind with 27.0 bonus points.
'64BEL' and 'outlawd' were the highest FBBO qualifiers with 26.5 bonus points each.

More great picks!

We have 15 players again this week and 14 different driver combos made up of:
* 4 different Top Fuel drivers with one Round 1 'quad' with two picked drivers involved, #1 qualifier Brittany Force (7 picks) and #9 qualifier Clay Millican (1 pick)
* 4 different Funny Car drivers. Each of the Round 1 'quads' has one picked driver involved
* 5 different Pro Stock drivers with one Round 1 'quads' with multiple picked drivers involved, #2 qualifier Dallas Glenn (1 pick) and #7 qualifier Camrie Caruso (2 picks)
* 4 differnet Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers. Each of the Round 1 'quads' has one picked driver involved

Good luck all!
 
Congratulations to 'TT5.9mag' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 5th event of the 2023 season, the 13th annual Circle K NHRA 4-Wide Nationals, with a very nice total of 129.0 points.
Both of his Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks won their respective classes, and both his Top Fuel and Pro Stock picks didn't advance past the 2nd Quad. He was also helped with both ET and Speed bonus points in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'ocdart' (FABO) got the runner-up spot with 120.0 points.
'Budnicks' was the highest-scoring FBBO player with 91.0 points


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.651 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 336.32 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Bob Tasca III, 3.852 during qualifying
Speed - Ron Capps, 335.57 during Quad 1

Pro Stock
E.T. - Matt Hartford, 6.538 during qualifying
Speed - Deric Kramer, 209.95 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.710 during the final Quad
Speed - Gaige Herrera, 202.00 during the final Quad



Here are the game point standings after the 5th event of the 2023 season:

404.0 - Back in Time (FABO) +2 change in standings
387.0 - Duster79 (FABO) -1
381.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) +5
366.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -2
353.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
352.5 - Outlawd (FBBO) -2
349.5 - Yunick13 (FABO) -1
341.0 - ocdart (FABO) +3
337.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
321.0 - memike (FABO) -3
318.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
271.5 - alsant (FBBO) no change
256.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) no change
251.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
244.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change

The 6th race of the 2023 season, the Gerber Collision and Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals, is scheduled for May 19-21, at Route 66 Raceway in Elwood, IL.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts at 7:00pm EDT (4:00pm PDT) on Friday, May 19.
nhra.com currently shows the following entry counts:
19 Top Fuel
18 Funny Car
19 Pro Stock
15 Pro Stock Motorcycle
Those counts can always change so please keep checking to make sure your driver selections are competing in this event.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
 
T.F..Steve Torrence
F.C..Matt Hagen
P.S..Anderson
P.S.M..Matt Smith :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 
Chicago picks:

TF Brittany Force
FC Matt Hagan
PS Dallas Glenn
PSM Gaige Herrera
 
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