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

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I forgot to post the "Tuesday Before The Event' reminder about the Dodge Power Brokers Mile-High Nationals that start tomorrow, Friday, July 14.
The nhra.com website shows the following entry counts:

16 Top Fuel
14 Funny Car
16 Pro Stock
13 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts at 5:30pm EDT (2:30pm PDT) on Friday, July 14.

Please check to make sure your driver selections are competing in this event.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
 
Mile-High picks:

TF Justin Ashley
FC Matt Hagan
PS Dallas Glenn
PSM Gaige Herrera
 
TF Ashley F.
FC Matt Hagen
PS Enders Stevens
PSM M Smith.
 
Mile-High Valley Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 80F, 41% relative humidity, barometer 29.84", adjusted altitude 8,965', track temp 116F
TF: Greg Carillo, 3.832 @ 324.75
FC: Ron Capps, 4.048; Alexis DeJoria @ 315.78
PS: Matt Hartford, 6.942; Troy Coughlin Jr. @ 196.44
PSM: Hector Arana Jr., 7.134; Eddie Krawiec @ 187.99

Q2
Weather: 72F, 51% relative humidity, barometer 29.93", adjusted altitude 8,378', track temp 86F
TF: Antron Brown, 3.783 @ 327.90
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.895 @ 324.59
PS: Erica Enders, 6.919; Troy Coughlin Jr. @ 196.67
PSM: Hector Arana Jr., 7.047; Angie Smith @ 189.42

Q3
Weather: 81F, 35% relative humidity, barometer 29.91", adjusted altitude 8,907', track temp 114F
TF: Antron Brown, 3.783 @ 327.90
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.895 @ 324.59
PS: Erica Enders, 6.919; Troy Coughlin Jr. @ 196.67
PSM: Hector Arana Jr., 7.047; Angie Smith @ 189.42

Q4
Weather: 79F, 36% relative humidity, barometer 29.91", adjusted altitude 8,747', track temp n/a
TF: Brittany Force, 3.724 @ 337.43
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.895; Alexis DeJoria @ 324.83
PS: Erica Enders, 6.919; Troy Coughlin Jr. @ 196.67
PSM: Hector Arana Jr., 7.047; Angie Smith @ 189.42
 
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Congratulations to 'Outlaw'd' (FBBO) for winning the 10th event of the 2023 NHRA season, the final Dodge Power Brokers Mile-High Nationals Top Qualifier title with an outstanding near-perfect total of 31.0 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifiers in Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock, and the #3 qualifier in Pro Stock MotorcycleFunny Car. Way to go!
'TT5.9mag' (FABO) was right behind with 29.0 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 one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #3 qualifier Antron Brown (1 pick) and #14 qualifier Justin Ashley (6 picks). There is a possibility of a head-to-head matchup in Round 2 if the drivers survive Round 1.
* 4 different Funny Car drivers. There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if both drivers survive Round 1.
* 5 different Pro Stock drivers with one head-to-head matchup in Round 2 of eliminations if both drivers survive Round 1.
* 4 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #5 qualifier Eddie Krawiec (3 picks) and #10 qualifier Matt Smith (4 picks) . There is a possibility of a head-to-head matchup in Round 2 of eliminations.

Good luck all!
 
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I need to update the points following the Mile-High Nationals but hope to post them either later today or tomorrow.
In the meantime, hear's your "Tuesday Before The Event' reminder about the Flav-R-Pac Northwest Nationals that start Friday, July 21.
The nhra.com website shows the following entry counts:

13Top Fuel
13 Funny Car
14 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Pro Stock will not compete again until the Menards Nationals in Topeka, KS, mid-August

Your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts at 7:00pm EDT (4:00pm PDT) on Friday, July 21.

Please check to make sure your driver selections are competing in this event.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
 
Sorry for the delay in posting updated points following the Mile-High Nationals. I found I hadn't yet posted points from the prior event to my records and had to recreate the point total record to bring everything up to date. The point totals shown below are correct following the Mile-High Nationals.

Congratulations to 'Outlawd' (FBBO) for winning the final Mile-High Nationals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with an outstanding total of 151.0 points.
Both his Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks won their respective classes, his Pro Stock pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations and his Top Fuel pick lost in the opening round of eliminations. He was helped with ET bonus points in Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock, and Speed bonus points in Top Fuel.
'Back in Time' (FABO) got the runner-up spot with 142.0 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.724 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 337.33 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Matt Hagan, 3.895 during qualifying
Speed - Alexis DeJoria, 324.83 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Erica Enders, 6.915 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Troy Coughlin Jr., 197.28 during Round 2 of eliminations

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Hector Arana Jr., 7.047 during qualifying
Speed - Angie Smith - 189.42 during qualifying



Here are the game point standings after the 10th event of the 2023 season:

920.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO)
881.5 - Back in Time (FABO)
819.5 - ocdart (FABO)
814.0 - Yunick13 (FABO)
799.0 - Duster79 (FABO)
770.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO)
770.0 - Outlawd (FBBO)
766.0 - Budnicks (FBBO)
712.5 - cuda20 (FABO)
697.5 - alsant (FBBO)
665.5 - memike (FABO)
664.5 - johnnycuda (FABO)
637.0 - 64BEL (FBBO)
627.5 - MomsDuster (FABO)
576.5 - stroked340 (FABO)

The 11th race of the 2023 season, second event of the 'Western Swing', the Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Kent, WA, is scheduled for July 21-23. Pro qualifying will start at 7:00PM EDT (4:00PM PDT) on Friday, July 21. Get your picks posted!

GOOD LUCK!
 
Northwest Nationals picks:

TF - Justin Ashley
FC - Ron Capps
PSM - Gaige Herrera
 
Northwest Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 78F, 48% relative humidity, barometer 30.04", adjusted altitude 1,943', track temp 124F
TF: Doug Kalitta, 3.753 @ 327.66
FC: Bob Tasca III, 3.964; John Force @ 322.42
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.767; Eddie Krawiec @ 198.82

Q2
Weather: 81F, 47% relative humidity, barometer 30.04", adjusted altitude 2,141', track temp 130F
TF: Mike Salinas, 3.743 @ 329.02
FC: Bob Tasca III, 3.964; Robert Hight @ 323.66
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.767; Angie Smith @ 200.29
 
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Looks like that old blind squirrel visited 'ocdart' (FABO) again. How else to explain how he ended up with top qualifying total of 22.0 bonus points? That squirrel found him the #1 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle and the #3 qualifiers in both Top Fuel and Funny Car. 'cuda20' (FABO) and 'stroked340' (FABO) were right behind with 21.5 bonus points.
'Budnicks' was the top FBBO qualifier with 21.0 bonus points.
More great picks!

We have 15 players again this week and 14 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 matchups in Round 2 if the drivers survive Round 1.
* 4 different Funny Car drivers. There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if both drivers survive Round 1.
* 5 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2 of eliminations.

Good luck all!
 
Congratulations to 'stroked340' (FABO) for winning the Flav-R-Pac Northwest Nationals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with an outstanding total of 116.5 points.
Both his Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks won their respective classes, and his Funny Car pick lost in the second round of eliminations. He was helped with ET bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) got the runner-up spot with 106.0 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.707 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Brittany Force, 334.73 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - John Force, 3.915 during qualifying
Speed - John Force, 327.35 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.729 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Hector Arana Jr., 200.56 during Round 1 of eliminations



Here are the game point standings after the 11th event of the 2023 season:

1003.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change in the game point standings
956.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
906.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change
888.0 - Yunick13 (FABO) no change
872.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +3
852.0 - Duster79 (FABO) -1
829.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change
823.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -2
789.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
756.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
753.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
715.5 - memike (FABO) -1
694.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) +1
693.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +1
666.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) -2

The 12th race of the 2023 season, 3rd and final event of the 'Western Swing', the DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, CA, is scheduled for July 28-30. Pro qualifying will start at 7:30PM EDT (4:30PM PDT) on Friday, July 28. Get your picks posted!

GOOD LUCK!
 
Here's your "Tuesday Before The Event' reminder about the third and final event in the 2023 'West Coast Swing', the DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals that start Friday, July 21.
The nhra.com website shows the following entry counts:

13 Top Fuel
15 Funny Car
17 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Pro Stock will not compete in this event.

Your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts at 5:30pm EDT (2:30pm PDT) on Friday, July 28.

Short fields again in both Top Fuel and Funny Car so please check to make sure your driver selections are competing in this event.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

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