2015 6th Annual FABO NASCAR "Pick 'Em" Game - Here We Go Racing Again!!!

[bobtile]

I'm so pissed off at nascar and nbc. I looked for half an hour and couldn't find the race. I'm so tired of the corporate bullshit that I don't want to give a penny of my money or an ounce of my time to either of these giant corporate entities. GRASSROOTS RACING.
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[ocdart]

Hey all, we have a bonus point event coming up Wednesday, July 22!
Just like the past couple of years, we're going to do the NASCAR Truck Series race on the dirt at Eldora. It proved to be very popular so we're going to do it again in 2015.
Since this is a dirt-track format with multiple heat races and a "last chance" race before the 150-lap main event, there are multiple chances for Bonus Points:
* Pick two (2) drivers from those entered for the Mudsummer Classic
* Pick up -2 Bonus Points if one of your driver picks wins either a heat race or the "last chance" race
* Pick up -1 Bonus Point if one of your driver picks finishes 2nd in a heat race or the "last chance" race
* Pick up -1 Bonus Point if one of your driver picks is leading at the end of either of the first two segments of the 150-lap main event. The 150-lap main event will be run in three segments: 60 laps, 50 laps, 40 laps
* If either of your driver picks win the last 40-lap segment, you'll get -5 bonus points, finish 2nd and get -3 bonus points. Finish 3rd or worse, no bonus points for the last 40-lap segment of the main event.

Study up and make your driver picks. Picks must be posted before the first qualifying race at 7:00PM EDT (4:00PM PDT). Should be wild!

Television coverage will be live on Fox Sports 1. Fox Sports 1 is doing nine (9) hours of broadcast time on Wednesday starting with the first practice at 10:30AM EDT (7:30AM PDT) and ending with the feature race at 9:00PM EDT (6:00PM PDT).

Here's the 2015 driver list to choose from:
00 - Cole Custer
1 - Travis Kvapil
02 - Tyler Young
03 - Jake Griffin
4 - Erik Jones
05 - John Wes Townley
6 - Norm Benning
07 - Ray Black Jr.
8 - John Hunter Nemechek
08 - Korbin Forrister
10 - Jennifer Jo Cobb
11 - Ben Kennedy
13 - Cameron Haley
14 - Daniel Hemric
15 - Chad Boat
17 - Timothy Peters
19- Tyler Reddick
23 - Spencer Gallagher
29 - Brad Keselowski
31 - Austin Dillon
33 - Ty Dillon
35 - Cody Erickson
45 - Chris Fontaine
50 - Jody Knowles
51 - Matt Tifft
52 - Ken Schrader
54 - Christopher Bell
63 - Bobby Pierce
74 - Stewart Hayward
80 - Madeline Crane
82 - Cody Coughlin
88 - Matt Crafton
94 - Wendell Chavous
98 - Johnny Sauter

Again, this is a bonus point event. There is no penalty if you decide to sit this one out.
Good luck all!

 

[bobtile]

Erik Jones
Tyler reddick.

 

[Budnicks]

Matt Crafton & Ken Schrader for Eldora Truck race

 

[cdr]

Austin Dillon & Cole Custer

 

[Budnicks]

We all have different picks, should be interesting

I saw some of the races are now on NBCSN {IIRC}
{NBC Sports Network different from reg. NBC channel}
I couldn't find a couple races either, weird programming,
just so happened to run across it


were I'm at it's {NBCSN} & only on the HD tiers, more $$$ for the providers...

 

[ocdart]

Hey all -
I was later than planned getting home after work and didn't see all of the race. I haven't yet taken the time to watch DVR recordings, but here's what I got from various sites on the web. Please let me know if you think the results are different.

Q1: 1st #63 Bobby Pierce, 2nd #02 Tyler Young
Q2: 1st #8 John Hunter Nemechek, 2nd #98 Johnny Sauter
Q3: 1st #52 Ken Schrader, 2nd #17 Timothy Peters
Q4: 1st #54 Christopher Bell, 2nd #13 Cameron Hayley
Q5: 1st #19 Tyler Reddick, 2nd #31 Austin Dillon
Last Chance: 1st #35 Cody Erickson, 2nd #11 Ben Kennedy

Lap 60 Leader: #54 Christopher Bell
Lap 110 Leader: #54 Christopher Bell
Race Winner: #54 Christopher Bell
Race 2nd Place: #63 Bobby Pierce

I'll post the updated game standings Friday morning after everybody has a chance to disagree if any of the above is incorrect.

 

[Budnicks]

#24 Jeff Gordon for the poll {hate that pick, not my guy at all, but last chance for him Indy}
@ Crown Royal 400 Brickyard/Indy

& my reg. locked in picks for the race

 

[bobtile]

2 for the Pole
4 and 22 for race

 

[ocdart]

Hey all -
I was later than planned getting home after work and didn't see all of the race. I haven't yet taken the time to watch DVR recordings, but here's what I got from various sites on the web. Please let me know if you think the results are different.

Q1: 1st #63 Bobby Pierce, 2nd #02 Tyler Young
Q2: 1st #8 John Hunter Nemechek, 2nd #98 Johnny Sauter
Q3: 1st #52 Ken Schrader, 2nd #17 Timothy Peters
Q4: 1st #54 Christopher Bell, 2nd #13 Cameron Hayley
Q5: 1st #19 Tyler Reddick, 2nd #31 Austin Dillon
Last Chance: 1st #35 Cody Erickson, 2nd #11 Ben Kennedy

Lap 60 Leader: #54 Christopher Bell
Lap 110 Leader: #54 Christopher Bell
Race Winner: #54 Christopher Bell
Race 2nd Place: #63 Bobby Pierce

I'll post the updated game standings Friday morning after everybody has a chance to disagree if any of the above is incorrect.

Didn't see anybody disagree, so here are the game standings after the "Mudsummer Classic":

Budnicks (FBBO) 139.5 M.Crafton/K. Schrader -2 137.5
ocdart (FABO) 163.5 T. Reddick/C. Bell -11 152.5
kazooom (FABO) 156.0 J. Sauter/A. Dillon -2 154.0
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 171.5 J.H. Nemechek/ E. Jones -2 169.5
DFootCuda (FABO) 174.0 J.H. Nemechek/E. Jones -2 172.0
Back in Time (FABO) 186.5 E. Jones/M. Crafton 186.5
cuda20 (FABO) 190.0 E. Jones/A. Dillon -1 189.0
moparfan68 (FABO) 196.5 E. Jones/T. Dillon 196.5
memike (FABO) 200.5 T. Peters/T. Reddick -3 197.5
66340sedan (FABO) 202.5 B. Keselowski/T. Reddick -2 200.5
71dartswinger (FABO) 206.0 T. Reddick/M. Crafton -2 204.0
73AbodEE (FABO) 207.5 T. Reddick/T. Dillon -2 205.5
SpeedracerX (FABO) 223.5 (did not play) 223.5
MoparDaddy (FABO) 230.0 (did not play) 230.0
fishmens67 (FABO) 233.0 T. Kvapil/ M. Crafton 233.0
paulyv.100 (FABO) 294.5 K. Schrader/M. Crafton -2 292.5
Mopar Momma (FABO) 300.0 (did not play) 300.0
stroked340 (FABO) 321.0 (did not play) 321.0
bobtile (FBBO) 328.0 E. Jones/T. Reddick -2 326.0
cdr (FBBO) 649.0 A. Dillon/C. Custer -1 648.0


On to the Brickyard!

 

[Budnicks]

Damn ocdart you made-up some points -11 in that trucks @ Eldora dirt race...

 

[ocdart]

Damn ocdart you made-up some points -11 in that trucks @ Eldora dirt race...

Sheer luck...I was doing a little research since I don't follow the trucks at all and ran across an online article about how much dirt track experience Christopher Bell has even though this was only going to be his 3rd Truck-Series start. I thought I'd take a chance on him and it paid off big!

 

[ocdart]

Kyle Busch is on quite a run. I wonder just how long it can go.
Congrats to both '73AbodEE' (FABO) and 'fishmens67' (FABO)! They both hit "The Brickyard Exacta" today by picking both race winner, #18 Kyle Busch, and runner-up #22 Joey Logano. Each of them picked up ended up with the low net score of the week of -6.5 points.
Congrats also to 'DFootCuda' (FABO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) for picking the race winner. Each picked up -5 bonus points. Also to '66340sedan' (FABO), 'Budnicks' (FBBO), 'bobtile' (FBBO), 'kazooom' (FABO) and 'memike' (FABO) for picking the 2nd-place finisher. Each picked up -3 bonus points. Great picking!


Here are the corrected standings following The Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

Budnicks (FBBO) 137.5 P24 L4 L22 3 2 -3 137.0
ocdart (FABO) 152.5 P41 4 18 3 1 -5 149.5
kazooom (FABO) 154.0 P88 22 4 2 3 -3 153.5
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 169.5 LP4 L4 L20 3 7 174.5
DFootCuda (FABO) 172.0 P18 18 24 1 42 -5 188.5
cuda20 (FABO)189.0 P4 4 48 3 15 198.0
73AbodEE (FABO) 205.5 P4 18 22 1 2 -5 -3 199.0
memike (FABO) 197.5 P22 L22 L2 2 10 -3 200.5
moparfan68 (FABO) 196.5 (no Pole pick) 4 41 3 8 202.0
66340sedan (FABO) 200.5 P41 L2 L22 10 2 -3 203.5
Back in Time (FABO) 186.5 P41 14 19 28 13 207.0
71dartswinger (FABO) 204.0 LP48 L4 L48 3 15 213.0
fishmens67 (FABO) 233.0 P11 18 22 1 2 -5 -3 226.5
MoparDaddy (FABO) 230.0 LP4 L48 L4 15 3 239.0
SpeedracerX (FABO) 223.5 (no Pole pick) L24 L88 42 22 255.5
paulyv.100 (FABO) 292.5 P42 78 20 4 7 298.0
Mopar Momma (FABO) 300.0 LP31 L31 L11 11 5 308.0
bobtile (FABO) 326.0 P2 4 22 3 2 -3 325.5
stroked340 (FABO) 321.0 (no Pole pick) (no pick2) (no pick2) 43 43 364.0
cdr (FBBO) 648.0 (FBBO) (no Pole pick) L78 L88 4 22 661.0

The next race is the Windows 10 400 at Pocono Raceway next Sunday, August 2.
As always, your Pole picks must be posted before qualifying begins. The television coverage of Pocona qualifying is scheduled for 4:30PM EDT (1:30PM PDT) on Friday, July 31.
And your race picks must be posted before the green flag flies on Sunday. The green flag is scheduled for 1:48PM EDT (10:48PM PDT.

Good luck!

 

[bobtile]

18 and 22 for the race. Think I missed qualifying

 

[ocdart]

Sorry for the delay in posting the results from Pocono. It was a busy weekend. I have some friends over from Australia and yesterday was our Inland Mopars Car Club monthly meeting followed by our annual summer picnic and pool party.
I didn't see any of the race, but here are the results:
'Dart Doctor' (FABO), fishmens67 (FABO) and paulyv.100 (FABO) for correctly picking the race winner, #20 Matt Kenseth. Each picked up -5 bonus points. 'fishmens67' (FABO) also got the low net score for the week at -1.5 points.
Congrats also to '66340sedan' (FABO) and 'memike' (FABO) for correctly picking the race 2nd-place finisher, #2 Brad Keselowski. Each picked up -3 bonus points. Great picking!


Here are the corrected standings following the Windows 10 400 at Pocono Raceway:

Budnicks (FBBO) 137.0 (no Pole pick) L4 L22 42 20 168.0
ocdart (FABO) 149.5 P4 4 18 42 21 181.0
kazooom (FABO) 153.5 P41 18 4 21 42 185.0
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 174.5 LP4 L4 L20 42 1 -5 191.0
memike (FABO) 200.5 P2 L2 L22 2 20 -3 208.5
66340sedan (FABO) 203.5 P2 L2 L22 2 20 -3 211.5
DFootCuda (FABO) 188.5 P2 41 19 37 10 212.0
cuda20 (FABO) 198.0 (no Pole pick) 18 22 21 20 218.5
fishmens67 (FABO) 226.5 P19 20 48 1 6 -5 225.0
73AbodEE (FABO) 199.0 P4 4 18 42 21 230.5
moparfan68 (FABO) 202.0 (no Pole pick) 18 4 21 42 233.5
71dartswinger (FABO) 213.0 LP48 L4 L48 42 6 237.0
Back in Time (FABO) 207.0 P2 4 18 42 21 238.5
SpeedracerX (FABO) 255.5 (no Pole pick) L24 L88 3 4 259.0
MoparDaddy (FABO) 239.0 LP4 18 41 21 37 268.0
paulyv.100 (FABO) 298.0 (no Pole pick) 20 78 1 19 -5 303.0
Mopar Momma (FABO) 308.0 LP31 L31 L11 23 22 330.5
bobtile (FABO) 325.5 (no Pole pick) 18 22 21 20 346.0
cdr (FBBO) 661.0 (no Pole pick) L78 L88 19 4 672.5

The next race is the Cheez-It 355 on the road course at Watkins Glen International next Sunday, August 9.
As always, your Pole picks must be posted before qualifying begins. The television coverage of Watkins Glen qualifying is scheduled for 1:15PM EDT (10:15AM PDT) on Saturday, August 8.
And your race picks must be posted before the green flag flies on Sunday. The green flag is scheduled for 2:18PM EDT (10:18AM PDT.

Good luck!

 

[Budnicks]

@ Pocono Kevin Harvick going out @ like lap 20 something,
with a blown engine screwed me, he finished 42nd IIRC...LOL

Gave ocdart & the field,
a chance to make-up a bunch of points....

Kyle Busch running out of fuel on the last lap, after leading allot of laps,
he could have won yet another consecutive race {5 of 6 ??},
but a bad decision, that handed the win to Matt Kenseth...
I'm not a big Kyle "checkers or wreckers" Busch fan,
but he's been impressive lately, he's tamed his aggressive driving down some,
especially after having a kid now...
Pretty impressive run the past 7 weeks...

ocdart I hope your Inland Mopars Event went well too...

Watkins Glen Cheez-it race
#24 Jeff Gordon for the pole
& my reg. locked in picks

 

[ocdart]

Gave ocdart & the field,
a chance to make-up a bunch of points....

Yet your lead increased by 0.5 points. All those who picked the Kevin Harvick/Kyle Busch combo fell further behind.

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to game leader 'Budnicks' (FBBO), 'memike' (FABO), and '66340sedan' (FABO) for correctly picking the race winner, #22 Joey Logano. Each picked up -5 bonus points. 'Budnicks' (FBBO) also got the low net score for the week at -3.0 points.
Congrats also to 'Back in Time' (FABO), 'cuda20' (FABO), 'DFootCuda' (FABO), 'fishmens67' (FABO) and 'MoparDaddy' (FABO) for correctly picking the race 2nd-place finisher, #18 Kyle Busch. Each picked up -3 bonus points. Great picking!


Here are the corrected standings following the Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen International:

Budnicks (FBBO) 168.0 (no Pole pick) L4 L22 3 1 -5 165.0
kazooom (FABO) 185.0 P14 4 48 3 10 191.5
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 191.0 LP4 L4 L20 3 4 194.5
ocdart (FABO) 181.0 P24 4 24 3 41 203.0
memike (FABO) 208.5 P22 L2 L22 7 1 -5 207.5
66340sedan (FABO) 211.5 P22 L2 L22 7 1 -5 210.5
DFootCuda (FABO) 212.0 P47 -1 47 18 24 2 -3 221.0
fishmens67 (FABO) 225.0P18 18 48 2 10 -3 228.0
cuda20 (FABO) 218.5 P24 47 18 24 2 -3 228.5
Back in Time (FABO) 238.5 P24 18 4 2 3 -3 238.0
73AbodEE (FABO) 230.5 P47 -1 4 47 3 24 243.0
71dartswinger (FABO) 237.0 LP48 L4 L48 3 10 243.5
moparfan68 (FABO) 233.5 P18 47 18 24 2 -3 243.5
MoparDaddy (FABO) 268.0 LP4 L18 L41 2 5 -3 268.5
SpeedracerX (FABO) 259.0 (no Pole pick) L24 L88 41 11 285.0
paulyv.100 (FABO) 303.0 P42 78 42 25 12 321.5
Mopar Momma (FABO) 330.5 LP31 L31 L11 15 27 351.5
bobtile (FABO) 346.0 (no Pole pick) (no pick)no pick) 43 43 389.0
cdr (FBBO) 672.5 (no Pole pick) L78 L88 25 11 690.5

The next race is the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway next Sunday, August 16.
As always, your Pole picks must be posted before qualifying begins. The television coverage of Michigan qualifying is scheduled for tba.
And your race picks must be posted before the green flag flies on Sunday. The green flag is scheduled for 2:46PM EDT (11:46AM PDT.

Good luck!

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations this week to 'Dart_Doctor' (FABO) for correctly picking the FABO Exacta with race winner, #20 Matt Kenseth, and runner-up #4 Kevin Harvick. 'Dart Doctor' picked up a total of -8 bonus points to be the low net score for the week with -6.5 points. Outstanding!
Congrats to 'Back in Time' (FABO) and 'DFootCuda' (FABO) for also picking the race winner. Each picked up -5 bonus points.
Congrats also to '71dartswinger' (FABO), 'Budnicks' (FBBO), 'cuda20' (FABO), 'kazooom' (FABO), 'MoparDaddy' (FABO), 'moparfan68' (FABO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) for correctly picking the race 2nd-place finisher. Each picked up -3 bonus points. Great picking!


Here are the updated standings following the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway:

Budnicks (FBBO) 165.0 (no Pole pick) L4 L22 2 7 166.5
Dart_Doctor (FABO) LP4 L4 L20 2 1 -3 -5 188.5
kazooom (FABO) 191.5 P88 88 4 10 2 -3 194.5
ocdart (FABO) 203.0 P4 4 2 2 9 -3 205.5
memike (FABO) 207.5 (no Pole pick) L2 L22 9 7 215.5
66340sedan (FABO) 210.5 P22 L2 L22 9 7 218.5
DFootCuda (FABO) 221.0 P19 19 20 6 1 -5 219.5
cuda20 (FABO) 228.5 P4 4 18 2 11 -3 232.0
Back in Time (FABO) P19 20 18 1 11 -5 239.0
moparfan68 (FABO) 243.5 LP18 L18 L4 11 2 -3 247.0
73AbodEE (FABO) 243.5 P4 18 11 11 5 251.0
fishmens67 (FABO) 228.0 (no Pole pick) 48 22 39 7 251.0
71dartswinger (FABO) 243.5 LP48 L4 L48 2 39 -3 261.0
SpeedracerX (FABO) 285.0 (no Pole pick) L24 L88 17 10 298.5
MoparDaddy (FABO) 311.0 LP4 4 48 2 39 -3 328.5
paulyv.100 (FABO) 321.5 P41 78 42 3 13 329.5
Mopar Momma (FABO) 351.5 LP31 L31 L11 8 5 358.0
bobtile (FABO) 389.0 (no Pole pick) (no pick 2) (no pick 2) 43 43 432.0
stroked340 (FABO) 507.0 P24 88 48 10 39 531.5
cdr (FBBO) 690.5 (no Pole pick) L78 L88 3 10 697.0

The next race is the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway next Saturday night, August 22.
As always, your Pole picks must be posted before qualifying begins. The latest schedule says Bristol qualifying is tba.
And your race picks must be posted before the green flag flies on Saturday. The green flag is scheduled for 7:43PM EDT (4:436PM PDT.

Good luck!

 

[Budnicks]

Bristol pole pick Kurt Busch
& my reg. Locked in race picks