2017 7th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time For Your NITRO Fix! Get Ready To Make Your Picks!!!

[alsant]

Nice job superbeeski !!!

 

[ocdart]

Congratulation to both driver Clay Millican and Crew Chief David Grubnic for their well-deserved first ever Top Fuel 'Wally'! Way to go!!!

More unusual goings-on again this weekend during both qualifying and eliminations. Congratulations to Gpuller (FBBO) for picking the best and winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title with 114.0. He was helped with 5.0 bonus points for ET.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) and ocdart (FABO) tied for the runner-up spot with 96.0 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Steve Torrence, 3.772 during qualifying
Speed - Doug Kalitta, 326.71 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Tim Wilkerson, 3.895 during qualifying
Speed - Tim Wilkerson, 328.22 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.694 during qualifying
Speed - Vincent Nobile, 205.91 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 11th event of the 2017 season:
1174.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change in the game standings
1122.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
1112.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) +2
1108.0 - Gpuller (FBBO) +3
1089.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -2
1084.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -2
1058.5 - SSGKarg (FABO) +1
1044.0 - memike (FABO) -2
1037.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
1018.5 - ocdart (FABO) +1
1013.5 - alsant (FBBO) -1
987.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
913.5 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
851.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
775.0 - fishmens67 (FBBO) +1
762.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) -1

Still no rest yet as the 12th race of the 2017 season and the last of four consecutive weekends of racing, the 11th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, is June 22-25, at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, OH.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, June 23 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 5:15PM EDT (2:15PM PDT).
The Summit Racing Equipment Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 18 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car, 19Pro Stock and 20 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are always subject to change. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist12.aspx for an updated entry list.
Get your picks posted and good luck!

 

[alsant]

Way to go G and Bud !!!

 

[64BEL]

Nice work GP, Bud and Ski!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Huh?
Is this a JOKE?

I went backwards in points!
Ha Ha!
I just don't get it!


Nice job GP ad Budnicks

 

[ocdart]

Huh?
Is this a JOKE?

I went backwards in points!
Ha Ha!
I just don't get it!


Nice job GP ad Budnicks

No, you didn't go backwards in points but you did drop one spot in the standings.

Last week your point total was 716.5, this weeks picks earned you 45.5 points for a new point total of 762.0.
Last week 'fishmens67' had 705.0 points and was behind you in the standings. His picks this week earned him 70.0 points for a new point total of 775.0.

Last week you were 11.5 points ahead of 'fishmens67', but his picks earned 24.5 more points than yours did. This week you're 13.0 points behind him.

 

[Budnicks]

Way to go ski
good qualifier picks...
way to go Gpuller

 

[Budnicks]

Congrats to me {yea ha} & ocdart for great runner up picks
I went up 2 spots...

I was routing for Clay, in his home state too
It was emotional to see him finally win a Wally on fathers day...

It was great Grubby & Clay Millican finally won a T/F NHRA race
he was a IHRA winner, long before he came to the NHRA
took him 19+ years in the NHRA started T/F in 1998

 

[Budnicks]

Norwalk Summit race picks

T/F Torrence
{was thinking of Leah again, but have a hunch}

F/C Capps
{on a roll, hard to not pick my favorite driver}

P/S Butner
{he's on a roll, was thinking of Jeggy or Tanner Gray, but going with my gut}

P/SM Kraweic
{but I was also thinking either Savoie or Tonglet, because Suzuki's finally have a fighting chance}

Good luck everyone

 

[Budnicks]

Huh?
Is this a JOKE?

I went backwards in points!
Ha Ha!
I just don't get it!


Nice job GP ad Budnicks

Yeah sometime you do well & get passed by ,
someone picked better or qualified better or
all them little/big points in qualifying, quickest 3 each round etc.
national record MPH or ET, it all makes a difference...
But;
I kind of quit picking for qualifying points as much,
don't really care how ell the qualify {sort of}
now I pretty much pick who I think will ultimately "WIN",
qualifying be damned , but to lose out on them qualifying points
hurts sometimes too...

Damned if you do & damned if you don't,
at-least your playing...

Oh well, it is what it is, you qualified well at-least,
points is points
even when you go backwards,
been there a ton too ...

 

[Gpuller]

I'm gonna carryover my pics from last week.

TF Steve Torrence
FC Ron Capps
PS Bo Butner

I'll add Jerry Savoie for bikes.

Good luck!

 

[alsant]

Antron Brown
Ron Capps
Greg Anderson
Eddie Krawiec

Good luck all!!!

 

[ocdart]

Here's your Tuesday-before-the-event-reminder to post your picks for the upcoming 11th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, OH - Pro qualifying starts Friday, June 23, at 5:15PM EDT (2:15PM PDT).
Post your picks for Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock. Pro Stock Motorcycle will not run at this event.
Slight change in the entry count, the NHRA.com website currently shows 18 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car, 17 Pro Stock and 19 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries.
Check to verify your picks are actually entered for this event.

Problematic qualifying conditions again with the current weather forecast calling for a high of 80F with thunderstorms starting at 8AM on Friday, lasting all day and changing to light rain at 8PM. Saturday and Sunday forecast is much more favorable with slightly cooler temps and a possible slight chance of some moisture mid-day on Sunday.

 

[Nick2317]

for Norwalk Ill go with

TF Steve Torrence
FC Matt Hagan
PS Tanner Gray
PSM Jerry Savoie

 

[64BEL]

Here are mine for this weekend:

TF Torrence
FC Wilkerson
PS Butner
PSM Arana Jr

Good luck all!

 

[Gpuller]

Here are mine for this weekend:

PSM Arana Jr

Good luck all!

Ahhhh...the red light king! LOL

 

[Gpuller]

Red Light Sr will be out for a bit.

http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/hector-arana-sidelined-following-surgery

 

[64BEL]

Ahhhh...the red light king! LOL

LOL - hey ya gotta mix things up once in awhile! They've been running better, so I'm hoping I'll be on the front end of the bandwagon. Too bad about Sr. He's a really nice guy if you ever get to talk to him at the track.

 

[64BEL]

My daughter and I got to know him a little bit when we were going to the races a lot. Indy, 2009 - we see him at the winners' circle. He asks my daughter - can you hold this for a minute? Very cool memory for us.

 

[Gpuller]

My daughter and I got to know him a little bit when we were going to the races a lot. Indy, 2009 - we see him at the winners' circle. He asks my daughter - can you hold this for a minute? Very cool memory for us.

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That's pretty cool!