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

[super-bee_ski]

Ha Ha!
You are correct ocdart!

 

[Budnicks]

Points update ?

no big hurry
I know I didn't do all that well...

 

[alsant]

Yeah bring on the bad news!

 

[Budnicks]

Yeah bring on the bad news!

Yeah my guys didn't do so well in rounds either

T/F Antron Brown was my only good pick this week...

F/C Capps & P/S Butner both went out early

 

[ocdart]

Oops! The Sequel.
The short ladder for Pro Stock caused some confusion on qualifying points. I double-checked everything and found it just meant a couple of points for only a couple of players The points are correct on the standings below.
Sorry for any confusion.


Congratulations to 'memike' (FABO) for winning the 30th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with an outstanding 133.0 points. He picked the class winners in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock and his Funny Car pick went out in the semil-final round of eliminations. He was also helped with Speed bonus points in both Top Fuel and Funny Car.
'ocdart' (FABO) was the event runner-up with 1116.5 points.
'alsant' was the top FBBO player with 112.5 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.724 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Antron Brown, 329.10 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.883 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Hagan, 330.47 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Tanner Gray, 6.565 during qualifying
Speed - Jason Line, 210.21 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 16th event of the 2017 season:
1663.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change in the game standings
1648.5 - ocdart (FABO) +3 in the game standings
1640.5 - stroked340 (FABO) +1
1628.0 - Back in Time (FABO) -2
1616.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) +1
1611.5 - Gpuller (FBBO) -3
1596.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
1594.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
1526.5 - memike (FABO) +1
1522.5 - cuda20 (FABO) -1
1492.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
1423.0 - SSGKarg (FABO) no change
1347.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
1321.5 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
1220.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
1153.5 - fishmens67 (FBBO) no change

Finally! A weekend off to lick wounds and heal up. The 17th race of the 2017 season, the 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, is August 17-20, at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, MN.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, August 18 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:45PM EDT (12:45PM PDT).
The Northwest Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 15 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car, 14 Pro Stock and 17 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are always subject to change. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist17.aspx for an updated entry list.
Get your picks posted and good luck!
The current television schedule show Friday qualifying coverage starting at 9:00PM EDT (6:00PM PDT), Saturday qualifying coverage starting at 7:00PM EDT Sunday (4:00PM PDT Saturday), both on FS1. Live Finals coverage starts at 2:00PM EDT (11:00AM PDT).

 

[Budnicks]

Congrats to aslant for elimination points too

he's on a roll

 

[Budnicks]

Yea ha I went up +1, baby steps

FBBO's 64BEL still leading the pack too...

 

[Gpuller]

Nice pickin' Al!
Way to stay at the top Bel!
We have tickets to Brainerd, just going up for the eliminations on Sunday. My 9yo daughter has been wanting to go for years. She's bummed that we aren't going the whole weekend. I told her will see how one day goes first. LOL
My wife and 13yo son are still on the fence about going.

 

[ocdart]

Nice pickin' Al!
Way to stay at the top Bel!
We have tickets to Brainerd, just going up for the eliminations on Sunday. My 9yo daughter has been wanting to go for years. She's bummed that we aren't going the whole weekend. I told her will see how one day goes first. LOL
My wife and 13yo son are still on the fence about going.

First time?

 

[Gpuller]

First time?

I've been a few times but the kids and wife have never been there. It will be fun, the kids have no idea how loud and wild it will be. LOL
My daughter is a John and Courtney Force fan.

 

[ocdart]

I've been a few times but the kids and wife have never been there. It will be fun, the kids have no idea how loud and wild it will be. LOL
My daughter is a John and Courtney Force fan.

"Loud and wild"...that's what I've heard about the "Zoo" at Brainerd!
Enjoy the day!
My next time will be in November at the Finals at Pomona. We have a small group from Inland Mopars Car Club that goes to Friday qualifying each year at both the season-opening WinterNationals and the season-closing Finals.
Can't wait to get my 'nitro fix'!

 

[64BEL]

When we took our daughter to her first national event (Joliet), she was 15. I told her she'd want ear plugs, she said nah. After the first funny car made just a short squirt, smoked the tires and shut off, she yelled, "where are the ear plugs!?" She wore them from then on. LOL

Try to get your 13 year old there, Reed. He'll be hooked. My daughter had a lot of fun in the pits interacting with the drivers over the years. Tim Wilkerson, Steve Johnson, Hector Arana Sr, and Roy and Revonda Johnson became favorites of ours. Especially Tim Wilkerson - what a super nice guy. Plenty of other nice drivers, too. Most of them are very generous and kind with their time - especially with the young fans. Fun to watch the Greek's operation, too.

Nice picking and a nice move up, ocdart!

 

[Budnicks]

Wow I didn't notice our dear game leader ocdart
went up 3+ spots, nice showing

 

[ocdart]

The world lost a great and giving lady! She'll be missed.

TERRY CHANDLER PASSES FOLLOWING BRAVE FIGHT WITH CANCER | Competition Plus


I wonder what impact this is going to have for both Jack Beckman's and Tommy Johnson Jr's teams, both this year and in the future.

...and here's the answer.
Terry's husband, Doug Chandler, announced he's going to continued the sponsorship of both Funny Cars in Terry's memory.
http://www.competitionplus.com/drag...ife-terrys-commitment-backing-dsr-giving-cars
Outstanding!

 

[ocdart]

Wow I didn't notice our dear game leader ocdart
went up 3+ spots, nice showing

Thanks, guys, but I'm not North Korean! None of this 'dear leader' stuff.
LOL

 

[Budnicks]

Thanks, guys, but I'm not North Korean! None of this 'dear leader' stuff.
LOL

yes sir/OK boss JK
I know you know, it wasn't meant like that
but, I completely understand you did good, congrats...

 

[Budnicks]

...and here's the answer.
Terry's husband, Doug Chandler, announced he's going to continued the sponsorship of both Funny Cars in Terry's memory.
http://www.competitionplus.com/drag...ife-terrys-commitment-backing-dsr-giving-cars
Outstanding!

Good news for Infinite Hero car & Jack Beckman
good news for Make a Wish car & Tommy Johnson Jr.
or more like DSR pocketbook...

good to see he's/Doug, Terry's husband is sticking with it,
NHRA has it's problems, too bad he didn't do something in Pro-Stock
too many people bailing on sponsorship already, rare full, pro fields etc.
{they call it or refer to it always as marketing partnerships}

 

[64BEL]

She got married when she was just 16? Wow.

 

[ocdart]

I know we're a few weeks away from the U.S. Nationals at Indy but it looks like we're going to finally get a full field of Pro Stocks for a change at the race.
There are currently 17 Pro Stocks on the event entry list right now and CompetitionPlus.com this morning reported that all three Grays - grandpa Johnny, dad Shane and son Tanner - will be in Valvoline-sponsored Camaro Pro Stockers at the Nationals. Tanner is the only one currently among the 17 entries on the NHRA.com entry list.

 

[Budnicks]

Brainerd "The Zoo" Picks

T/F Antron Brown

F/C Ron Capps

P/S Bo Butner {only 15 cars so far}

P/SM Matt Smith

good luck everyone