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

[Budnicks]

I see a bunch of people are on the Leah bandwagon now,
I picked her the 1st few races, she's done very well
I wish I'd have picked her last race too...

But the 4 wide is a different creature...
I hope I'm not wrong "yet again"
Antron is gaining his stride...

Good luck everyone

 

[ocdart]

Congrats to 'Back in Time' (FABO) and 'johnnyCuda' (FABO) for sharing the Top Qualifier title of the 2017 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals with very nice totals of 29.0 bonus points. 'Back in Time' picked the #2 qualifier in Funny Car and Pro Stock and the #3 qualifier in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle. 'johnnyCuda' picked the #2 qualifier in Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle and the #3 qualifier in Funny Car and Pro Stock. Way to go!
'cuda20' (FABO) was right behind in the #2 qualifier spot with 28.5 bonus points.
'aslant' was the top FBBO qualifier with 27.5 bonus points.
More great picks!

We have 16 players for the Four-Wide Nationals and 14 different driver combos made up of:
* 3 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. The only place there may be any head-to-head matchups would be in the final round of eliminations.
* 7 different Funny Car drivers with several Round 1 head-to-head matchups: #2 qualifier Robert Hight (1 pick), #7 Tommy Johnson Jr. (1 pick) and #10 qualifier Jack Beckman (1 pick) are all in the same group in Round 1 of eliminations; and #3 qualifier John Force (2 picks) and #6 qualifier Ron Capps (4 picks) are in the same group in Round 1 of eliminations.
Four of these five could all meet in the same group in the semi-finals.
* 4 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week. #3 qualifier Greg Anderson (5 picks) and #11 qualifier Shane Gray (1 pick) and in the same group in Round 1 of eliminations. They could both possibly join #2 qualifier (3 picks) in the same group in the semi-finals.
* Only 2 different Pro Stock Motorcycle riders picked this week: #2 qualifier Eddie Krawiec (10 picks) and #3 pick Andrew Hines could possibly meet in the same group in the semi-finals, and both could possibly move on to the final round group.

Good luck all

 

[ocdart]

If you're a new game player this year, the 4-Wides are scored differently. We're using the same scoring this year as previously used and, again, this scoring is only for the 4-Wide Nationals.

Points change for 4-Wide Nationals event ONLY!!!
Same rules as the past several years:

This event only has 3 rounds of eliminations. Event scoring will be similar to the NHRA points scoring.

Qualifying position bonus points are the same as always

Each pro elimination round is run with 4 cars per race rather than 2, and 2 cars advance from each of the first 2 rounds of eliminations.

First round: Four races of four cars each. The 1st car of each race to cross the finish line will get 10 points, the 2nd car will get 5 points. Eight cars advance to the second round of eliminations.

Second round: Two races of four cars each. Same scoring as the first round. Four cars advance to the final round of eliminations.

Final round: One race of four cars. 1st Place finisher will get 10 points, 2nd Place will get 5 points, 3rd Place will get 3 points, 4th Place will get 1 point.

Same scoring for quickest e.t. and fastest speed for the event and for any national record set at this event.

Again, this scoring will be for this event only.

 

[Budnicks]

Nice qualifying picks aslant

 

[Budnicks]

A well know figure from NHRA history has passed...
RIP John Muldowney
Shirley "cha cha" Muldowney's son John died from a blood clot @ 59 y/o

 

[alsant]

I hate 4 wide !!!

 

[ocdart]

Now that the silliness that is the Four-Wide Nationals is done, here are the results and point standings following completion of the 6th event of the 2017 NHRA season.

Congratulations to 'stroked340' (FABO) for being "Top Picker Eliminator" for the Four-Wide Nationals with an outstanding point total of 132.0 points.
'ocdart' (FABO) was the event runner-up with 129.0 points.
'64BEL' was the top FBBO picker with 111.5 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Clay Millican, 3.716 during qualifying
Speed - Antron Brown, 328.06 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Courtney Force, 3.851 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Hight, 333.91 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.568 while not advancing out of Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Greg Anderson, 210.87 while finishing first during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Eddie Krawiec, 6.792 while finishing first during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Eddie Krawiec, 196.93 during qualifying



Here are the game point standings after the 6th event of the 2017 season:
685.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change in the game standings
633.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
619.55 - GPuller (FBBO) no change
613.5 - 71dartswinger no change
611.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +2
592.5 - memike (FABO) -1
591.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -1
591.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
564.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +1
560.5 - alsant (FBBO) -1
548.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
522.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
497.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
481.5- ocdart (FABO) no change
385.0 - fishmens67 (FBBO) no change
369.5 - super-bee_ski no change

The 7th race of the 2017 season, the 37th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals, is May 5-7, at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, GA.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, May 5 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:15PM EDT (1:15PM PDT).
The Southern Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 16 Top Fuel, 16 Funny Car, 15 Pro Stock and 21 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are subject to change. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist07.aspx for an updated entry list.
Get your picks posted and good luck!

 

[ocdart]

Here's your Tuesday before the event reminder to post your picks for the upcoming Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia - the final event of three (3) weekends in a row. Pro qualifying starts Friday, May 5, at 4:15PM EDT (1:15PM PDT).
Post your picks for Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
The NHRA.com website currently shows 16 Top Fuel, 16 Funny Car, 16 Pro Stock and 23 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries.
Check to verify your picks are actually entered for this event.

 

[Nick2317]

Ill go with

TF Tony Schumacher
FC Matt Hagan
PS Jason Line
PSM Jerry Savoie

 

[64BEL]

Hey Alsant - looks like we're swapping back and forth in the mediocrity spot!

For Atlanta:

TF Clay Millican
FC Tim Wilkerson
PS Bo Butner
PSM Jerry Savoie

Good luck everyone!

 

[Gpuller]

Congrats Bel!

 

[Budnicks]

Congrats to 64BEL

 

[Budnicks]

Atlanta Southern Nats

T/F Leah Pritchett
{I wanted to go with Antron but he's not doing as well}

F/C Ron Capps
{he's the man at the moment, albeit JFR is doing well in Qual., 1-2-3 last race}

P/S Greg Anderson
{albeit Elite MS is stepping up their game now, Mopars are nonexistent}

P/SM Eddie Kraweic
{albeit Savoie & Suzuki are really stepping up too}

Good luck everyone on FBBO

 

[ocdart]

Now that the silliness that is the Four-Wide Nationals is done, here are the results and point standings following completion of the 6th event of the 2017 NHRA season.

Congratulations to 'stroked340' (FABO) for being "Top Picker Eliminator" for the Four-Wide Nationals with an outstanding point total of 132.0 points.
'ocdart' (FABO) was the event runner-up with 129.0 points.
'64BEL' was the top FBBO picker with 111.5 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Clay Millican, 3.716 during qualifying
Speed - Antron Brown, 328.06 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Courtney Force, 3.851 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Hight, 333.91 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.568 while not advancing out of Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Greg Anderson, 210.87 while finishing first during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Eddie Krawiec, 6.792 while finishing first during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Eddie Krawiec, 196.93 during qualifying



Here are the game point standings after the 6th event of the 2017 season:
685.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change in the game standings
633.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
619.55 - GPuller (FBBO) no change
613.5 - 71dartswinger no change
611.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +2
592.5 - memike (FABO) -1
591.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -1
591.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
564.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +1
560.5 - alsant (FBBO) -1
548.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
522.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
497.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
481.5- ocdart (FABO) no change
385.0 - fishmens67 (FBBO) no change
369.5 - super-bee_ski no change

The 7th race of the 2017 season, the 37th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals, is May 5-7, at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, GA.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, May 5 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:15PM EDT (1:15PM PDT).
The Southern Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 16 Top Fuel, 16 Funny Car, 15 Pro Stock and 21 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are subject to change. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist07.aspx for an updated entry list.
Get your picks posted and good luck!

 

[super-bee_ski]

So:
I'm still the Dummy of the group!
The biggest points accumulation is not dependent on who wins but on the qualifying?

Example:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Clay Millican, 3.716 during qualifying
Speed - Antron Brown, 328.06 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Courtney Force, 3.851 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Hight, 333.91 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.568 while not advancing out of Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Greg Anderson, 210.87 while finishing first during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Eddie Krawiec, 6.792 while finishing first during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Eddie Krawiec, 196.93 during qualifying

 

[ocdart]

So:
I'm still the Dummy of the group!
The biggest points accumulation is not dependent on who wins but on the qualifying?

Ski -
Qualifying bonus points range from 0.5 to 8.0 per driver depending on what qualifying position your driver pick finishes in. If you pick the #1 qualifier for all four pro classes you'll end up with 32.0 bonus points from qualifying.
In all race events except the Four-Wide Nationals, elimination round winners earn 10 points per round win:
* Your driver pick loses in the 1st round of eliminations = 0 points for eliminations
* Your driver pick wins in the 1st round, but loses in the 2nd round = 10 points
* Your driver pick wins both the 1st and 2nd rounds, but loses in the semi-finals = 20 points
* Your driver wins his class = 40 points
Total points per event are a combination of both Qualifying bonus points, elimination round points, bonus points if your driver pick runs either/both Low E.T. and/or Top Speed of the event for his class, and additional bonus points if your driver pick sets a new National Record for either/both E.T. and/or Speed.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Thanks OC!

 

[Budnicks]

Congrats on the last race picks BEL64

 

[Budnicks]

Congrats to ocdart for his great picks too

 

[ocdart]

Thanks OC!

Ski - Your score for last weekend was 104.5 points. You closed the gap between you and fishmens67 from 67 points to 15.5. Good going!