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

[alsant]

Antron Brown
John Force
Greg Anderson
Eddie Kreiwic


Good luck all !!

 

[ocdart]

NHRA moved the Pro qualifying start time for today, Friday, May 5, to 2:15PM EDT (11:15PM PDT).
Get your picks posted if you haven't already done so.

 

[Nick2317]

Just saw the weather there is crummy ....high is 52 and rainy

 

[super-bee_ski]

Gosh, I CAN NOT figure this out....

Gee guys, after I give Budnicks and GPuller and Nick my thoughts on who they should pick....by the time I look at the List, all the good ones are taken....
(I'd certainly NEVER pick what I suggested to them......just saying...)

tee-hee-hee

 

[super-bee_ski]

Top Fuel: Steve Torrance

Funny Car: Ron Capps

Pro Stock: Erica Enders

Pro Bike: Hines

 

[Budnicks]

Gosh, I CAN NOT figure this out....

Gee guys, after I give Budnicks and GPuller and Nick my thoughts on who they should pick....by the time I look at the List, all the good ones are taken....
(I'd certainly NEVER pick what I suggested to them......just saying...)

tee-hee-hee

 

[super-bee_ski]

Yeah huh?

 

[alsant]

 

[ocdart]

Pro qualifying washed out by weather today.
Two rounds of Pro qualifying scheduled for Saturday. Forecast looks like sunny with a high of 70F for Saturday, then more rain starting about 6PM.
Forecast for Sunday shows sunny all day.

 

[Gpuller]

Whoa! Got busy and didn't get my picks in.
Thanks for the PM OC, I'm sure it's too late, but I'd carry over my picks.

Good luck to all that got their picks in on time! LOL

 

[ocdart]

Whoa! Got busy and didn't get my picks in.
Thanks for the PM OC, I'm sure it's too late, but I'd carry over my picks.

Good luck to all that got their picks in on time! LOL

You're good since you're rolling over last weeks picks.

 

[ocdart]

37th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 75F, 32% relative humidity, barometer 28.97", adjusted altitude 2,619', track temp 116F

TF: Steve Torrence, 3.738; Terry McMillen @ 323.43
FC: Courtney Force, 3.893; Matt Hagan @ 325.45
PS: Bo Butner, 6.572 @ 210.70
PSM: Eddie Krawiec, 6.849; L.E. Tonglet @ 194.24


Q2
Weather: 74F, 34% relative humidity, barometer 28.96", adjusted altitude 2,896', track temp 117F

TF: Tony Schumacher, 3.736; Antron Brown @ 326.08
FC: Courtney, 3.893; Matt Hagan @ 325.45
PS: Bo Butner, 6.572 @ 210.70
PSM: Eddie Krawiec, 6.849; Hector Arana Jr. @ 194.88

 

[ocdart]

Congrats to '71dartswinger' (FABO) and 'memike' (FABO) for sharing the Top Qualifier title of the 2017 NHRA Southern Nationals with very nice totals of 29.5 bonus points. They both picked the #1 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle, the #2 qualifier in Funny Car, and the #3 qualifier in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock. Way to go!
'Nick2317' (FBBO) was right behind in the #2 qualifier spot with 28.5 bonus points.
More great picks!

We have 16 players for the Southern and 15 different driver combos made up of:
* 6 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups, but a chance of two head-to-head matchups in Round 2.
* 7 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #2 qualifier Matt Hagan (7 picks) and #15 qualifier Cruz Pedregon (1 pick). There are also possibilities of two head-to head matchups in Round 2.
* 5 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week. No Round 1 matchups, but a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round #2.
* Only 3 different Pro Stock Motorcycle riders picked this week and the earliest any of could match up is the semi-finals.

Good luck all!

 

[alsant]

Nice job Nick !!

 

[64BEL]

Congrats, Nick!

 

[Gpuller]

Congrats Nick!

 

[Budnicks]

Nice job on qualifying picks Nick

 

[Budnicks]

Congrats to 64Bel +5 spots top eliminations pick points winner
& to Ski +1 too, who was runner up for Atlanta race picks,
ocdart posted it in the NASCAR thread by mistake...
{Nick went up +2 spots}

I already sent him a PM about it too...

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to '64BEL' (FBBO) for being "Top Picker Eliminator" for the Southern Nationals with an outstanding point total of 146.0 points.
'super-bee_ski' (FBBO) was the event runner-up with 144.5 points. 'SSG Karg' was the top FABO picker with 121.0 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Leah Pritchett, 3.699 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Antron Brown, 329.91 while losing during Round 2 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.880 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Robert Hight, 328.06 during Round 2 of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Bo Butner, 6.537 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Bo Butner, 211.83 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - L.E. Tonglet, 6.805 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - L.E. Tonglet, 196.13 during Round 2 of eliminations



Here are the game point standings after the 7th event of the 2017 season:
791.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change in the game standings
738.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
720.0 - GPuller (FBBO) no change
710.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +5
709.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +2
708.0 - 71dartswinger -2
691.0 - stroked340 (FABO) -2
687.0 - memike (FABO) -2
663.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
629.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
618.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) +2
613.0 - cuda20 no change
599.0 - Duster79 (FABO) -2
567.5- ocdart (FABO) no change
514.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) +1
475.0 - fishmens67 (FBBO) -1

We get a weekend off before the 8th race of the 2017 season, the 29th annual Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties, is May 19-21, at Heartland Park Topeka in Topeka, KS.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, May 19 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:30PM EDT (1:30PM PDT).
The Heartland Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 16 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car and 12 Pro Stock entries, but the counts are subject to change. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist08.aspx for an updated entry list. Pro Stock Motorcycle will not compete at this event.
Get your picks posted and good luck!

 

[Gpuller]

Great job Bel!