2018 8th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time For Your NITRO Fix! Here We Go Again!!!

[super-bee_ski]

Great pics Nick!

 

[ocdart]

On time this week!
Here's your "Tuesday-before-the-event" reminder for the Fitzgerald USA NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals that starts Friday, June 15th.
The entry list currently shows:
16 Top Fuel
17 Funny Car
16 Pro Stock

Looks like this is going to be another warm-weather race. The current forecast calls for a high temps of 86F on Friday, then 90F on Saturday. Final eliminations on Sunday might be tough to get in with the current forecast of light rain lasting from 10AM to 6PM with thunderstorms hitting from 2-5PM.
Can we put a roof over the track?

Get your picks posted!

 

[Nick2317]

Ill go with

Antron Brown
Matt Hagan
Jason Line

 

[64BEL]

On time this week!
Here's your "Tuesday-before-the-event" reminder for the 21st annual Jegs Route 66 NHRA Nationals that starts Friday, June 1st.

Oops, oc, I think you mean Bristol on the 15th, right?

 

[64BEL]

For the Bristol race, I'll take:

TF Steve Torrence
FC Cruz Pedregon
PS Greg Anderson

Best of luck to all!

 

[alsant]

Steve Torrence
Courtney Force
Greg Anderson

Good luck Guys!!!

 

[Budnicks]

Nice picks last week nick

 

[Budnicks]

Bristol picks

T/F S. Torrence

F/C C. Force

P/S G. Anderson

good luck everyone

 

[super-bee_ski]

Bristol picks:

TOP FUEL: Steve Torrence

FUNNY CAR: Ron Capps

PRO STOCK: Gregg Anderson

 

[Budnicks]

Bristol picks:

TOP FUEL: Steve Torrence

FUNNY CAR: Ron Capps

PRO STOCK: Gregg Anderson

I wanted to go with Capps,
he's usually my go to guy, one of my favorites always
just not doing it this year, unfortunately

for your sake & his
I hope he does well

 

[super-bee_ski]

Gee
This year there is so much TALENT?
On "Any given Sunday"!!!
Anything can happen
And yes, you are a Ron Capps fan...
Me too Budnicks..
But, he is WAY over due
My guy..Lil Bob Tasca III is looking pretty good lately

 

[ocdart]

Oops, oc, I think you mean Bristol on the 15th, right?

Yeah, that was caught over on FABO as well.
It was a 'cut & paste' that didn't get corrected.
Sorry.

 

[64BEL]

No problem oc!!

 

[ocdart]

18th annual Fitzgerald USA NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 87F, 34% relative humidity, barometer 28.42, adjusted altitude 4,167', track temp 133F

TF: Scott Palmer, 3.997 @ 293.92
FC: Bob Tasca III, 4.157; Tommy Johnson Jr. @ 303.03
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.696; Chris McGaha @205.91

Q2
Weather: 84F, 49% relative humidity, barometer 28.40, adjusted altitude 4,212', track temp 110F

TF: Clay Millican, 3.817; Tony Schumacher @ 323.66
FC: Courtney Force, 3.993 @ 325.92
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.674; Chris McGaha @205.91


Q3
Weather: 87F, 46% relative humidity, barometer 28.48, adjusted altitude 4,312', track temp 131F

TF: Clay Millican, 3.817; Tony Schumacher @ 323.66
FC: Courtney Force, 3.993 @ 325.92
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.674; Chris McGaha @205.91


Q4
Weather: 90F, 38% relative humidity, barometer 28.44, adjusted altitude 4,489', track temp 130F

TF: Clay Millican, 3.817; Tony Schumacher @ 323.66
FC: Courtney Force, 3.993 @ 325.92
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.674; Chris McGaha @205.91





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[ocdart]

Well, here's a first for this little ol' game, we've got 5 players tied for the Top Qualifier title for the 2018 Fitzgerald USA NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals...and they all have the same picks!
Congratulations to 'alsant' (FBBO), 'Back in Time' (FABO), 'Budnicks' (FBBO), 'cuda20' (FABO) and 'johnnycuda' (FABO). Each ended up with 21.5 bonus points by picking the #1 qualifier in both Funny Car and Pro Stock, and the #6 qualifier in Top Fuel.
'64BEL' (FBBO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 19.5 bonus points.

Way to go!!
Good luck all in eliminations tomorrow!

We have 14 players again this week but only 9 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2 if both drivers win their opening round of eliminations.
* 5 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #6 qualifier John Force (1 pick) and #11 qualifier Ron Capps (4 picks). There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchups in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 4 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week with one Round 1 head-to-head matchups between #6 qualifier Jason Line (1 pick) and #11 qualifier Erica Enders-Stevens (1 pick). No possibility of a head-to-head matchup in Round 2 of eliminations.

Good luck all! ​

 

[alsant]

I feel deflated now !

 

[Budnicks]

I knew I should have taken Ron Capps

but I got a few little qualifying points

I thought Greg Anderson would have won too
I did get good points from him

a tricky track, slow as in #'s
like 7 years ago #'s

 

[ocdart]

Here are the results and point standings following completion of the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, the eleventh event of the 2018 NHRA season.

Congratulations to both 'stroked340' (FABO) and 'super-bee_ski' (FBBO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" title with very nice point totals of 111.5 points each. Both picked the class winner in Funny Car, their Pro Stock pick lost in the final round of elimination, and their Top Fuel pick lost in the semi-final. They were both helped with ET bonus points in Pro Stock.
The "FABO/FBBO Five" all shared runner-up honors with 106.5 points each.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Clay Millican, 3.817 during qualifying
Speed - Tony Schumacher, 323.66 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Courtney Force, 3.993 during qualifying
Speed - Courtney Force, 325.92 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.674 during qualifying
Speed - Chris McGaha, 205.79 during qualifying



Here are the game point standings after the 11th event of the 2018 season:
901.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change in the game standings
896.5- Back in Time (FABO) no change
882.5 - stroked340 (FABO) +2
879.5 - cuda20 (FABO) -1
862.5 - Duster79 (FABO) -1
842.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) +1
823.5 - alsant (FBBO) +1
790.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) +3
789.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -3
764.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +3
758.0 - memike (FABO) +1
756.5 - ocdart (FABO) -2
730.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -4
656.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change


And still no rest because this was the third of four consecutive weekends of NHRA events.
The 12th race of the 2018 season marks the close of the first half of the season, the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals is June 21-24 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, June 22 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:45PM EDT (1:45PM PDT).
The Summit Racing Equipment Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 19 Top Fuel, 18 Funny Car, 19 Pro Stock and 20 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are subject to change. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist12.aspx for an updated entry list.

 

[alsant]

Nice picking ski !

 

[super-bee_ski]

Blind squirrel!

Thanks aslant...
My Bob Tasca III did pretty good huh?

PS: Knew his grandfather well, Bob task creator of the 428 Cobra Jet and went to school with his Son Bob II