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

[Nick2317]

Wow I took a tumble ....oh well

For Norwalk Ill take

TF Steve Torrence
FC Matt Hagan
PS Jason Line
PSM Eddie Krawiec

 

[Budnicks]

Summit Nats, Norwalk

T/F Steve Torrence

F/C Courtney Force

P/S Greg Anderson

P/SM Andrew Hines

good luck everyone

 

[64BEL]

Norwalk:

TF Tony Schumacher
FC Tim Wilkerson
PS Greg Anderson
PSM Hector Arana Jr

Good luck all!

 

[alsant]

Steve Torrence
Courtney Force
Vince Nobile
Eddie Kreiwic

Good luck guys !

 

[super-bee_ski]

Norwalk Ohio

TOP FUEL: Steve Torrence

FUNNY CAR: Courtney Force

PRO STOCK: Jeg Coughlin

PRO BIKE: Le Tonglet

 

[ocdart]

Mother Nature may not be a drag racing fan this weekend and may make getting the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in this weekend a bit problematic.
The current weather forecast shows light rain currently in the Norwalk, Ohio, area with thunderstorms from 2-7PM EDT today. The Saturday forecast currently shows rain showers continuing overnight increasing to thunderstorms from 8AM-4PM EDT.
The Sunday forecast shows partly sunny skies up until 4PM EDT when rain showers are again forecast for about an hour.
Cross your fingers and let's hope they can get qualifying in during any break in the weather today and tomorrow.

 

[ocdart]

12th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals qualifying leaders after only a single round of qualifying on rain-shortened Saturday:

Q1
Weather: 68F, 91% relative humidity, barometer 29.74, adjusted altitude 2,525', track temp 85F

TF: Brittany Force, 3.776; Tony Schumacher @ 330.63
FC: Courtney Force, 3.935 @ 327.66
PS: no qualifying on Saturday
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.866; Hector Arana Jr. @196.64

Q2
Weather: 77F, 81% relative humidity, barometer 29.72, adjusted altitude 3,270', track temp 109F

TF: Clay Millican, 3.750 @ 332.67
FC: Courtney Force, 3.935 @ 327.66
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.612; Jason Line and Chris McGaha @ 208.78
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.866; Hector Arana Jr. @196.85​

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Congratulations to 'Duster79' (FABO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the 2018 Summit Racing Equipment Nationals with a very nice total of 27.5 bonus points by picking the #1 qualifier in Top Fuel, the #2 qualifier in Funny Car, the #4 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle and the #6 qualifier in Pro Stock.
'Nick2317' (FBBO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 27.0 bonus points.

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

We have 14 players again this week with 11 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of two head-to-head matchup in Round 2 if both drivers win their opening round of eliminations.
* 4 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchups in Round 2 of eliminations. Interestingly, all 3 John Force team funny cars are in the top half of the bracket and all 4 Don Schumacher team funny cars are in the bottom half of the bracket.
* 6 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 4 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers picked this week with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchups in Round 2 of eliminations.

Good luck all! ​

 

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Here are the results and point standings following completion of the NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals, the twelvth event of the 2018 NHRA season.

Congratulations to 'Nick2317' (FBBO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title with an outstanding point total of 142.0. He picked the class winner in both Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle, his Top Fuel pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations and his Pro Stock pick lost in the second round of eliminations. He was helped with ET bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'alsant' (FABO) was right behind with 141.5 points.
'71dartswinger' was the highest scoring FABO player with 137.5 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Clay Millican, 3.750 during qualifying
Speed - Clay Millican, 332.67 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Courtney Force, 3.935 during qualifying
Speed - Courtney Force, 327.66 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.588 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Drew Skillman, 209.65 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Eddie Krawiec, 6.865 during Round 3 of eliminations
Speed - Hector Arana Jr., 196.85 during qualifying



Here are the game point standings after the 12th event of the 2018 season - the half-way point:
1020.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change in the game standings
1011.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +2
993.0- Back in Time (FABO) -1
982.5 - stroked340 (FABO) -1
970.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
965.0 - aslant (FBBO) +1
939.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) -1
931.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +1
906.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) -1
894.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
888.5 - memike (FABO) no change
868.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) +1
853.0 - ocdart (FABO) -1
706.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change


Finally, we get a weekend off so some of us can try and figure out where (and why) it's all going wrong!
The start of the second half of the 2018 season will start with the 13th race of the season, the 6th annual NHRA New England Nationals is July 6-8 at New England Dragway in Epping, New Hampshire.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, July 6 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:30PM EDT (1:30PM PDT).
The New England Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 15 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car and 13 Pro Stock entries, but the counts are subject to change. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist12.aspx for an updated entry list.
Pro Stock Motorcycle will not compete at this event.


Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

 

[alsant]

oops !

 

[ocdart]

oops !

oops what?

 

[alsant]

Nice!!

 

[alsant]

Way to go Nick !!

 

[Budnicks]

Nice picks last week Nick

I went down -1
oh well, always next week

figures
Rarely a time I don't pick Kraweic & he wins,
I went with Hines instead

glad to see Ron Capps running well/better again too

Torrence going out early hurt
Anderson going out early hurt too

IMO it's good to see new blood winning too

a week off
maybe the weather will be better for NE

I know it will be dryer on the west coast swing anyway
hooter & trickier tracks too

 

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Here's your "Tuesday-before-the-event" reminder for the NHRA New England Nationals that starts Friday, July 6th.
The entry list currently shows:
16 Top Fuel
17 Funny Car
16 Pro Stock

Looks like this may be another problematic Friday qualifying due to weather. The current forecast calls for a high temps of 82F on Friday with thunderstorms hitting at 10AM and rain continuing until 10PM, then a high temp of 72F on Saturday but no rain. The Sunday forecast currently shows a high of 79F and sunny up to noon, then partly cloudy after that but again no rain in the forecast for Sunday.

Get your picks posted!

 

[Nick2317]

Ill go with

TF Antron Brown
FC Matt Hagan
PS Greg Anderson

 

[Budnicks]

NE Nats picks

T/F S. Torrence

F/C C. Force

P/S G. Anderson

good luck everyone

 

[64BEL]

I'll take
TF Clay Millican
FC Tim Wilkerson
PS Bo Butner

Good luck everyone!

 

[alsant]

Britney Force
Ron Capps
Greg Anderson
Eddie Kreiwic

Good luck FBBO Guys !

 

[super-bee_ski]

Top Fuel: Steve Torrence

Funny Car: Bob Tasca III

Pro Stock: Tanner Gray