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

[super-bee_ski]

Brainard MN

Top Fuel: Tony Schumacher

Funny Car:Tim Wilkerson

Pro Stock: Jeg Coughlin

Pro Bike: Matt Smith

 

[ocdart]

Just read on nhra.com that Alex Laughlin is going to debut a new Dodge Dart Pro Stock ride at the Lucas Oil Nationals in Minnesota this coming weekend - with bow tie power under it.
Guess who I'm not picking...

 

[Budnicks]

Just read on nhra.com that Alex Laughlin is going to debut a new Dodge Dart Pro Stock ride at the Lucas Oil Nationals in Minnesota this coming weekend - with bow tie power under it.
Guess who I'm not picking...

that's sacrilege

 

[alsant]

Antron Brown
Robert Height
Greg Anderson
Eddie Kreiwic

Good luck all!!

 

[ocdart]

37th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 81F, 54% relative humidity, barometer 28.75, adjusted altitude 3,593', track temp 114F

TF: Clay Millican, 3.838; Leah Pritchett @ 324.83
FC: Robert Hight, 3.971 @ 326.95
PS: Chris McGaha, 6.617; Tanner Gray @ 208.62
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.852 @ 198.47


Q2
Weather: 86F, 47% relative humidity, barometer 28.74, adjusted altitude 3,938', no track temp info

TF: Antron Brown, 3.789; Billy Torrence @ 326.48
FC: Robert Hight, 3.971 @ 326.95
PS: Erica Enders-Stevens, 6.609; Bo Butner @ 208.78
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.852 @ 198.47

Q3
Weather: 79F, 58% relative humidity, barometer 28.72, adjusted altitude 3,543', no track temp info

TF: Steve Torrence, 3.786; Tony Schumacher @ 326.87
FC: Robert Hight, 3.959 @ 326.95
PS: Erica Enders-Stevens, 6.609; Bo Butner @ 208.78
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.852 @ 198.47


Q4
Weather: 85, 49% relative humidity, barometer 28.68, adjusted altitude 3,899', no track temp info

TF: Billy Torrence, 3.784; Tony Schumacher @ 326.87
FC: Robert Hight, 3.959 @ 326.95
PS: Erica Enders-Stevens, 6.609; Bo Butner @ 208.78
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.852 @ 198.47
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[Budnicks]

yahoo I'm 1 for 4

 

[ocdart]

yahoo I'm 1 for 4

...and that was enough!

Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the 2018 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals with a very nice 27.0 bonus points by picking the #1 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle, the #2 qualifiers in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, and the #9 qualifier in Pro Stock.
'Duster79' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 26.5 bonus points.

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

We have 14 players again this week with 12 different driver combos made up of:
* 6 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchup. There is a possibility of two head-to-head matchup in Round 2 if all four drivers win their opening round of eliminations.
* 6 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in Round 2 if all four drivers win their opening round of eliminations. ​

* 6 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #8 qualifier Jeg Coughlin Jr. (1 pick) and #9 qualifier Greg Anderson (7 picks). There is also a possibility of two head-to-head matchup in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 6 different Pro Stock motorcycle drivers picked this week with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #2 qualifier Hector Arana Jr. (1 pick) and #15 qualifier Scotty Pollacheck (2 picks). There is also a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2 of eliminations if both drivers win their opening round of eliminations.

Good luck all!

 

[alsant]

Nice job Bud !

 

[ocdart]

Here are the results and point standings following completion of the Lucas Oil Nationals, the 17th event of the 2018 NHRA season and the last prior to the U.S. Nationals.

Congratulations to 'alsant' (FBBO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title, with a very nice point total of 136.0. 'alsant' picked the Pro Stock Motorcycle class winner, his Top Fuel pick lost in the final round of eliminations, his Pro Stock pick lost in the semi-finals, and his Funny Car pick lost in the second round.
'Nick2317' (FBBO) was the event runner-up with 121.0 points.
'stroked340' and 'Back in Time' were the highest scoring FABO players with 120.5 points each.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Antron Brown, 3.733 during Round 3 of eliminations
Speed - Billy Torrence, 330.96 during Round 3 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Tommy Johnson Jr., 3.937 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Robert Hight, 326.95 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Erica Enders-Stevens, 6.609 during qualifying
Speed - Bo Butner, 208.78 during qualifying
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.852 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 198.47 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 17th event of the 2018 season:
1526.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no position change in the game standings
1443.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
1409.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +1
1396.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) -1
1385.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +1
1373.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) -1
1363.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
1360.0 - aslant (FBBO) +1
1280.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
1280.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) +2
1269.5 - ocdart (FABO) -1
1253.0 - memike (FABO) -1
1224.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
997.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change


And now we get a weekend off!
The 18th race of the season, the Chevrolet Performance NHRA U.S. Nationals is August 29th-September 3rd, at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Indiana.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, August 31 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 7:15PM EDT (4:15PM PDT).
There will be five rounds of pro qualifying, one on Friday, two on Saturday, and two on Sunday.
And don't forget, elimination round wins at the U.S. Nationals count 15 points rather than the usual 10 points.
The U.S. Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 20 Top Fuel, 18 Funny Car, 18 Pro Stock and 19 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are sure to change. Keep checking
NHRA U.S. Nationals for an updated entry list.


Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

 

[Budnicks]

congrats to aslant & nick in eliminations...

I went backwards -1

Indy next...

points & a 1/2 wahoo

beginning Sept.

 

[ocdart]

Here's your "Tuesday-before-the-event" reminder for the Chevrolet Performance NHRA U.S. Nationals that starts Tuesday, August 31st.
The entry list currently shows:
19 Top Fuel
18 Funny Car
20 Pro Stock
22 Pro Stock Motorcycle

The extended weather forecast calls for a high temp of 83F and partly cloudy on Friday, 85F and partly cloudy on Saturday, 86F with a chance of some light rain between 1-4PM on Sunday, and 87F with a chance of light rain between 1-8PM on Monday.

Lots of LIVE TV for this race!
Saturday - 4:30-6:00PM EDT (1:30-3:00PM PDT) on Fox Sports 2
Sunday (taped) - 10:00PM-Midnight EDT (7:00-9:00PM PDT) on Fox Sports 1
Monday - 11:00AM-1:00PM EDT (8:00-10:00AM PDT) on Fox Sports 1 and 1:00-4:00PM EDT (10:00AM-1:00PM PDT) on Fox.

Get your picks posted!

 

[Budnicks]

Indy US Nationals

T/F Steve Torrence

F/C Ron Capps

P/S Greg Anderson

P/SM Matt Smith

good luck everyone

 

[Nick2317]

My picks for Indy are

TF Antron Brown
FC Matt Hagan
PS Jason Line
PSM Matt Smith

 

[ocdart]

This is cool!

This weekend at the U.S. Nationals Mike Salinas will honor the late Tom "the Mongoo$e" McEwen with a special wrap on his Top Fuel car:

This car is sure to be a fan favorite!

 

[Budnicks]

@ocdart I may change my picks before Friday
I may not
just a heads up

I just read JFR's daughters/teams
F/C Courtney 3.88 @ 327mph
& T/F Britney 3.73 @ 330mph
both were fastest in the early testing sessions
closely followed by
JFR's F/C Robert Hight close behind 3.89 @ 331mph
& JSR's T/F Tony Schumacher 3.77 @ 329mph

 

[Budnicks]

There will also be 4 sessions "exhibition" passes
form Mountain Motor Pro-Stock 800+ci
2 sessions Sat. Sept. 2nd & 2 session Sun. Sept. 3rd
IIRC last I saw 9 MM P/S competitors are participating...

 

[alsant]

Antron Brown
Robert Hight
Greg Anderson
Eddie Kreiwic

Good luck all!!!

 

[ocdart]

64th annual NHRA U.S. Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 83F, 65% relative humidity, barometer 29.10 adjusted altitude 3,448', track temp 101F

TF: Mike Salinas, 3.756; Tony Schumacher @ 328.14
FC: J.R. Todd, 3.910 @ 325.45
PS: Tanner Gray, 6.603; Greg Anderson @ 208.75
PSM: Eddie Krawiec, 6.825 @ 197.02


Q2
Weather: 85F, 65% relative humidity, barometer 29.20 adjusted altitude 3,525', track temp 111F

TF: Mike Salinas, 3.756; Tony Schumacher @ 328.14
FC: J.R. Todd, 3.910 @ 325.45
PS: Tanner Gray, 6.603; Greg Anderson @ 208.75
PSM: Eddie Krawiec, 6.825; Hector Arana Jr. @ 197.31​

Q3
Weather: 87F, 60% relative humidity, barometer 29.13 adjusted altitude 3,747', track temp 113F

TF: Mike Salinas, 3.756; Tony Schumacher @ 328.14
FC: J.R. Todd, 3.910; Courtney Force @ 325.69
PS: Tanner Gray, 6.603; Chris McGaha @ 208.94
PSM: Eddie Krawiec, 6.825; Hector Arana Jr. @ 198.32


Q4
Weather: 88F, 59 relative humidity, barometer 29.23 adjusted altitude 3,655', track temp 120F

TF: Mike Salinas, 3.756; Tony Schumacher @ 328.14
FC: J.R. Todd, 3.910; Courtney Force @ 325.69
PS: Tanner Gray, 6.603; Chris McGaha @ 208.94
PSM: Hector Arana Jr., 6.817 @ 198.58


Q5
Weather: 87F, 57% relative humidity, barometer 29.20 adjusted altitude 3,664', track temp 115F

TF: Mike Salinas, 3.756; Tony Schumacher @ 328.14
FC: J.R. Todd, 3.910; Courtney Force @ 325.69
PS: Tanner Gray, 6.603; Chris McGaha @ 208.94
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.814 @ 199.14

​

​

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'cuda20' (FBBO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the 2018 NHRA U.S. Nationals with a very nice 27.5 bonus points by picking the #1 qualifier in Pro Stock, the #3 qualifiers in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and the #6 qualifier in Funny Car.
'71dartswinger' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 26.5 bonus points.
'alsant' and 'Nick2317' were the highest FBBO qualifiers, both with 26.0 bonus points

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

We have 14 players again this week with 14 different driver combos made up of:
* 4 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchup. There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2 if both drivers win their opening round of eliminations.
* 7 different Funny Car drivers with two Round 1 head-to-head matchups. One between DSR drivers #4 qualifier Tommy Johnson Jr. (2 picks) and #13 qualifier Ron Capps (4 picks), and one between JFR drivers #8 qualifier Robert Hight (1 pick) and #9 qualifier John Force (1 pick). There is also a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in Round 2 if all four drivers win their opening round of eliminations.
* 6 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is also a possibility of two head-to-head matchup in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 5 different Pro Stock motorcycle drivers picked this week with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is also a possibility of two head-to-head matchup in Round 2 of eliminations if all four drivers win their opening round of eliminations.

Good luck all!

 

[Budnicks]

nice qualifying picks cuda20, nick & alsant

all my picks
were out of the race by the end of the second round

oh well