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

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9th annual NGK Spark Plugs NHRA 4-Wide Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 76F, 43% relative humidity, barometer 29.07, adjusted altitude 2,653', track temp 106F

TF: Steve Torrence, 3.731 @ 330.72
FC: Courtney Force, 3.873 @ 332.92
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.548; Chris McGaha @ 211.39
PSM: Steve Johnson, 6.866; Hector Arana Sr. @ 194.97

Q2
Weather: 73F, 45% relative humidity, barometer 29.08, adjusted altitude 2,472', track temp 92F

TF: Brittany Force, 3.689; Antron Brown @ 331.77
FC: Courtney Force, 3.873 @ 332.92
PS: Drew Skillman, 6.534; Chris McGaha @ 211.39
PSM: Cory Reed, 6.838; Hector Arana Jr. @ 197.31


Q3
Weather: 79F, 26% relative humidity, barometer 29.17, adjusted altitude 2,595', track temp 120F

TF: Brittany Force, 3.689; Antron Brown @ 331.77
FC: Courtney Force, 3.873 @ 332.92
PS: Drew Skillman, 6.534; Chris McGaha @ 211.39
PSM: L.E. Tonglet, 6.812; Hector Arana @ 199.11

Q4
Weather: 82F, 25% relative humidity, barometer 29.17, adjusted altitude 2,852', track temp 128F

TF: Brittany Force, 3.689; Antron Brown @ 331.77
FC: Courtney Force, 3.873 @ 332.92
PS: Drew Skillman, 6.534; Chris McGaha @ 211.39
PSM: L.E. Tonglet, 6.812; Hector Arana @ 199.11


Race day should be interesting tomorrow - the forecast is for high temps 20-degrees cooler than today.​

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Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) for winning the Top Qualifier title of the 2018 NGK Spark Plugs NHRA 4-Wide Nationals with a very nice total of 28.0 bonus points. He picked the #2 qualifier in both Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and the #4 qualifier in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock.
'johnnycuda' (FABO) was right behind in the runner-up spot with 27.5 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 one Round 1 quad head-to-head matchup of #3 qualifier Antron Brown (5 picks) and #6 qualifier Doug Kalitta (2 picks). Of course, both can make it out of the Round 1 quad and to on to Round 2.
* 5 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 quad head-to-head matchup of #2 qualifier Ron Capps (2 picks) and #7 qualifier Robert Hight (1 pick). Again, both can make it out of Round 1 and go on to Round 2.
* 5 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week. But somebody isn't going to make it to Round 2 because three picks are grouped in a Round 1 quad: #2 qualifier Greg Anderson (5 picks), #7 qualifier Tanner Gray (3 picks) and #10 qualifier Chris McGaha (1 pick).
* 4 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers picked this week with one Round 1 quad head-to-head matchup of #1 qualifier L.E. Tonglet (1 pick) and #8 qualifier Jerry Savoie (1 pick. Both can possibly make it out of Round 1.
Good luck all! ​

 

[Budnicks]

Damn finally I got a few qualifying picks close again

now lets see them race well too

 

[64BEL]

Nice pickin' Bud!

 

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Here are the results and point standings following completion of the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA 4-Wide Nationals, the sixth event of the 2018 NHRA season.

Congratulations to 'SSG Karg' (FABO) for winning "Top Picker Eliminator" title with a very nice point total of 104.5 points.
'super-bee_ski' (FBBO) was the runner-up with 83.5 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.689 during qualifying
Speed - Antron Brown, 331.77 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Courtney Force, 3.873 during qualifying
Speed - Courtney Force, 332.92 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Erica Enders-Stevens, 6.500 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Greg Anderson, 212.93 while losing during Round 1 of eliminations
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Jerry Savoie, 6.765 during Round 2 of eliminations
Speed - Hector Arana Sr., 199.11 during qualifying



Here are the game point standings after the 6th event of the 2018 season:
491.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) +1 in the game standings
441.0 - Duster79 (FABO) -1
425.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) +5
418.5 - alsant (FBBO) -1
413.5 - 71 dartswinger (FABO) +2
410.5 - cuda20 (FABO) -1
396.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -3
393.0 - stroked340 (FABO) -2
381.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
372.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +2
337.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1
330.5 - ocdart (FABO) -1
314.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
296.5 - memike (FABO) -1


Still no time to either rest or recover. The 7th race of the 2018 season, the 39th annual NHRA Southern Nationals Powered by Mello Yello, is next weekend, May 4-6, at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, May 4 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:30PM EDT (12:30 PM PDT).
The Southern Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 15 Top Fuel, 16 Funny Car, 16 Pro Stock and 19 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!​

 

[alsant]

Nice job ski!!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Thanks team!
I will "fall apart" right around the time my Red Sox fall apart...
Ha Ha!

 

[64BEL]

Nice move, Ski! +5!!

 

[64BEL]

This game makes me

 

[Budnicks]

Great picks Ski

 

[Budnicks]

This game makes me

Yep people that did well in qualifying
most of them all sucked in 4 wide rounds racing

 

[Budnicks]

Atlanta race

T/F Steve Torrence
F/C Ron Capps {he'll do it this time... , thinking about Robert Hight}

P/S Bo Butner {just can't bring myself to pick any Elite racers or Tanner}

P/SM Eddy Kraweic {it was fluke last week, he went out early }

edited; I forgot to add
Good luck everyone

 

[Nick2317]

Hotlants Ill go with

TF Antron Brown
Fc Matt Hagan
PS Bob Utner
PSM Andrew Krawiec

 

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Here's your "Tuesday-before-the-event" reminder for the 39th annual NHRA Southern Nationals Powered By Mello Yellow that starts Friday, May 4th.
The entry list currently shows:
17 Top Fuel
16 Funny Car
16 Pro Stock
20 Pro Stock Motorcycle

The current forecast calls for a high temps of 84F on Friday, then dropping to 74F on Saturday and Sunday with an 80% chance of some rain Sunday.

Get your picks posted!

 

[64BEL]

For the Southerns:

TF Doug Kalitta
FC Tommy Johnson Jr
PS Jason Line
PSM LE Tonglet

Good luck everyone!

 

[alsant]

Ain’t giving up on my man Antron !
Antron Brown
Jack Beckman
Vincent Nobile
Eddie Kreiwic

Good luck guys !!

 

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39th annual NHRA Southern Nationals Powered by Mello Yello qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 87F, 40% relative humidity, barometer 29.33, adjusted altitude 3,207', track temp 127F

TF: Doug Kalitta, 3.951 @ 296.50
FC: Cruz Pedregon, 4.118, John Force @ 297.35
PS: Deric Kramer, 6.620; Greg Anderson @ 209.36
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.882 @ 196.13

Looks like the new NHRA track preparation still has the nitro classes in chaos as far as tuning for traction on the top end.


Q2
Weather: 87F, 41% relative humidity, barometer 29.29, adjusted altitude 3,241', track temp 119F

TF: Clay Millican, 3.758 @ 331.12
FC: Robert Hight, 3.952 @ 327.59
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.593 @ 210.11
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.882 @ 196.13


Q3
Weather: 77F, 60% relative humidity, barometer 29.29, adjusted altitude 2,676', track temp 101F
TF: Clay Millican, 3.758 @ 331.12
FC: Robert Hight, 3.952 @ 327.59
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.586 @ 210.11
PSM: Hector Arana Jr., 6.806 @ 198.76


Q4
Weather: 83F, 49% relative humidity, barometer 29.25, adjusted altitude 3,115', track temp 115F

TF: Clay Millican, 3.758 @ 331.12
FC: Courtney Force Hight, 3.932; Robert Hight @ 327.59
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.586 @ 210.11
PSM: Hector Arana Jr., 6.806 @ 198.76

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[Budnicks]

rut roh !! an 0-fer so far, for me...

 

[Budnicks]

Cruz Pedregon has stepped up some on the "marginal tracks"
seems T/F & F/C is a smoke fest, the past few races

I thought the last race was gonna' have some good/record passes
they hade great air especially early, it was warm, but not July hot
not sure what's up with the clutch & traction issues almost everyone
has been experiencing

 

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Uh, anybody see any post from super-bee_ski with Southern Nationals picks? Please let me know if I missed the post somewhere.
I'll carry over his picks from the last event if he doesn't post new picks. Unfortunately, it's too late for him to pick up any event bonus points.