2019 9th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Are You Ready For Some NITRO?!!

[64BEL]

I'll take Steve Torrence in TF since Salinas left me hanging.

 

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Congratulations to 'Moms Duster' (FABO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties with a very nice total of 28.5 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifier in Funny Car, the #2 qualifier in both Pro Mod and Factory Stock Showdown, and the #6 qualifier in Top Fuel. Way to go!​

'Duster79' (FABO) took runner-up qualifying spot with 27.0 bonus points.
'Budnicks' was the top FBBO qualifier with 21.5 bonus points.
More great picks!

We had 17 players this week and 17 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #6 qualifier Clay Millican (2 picks) and #9 qualifier Brittany Force (1 pick). There is also a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2.
* 7 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups, but a possibility of 3 Round 2 head-to-head matchups.
* 5 different Pro Mod drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #8 qualifier Mike Janis (4 picks) and #9 qualifier Erica Enders-Stevens. (1 pick). There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2.
* 5 different Factory Stock Showdown drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchups between #8 qualifier Leah Pritchett (2 picks) and #9 qualifier David Barton (1 pick). There are not any possibile head-to-head matchups in Round 2.

Unfortunately, 2 players neglected to make picks in Pro Mod and 5 players neglected to make picks in Factory Stock Showdown despite posts that were made in both FABO and FBBO game threads and Personal Conversations that were sent to all involved.​

 

[alsant]

Nice job Bud !!!

 

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Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 10th NHRA event of the 2019 season, the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties.
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Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title with an outstanding total of 159.5 points. He was helped with both ET and Speed bonus points in both Funny Car. 'Back in Time' picked the class winners in both Top Fuel and Funny Car. Both his Pro Mod and Factory Stock Showdown picks went to the semi-finals before losing.
'cuda20' (FABO) was the event runner-up with 159.0 points.
'alsant' was the top FBBO finisher with 131.5 points


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.690 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Brittany Force, 332.67 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.895 during Round 4 of eliminations
Speed - Robert Hight, 330.88 during both Round 1 and Round 4 of eliminations

Pro Mod
E.T. - Steve Jackson, 5.742 during Round 3 of eliminations
Speed - Erica Enders-Stevens 260.11 while losing during Round 2 of eliminations

Factory Stock Showdown
E.T. - Stephen Bell, 7.908 during Round 4 of eliminations
Speed - Bo Butner III, 176.01 during qualifying


There were some discrepancies between the class ladders posted on nhra.com for Pro Mod and Factory Stock Showdown after qualifying to what the elimination ladders showed. All corrections were done and the points below are correct.

Here are the game point standings after the 10th event of the 2019 season:

1182.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in standings​

1121.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1043.0 - aslant (FBBO) +1
1031.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) -1
922.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
883.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change
865.0 - Garry in AZ (FABO) no change
788.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) +2
762.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -1
777.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1
769.0 - memike (FABO) no change
726.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
719.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) +1
684.0 - stroked340 (FABO) -1
608.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
592.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) -1
406.5 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change


The 11th race of the 2019 season, the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, is June 14th-16th at Bristol Dragway in Bristok, Tennessee, and is the sthird of four consecutive weekends of racing.
Again, Top Fuel and Funny Car are competing at this event.
Neither Pro Stock, Pro Stock Motorcycle, nor Factory Stock Showdown are competing at this event. We will add only Pro Mod class to our "Pick 'Em" game for this event.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, June 7th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro Mod qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:45PM EDT (12:45PM PDT).
The Thunder Valley Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 15 Top Fuel, 15 Funny Car and 27 Pro Mod entries but that is always subject to change. Keep checking the NHRA.com website for an updated entry list to make sure your picks are competing at this event.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Congratulations to 'Moms Duster' (FABO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties with a very nice total of 28.5 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifier in Funny Car, the #2 qualifier in both Pro Mod and Factory Stock Showdown, and the #6 qualifier in Top Fuel. Way to go!​

'Duster79' (FABO) took runner-up qualifying spot with 27.0 bonus points.
'Budnicks' was the top FBBO qualifier with 21.5 bonus points.
More great picks!

We had 17 players this week and 17 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #6 qualifier Clay Millican (2 picks) and #9 qualifier Brittany Force (1 pick). There is also a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2.
* 7 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups, but a possibility of 3 Round 2 head-to-head matchups.
* 5 different Pro Mod drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #8 qualifier Mike Janis (4 picks) and #9 qualifier Erica Enders-Stevens. (1 pick). There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2.
* 5 different Factory Stock Showdown drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchups between #8 qualifier Leah Pritchett (2 picks) and #9 qualifier David Barton (1 pick). There are not any possibile head-to-head matchups in Round 2.

Unfortunately, 2 players neglected to make picks in Pro Mod and 5 players neglected to make picks in Factory Stock Showdown despite posts that were made in both FABO and FBBO game threads and Personal Conversations that were sent to all involved.​

Yeah,
Sorry guys
I just did not get on the computer until it was Monday!
Oh well
PS: I'm one of the players that did not make the picks
I truly did not Neglect to make the picks
I simply did not know the changes

 

[Nick2317]

Ill go with

TF Steve Torrence
FC Matt Hagan
PM Steve Fast

 

[super-bee_ski]

Thunder Valley, Bristol Tennessee
14-16 June

Top Fuel:Steve Torrence

Funny Car: Robert Height

Pro Mod: Steve Jackson

 

[64BEL]

Bristol:

TF Salinas
FC Wilkerson
PM Steve Jackson

Good luck everyone!

 

[Budnicks]

nice picks last week @alsant

 

[Budnicks]

Bristol picks

T/F Steve Torrence

F/C Ron Capps
(going on a gut feeling, usually good on hot slick tracks)

P/M Stevie Fast Jackson
(shocking a blown car is doing so well, I figured it'd be another season for turbo'd cars)
(him & Tutterou {Spelling} both are dominant, not sure what's up with
Tricky Ricky Smith, other than change to turbo's, different owners)

let em' roll

good luck everyone

 

[alsant]

Steve Torrence
Robert Hight
Steve Jackson

Good luck all !!

 

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NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 75F, 35% relative humidity, 28.57", 3,112' adj. altitude, 125F track temp
TF: Brittany Force, 3.790 @ 325.45
FC: Robert Hight, 3.998 @ 318.99
PM: Todd Tutterow, 5.774; Sidnei Frigo @ 253.66


Q2
Weather: 75F, 30% relative humidity, 28.53", 3,156' adj. altitude, 115F track temp
TF: Doug Kalitta, 3.755; Austin Prock @ 325.92
FC: John Force, 3.911 @ 326.95
PM: Todd Tutterow, 5.774; Sidnei Frigo @ 255.97​

Q3
Weather: 79F, 38% relative humidity, 28.56", 3,461' adj. altitude, 113F track temp
TF: Doug Kalitta, 3.755; Austin Prock @ 325.92
FC: John Force, 3.911 @ 326.95
PM: Todd Tutterow, 5.774; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 257.73


Q4
Weather: 83F, 42% relative humidity; 28.49", 3,845 adj. altitude, 129F track temp
TF: Doug Kalitta, 3.755; Austin Prock @ 325.92
FC: John Force, 3.911 @ 326.95
PM: Todd Tutterow, 5.774; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 257.92

 

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Congratulations to 'memike' (FABO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the 2019 NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals with a very nice total of 21.0 bonus points. 'memike' (FABO) picked the #1 qualifier in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, and the #7 qualifier in Pro Mod. Way to go!​

'johnnycuda' (FABO) picked up the runner-up qualifying spot with 18.0 bonus points.
'alsant', 'Nick2317' and 'super-bee_ski' were the top FBBO qualifiers with 17.5 bonus points each.
More great picks!

We had 17 players this week and 13 different driver combos made up of:
* 6 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in Round 2.
* 7 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #8 qualifier Tommy Johnson Jr. (3 picks) and #9 qualifier Matt Hagan (2 picks). There is also a possibility of 2 Round 2 head-to-head matchups.
* 4 different Pro Mod drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. The earliest head-to-head matchup possibility would be the semi-final round of eliminations because two of the Pro Mod driver picks failed to qualify for eliminations.

 

[Budnicks]

way to go @Nick2317 & @super-bee_ski

 

[super-bee_ski]

Thank Budnicks...

I WAS GOING TO PICK BOB TASCA, LAST MINUTE I CANCELLED!

 

[Budnicks]

Thank Budnicks...

I WAS GOING TO PICK BOB TASCA, LAST MINUTE I CANCELLED!

You would have been the only one here...
He's really come around since the JFR crew swap,
running really well...

I was thinking about going with Robert Hight or John this time
But, I went with my feeling (usually treats me well )
that Ron Capps was gonna' do well, especially on a hot track
like DSR Crew Chief Ron Tobler & Capps normally do... Oh well

Damn, ol' John Force almost got his 150th,
it's tough one for him, since July MoPar Mile High last year

Quality win for Bob Taska III & fer 'Ferd'

 

[Budnicks]

Summit , Norwalk picks

T/F Steve Torrence

F/C John Force
(he's due, hell he's overdue, seems like he's doing well of late)

P/S Bo Butner

P/SM Eddie Kraweic

get them picks in early

Good luck everyone

 

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Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 11th NHRA event of the 2019 season, the Thunder Valley Nationals.

Congratulations to 'memike' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals with a very nice total of 96.0 points. He was helped with ET bonus points in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, and Speed bonus points in both Funny Car. His Funny Car pick lost in the final round of eliminations, his Top Fuel pick lost in the semi-final round and his Pro Mod pick lost in the second round of eliminations.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) was the event runner-up spot with 77.0 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Doug Kalitta, 3.755 during qualifying
Speed - Austin Prock, 325.92 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - John Force, 3.911 during qualifying
Speed - John Force, 326.95 during qualifying

Pro Mod
E.T. - Todd Tutterow, 5.774 during qualifying
Speed - Erica Enders-Stevens, 257.92 during qualifying, but didn't qualify for Sunday eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 11th event of the 2019 season:

1250.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in standings​

1188.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1110.5 - alsant (FBBO) no change
1108.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
973.5 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
958.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change
912.0 - Garry in AZ (FABO) no change
865.0 - memike (FABO) +3
840.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +1
835.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -1
832.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) -3
786.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) +1
763.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -1
714.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
676.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
657.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
416.5 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change


The 12th race of the 2019 season, the 13th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, is June 21st-23rd at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, and is the final of four consecutive weekends of racing.
Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle are competing at this event.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, June 21st in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying is scheduled to start at 1:30PM EDT (10:30AM PDT).
The Summit Racing Equipment Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 19 Top Fuel, 20 Funny Car, 18 Pro Stock and 18 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries but that is always subject to change. Keep checking the NHRA.com website for an updated entry list to make sure your picks are competing at this event.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

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[Nick2317]

Norwalk Ill go with

TF Billy Torrence
FC Matt Hagan
PS Greg Anderson
PSM matt Smith

 

[super-bee_ski]

You would have been the only one here...
He's really come around since the JFR crew swap,
running really well...

I was thinking about going with Robert Hight or John this time
But, I went with my feeling (usually treats me well )
that Ron Capps was gonna' do well, especially on a hot track
like DSR Crew Chief Ron Tobler & Capps normally do... Oh well

Damn, ol' John Force almost got his 150th,
it's tough one for him, since July MoPar Mile High last year

Quality win for Bob Taska III & fer 'Ferd'

Yeah, that "LEFT" lane with the Tunnel Bumps was outrageous!
Ron Capps is way over due!
I picked him a couple of weeks ago