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

I DVR'd it (my dad was watching the 49-ers)
& started to watch much later in the evening,
Low & behold, I come to find out
I fast fwrd threw most of it, took a couple hrs
for them to finally call it, for rain
after trying to dry the track 2 or more times

good luck today guy
 
Hey all -
With both NASCAR and NHRA not completing their respective events until Monday, I'm a day late in posting results for the Carolina Nationals. I will get them posted after I get home from work tonight.


In the meantime, her
e is your Tuesday-before-the-event reminder about the 22nd race of the 2019 season and the 4th race of the "Countdown", the AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas, next this coming weekend.

Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle are all competing at this event.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Nitro Qualifying starts on Friday, October 18th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 2:45PM EDT (11:45PM PDT).
The AAA Texas Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 19 Top Fuel, 18 Funny Car, 17 Pro Stock and 16 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!
 
Texas picks

T/F Steve Torrence

F/C Robert Hight

P/S Jason Line

P/SM Andrew Hines

good luck everyone
 
Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 12th annual NTK Carolina NHRA Nationals, the 21st event of the 2019 season and the 3rd event of the six-race Countdown.

Congratulations to 'Duster79' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the Carolina Nationals with an outstanding total of 156.5 points. His Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks all won their respective classes. His Pro Stock pick lost in the opening round of eliminations.
'Back in Time' (FABO) took the event runner-up spot with 144.5 points.
'Budnicks' was the top FBBO finisher with 120.0 points.
Great scores all.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.698 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Leah Pritchett, 331.20 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Jack Beckman, 3.864 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Jack Beckman, 334.07 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Erica Enders-Stevens, 6.506 during qualifying
Speed - Erica Enders-Stevens, 212.19 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Jerry Savoie, 6.784 while losing during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Andrew Hines, 199.37 during the final round of eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 3rd event of the 2019 Countdown:

2306.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in standings
2278.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
2274.0 - Duster79 (FABO) +1
2207.0 - alsant (FBBO) -1
2201.0 - Garry in AZ (FABO) no change
2193.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +3
2183.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
2174.0 - ocdart (FABO) -1
2156.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) +1
2153.5 - memike (FABO) -4
2151.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) +2
2136.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
2126.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -2
2118.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
2042.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
1994.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) n0 change
1829.0 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change


The 22nd race of the 2019 season and the 4th race of the Countdown, the 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FAllNationals, is October 18-20 at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas.
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, October 18th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 2:45PM EDT (11:45PM PDT).
The NTK Carolina Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 19 Top Fuel. 18 Funny Car, 17 Pro Stock and 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries. 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!
 
Up 3 way to go Bud!!!
thanks, that was a big move :bananadance:

I need a couple more weeks like that

to make up more than 100pts down

when others pick mostly all the same picks
(I've ben trying to mix mine up, rolling the dice)
hard to make up many points

fun game, it helps peaks my interests, while watching
when my favorite drivers get out'd
I still have something to get giddy about :bananaweed:
 
Dallas Ill go with

TF Steve Torrence
FC Matt Hagan
PS Greg Anderson
PSM Eddie Kraweic
 
Dallas:

Top Fuel: Doug Kalitta

Funny Car: Robert Height

Pro stock: Erica Enders

PSM: Andrew Hines
 
My Dallas:

TF Mike Salinas
FC Jack Beckman
PS Erica Enders
PSM Steve Johnson

Good luck!
 
NHRA AAA Texas Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 79F, 33% relative humidity, 29.23", 2,567' adj. altitude, 119F track temp
TF: Terry McMillen, 3.748; Doug Kalitta @ 328.70
FC: John Force, 3.879 @ 333.16
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.539; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 211.49
PSM: Angelle Sampey, 6.847; Matt Smith @ 197.83


Q2
Weather: 77F, 35% relative humidity, 29.15", 2,594' adj. altitude, 92F track temp
TF: Brittany Force, 3.651; Leah Pritchett @ 332.10
FC: John Force, 3.834 @ 337.33
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.509; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 211.53
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.776 @ 200.26


Q3
Weather: 81F, 36% relative humidity, 29.16", 3,102' adj. altitude, 115F track temp
TF: Brittany Force, 3.651; Leah Pritchett @ 332.10
FC: John Force, 3.834 @ 337.33
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.509; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 211.53
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.776 @ 200.26

Q4
Weather: 87F, 36% relative humidity, 29.11", 3,381' adj. altitude, 112F track temp
TF: Brittany Force, 3.651; Leah Pritchett @ 332.10
FC: John Force, 3.834 @ 337.33
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.509; Erica Enders-Stevens @ 211.53
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.776 @ 200.26

 
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Congratulations to 'cuda20' (FABO) and 'ocdart' (FABO) for sharing the Top Qualifier title for the 2019 AAA Texas NHRA Nationals with a very nice total of 27.0 bonus points. 'cuda20' picked the #2 qualifier in both Funny Car and Pro Stock, the #4 qualifier in Top Fuel and the #6 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle. 'ocdart' (FABO) picked the #1 qualifier in Funny Car, the #2 qualifier in Pro Stock, the #4 qualifier in Top Fuel and the #7 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle. Way to go!
'Duster79' (FABO) and 'alsant' (FBBO) shared the runner-up qualifying spot with 26.0 bonus points.
More great picks!


We have 16 players this week and 15 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 #5 qualifier Ron Capps (2 picks) and #12 qualifier Jack Beckman (1 pick). There is a possibility of two Round 2 head-to-head matchups.
* 4 different Pro Stock drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between team mates #7 qualifier Jason Line (2 picks) and #10 qualifier Greg Anderson (4 picks). There is a possibility of one Round 2 head-to-head matchup.
* 6 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in Round 2.

Good luck all!

 
Yeah, nice qualifying alsant. My picks sucked in eliminations...AGAIN.
 
most of mine sucked in elimination finals too
 
Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA Nationals, the 22nd event of the 2019 season and the 4th event of the six-race Countdown.
Congratulations to 'johnnycuda' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the AAA Texas Nationals with a very nice total of 140.0 points. His Pro Stock pick won its class. His Top Fuel, Funny Card and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks all went to the semi-finals before losing. He was helped with ET bonus points in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, and Speed bonus points in Funny Car.

'Nick2317' (FBBO) took the event runner-up spot with 130.0 points.
Great scores all.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.651 during qualifying
Speed - Austin Prock, 334.40 during Round 1 of eliminations


Funny Car
E.T. - John Force, 3.834 during qualifying

Speed - John Force, 337.33 during qualifying
Although not the top marks in the class, Matt Hagan brought his bracket car to eliminations clocking runs of 3.903, 3.903, 3.900 and 3.909 to win the class


Pro Stock
E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.509 during qualifying
Speed - Erica Enders-Stevens, 211.53 during qualifying


Pro Stock Motorcycle

E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.776 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 200.26 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 4th event of the 2019 Countdown:

2383.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in standings
2350.0 - Duster79 (FABO) +1
2334.0 - Back in Time (FABO) -1
2323.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +3
2286.5 - Garry in AZ (FABO) no change
2283.0 - alsant (FBBO) -2
2266.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +5
2257.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) -2
2251.0 - ocdart (FABO) -1

2234.5 - memike (FABO) no change

2228.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) -2
2225.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) -1
2209.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
2208.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
2144.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change

2048.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
1829.0 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change

The 24th race of the 2019 season and the 5th race of the Countdown, the 19th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil, is October 31-November 3 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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, November 1st in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:45PM EDT (12:45PM PDT).
The Dodge Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 18 Top Fuel. 19 Funny Car, 13 Pro Stock and 20 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries. 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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Nice picks Nick, up +5 spots

I figured I'd go down, it went down -2 spots
 
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