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

[Budnicks]

Yup, my usual "-2"
Ha Ha
Yup, I will be with the Tasca Camp on Friday .........

That sounds like fun...

I'm gonna' be here stuck watching on TV or the "puter"...

 

[ocdart]

Here is your Tuesday-before-the-event reminder for the final event of the 24-race 2019 season and the final race of the "Countdown", the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at the Fairplex in Pomona, California.
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, November 15th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:00PM EST (12:00 Noon PST).
The Finals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 19 Top Fuel, 19 Funny Car, 19 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.

The weather forecast looks PERFECT for the weekend! High temps of 72F on Friday, 80F on Saturday and 82F on Sunday and - this is SoCal! - not a hint of rain in the forecast.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

 

[64BEL]

Any Vegas results, oc?

 

[Budnicks]

Auto Club World Finals picks

T/F Steve Torrence

F/C Robert Hight

P/S Bo Butner
(a hunch & rolling the dice)

P/SM Matt Smith
(get some qualifying pt.'s at a min., gamble for sure)

good luck everyone

 

[Nick2317]

Pomona Finals picks

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

 

[ocdart]

OK, I made you wait long enough. So, if you've already made your picks for the NHRA AAA Finals let's see if anybody wants to change them...
Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 39th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil in Las Vegas, the 23rd event of the 2019 season and the 5th event of the six-race Countdown:

Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) and 'memike' (FABO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the Dodge Nationals with an outstanding total of 199.5 points each. They both picked the class winners in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle. Their Pro Stock pick went to the final round of eliminations before losing, and their Funny car pick lost in the semi-final round. They were both helped with ET bonus points in both Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and Speed bonus points in both Top Fuel and Funny Car - and the new National Speed Record bonus points in Top Fuel.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) took the event runner-up spot with 135.5 points.
Great scores all.

Here's where the E.T. and Speed bonus points went if you picked the correct drivers:

Top Fuel
E.T. - Leah Pritchett, 3.654 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 338.17 during qualifying (New National Record)

Funny Car
E.T. - Jack Beckman, 3.835 during qualifying
Speed - Jack Beckman, 335.90 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.584 during qualifying
Speed - Chris McGaha, 208.78 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.840 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 198.64 during qualifying​

Here are the game point standings after the 5th event of the 2019 Countdown:

2533.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +2 change in standings
2498.5 - cuda20 (FABO) -1
2457.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
2454.0 - Duster79 (FABO) -2
2434.0 - memike (FABO) +5
2393.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +2
2384.5 - alsant (FBBO) -1
2366.5 - Garry in AZ (FABO) -3
2363.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change
2356.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -3
2339.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +3
2337.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
2301.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) -2
2283.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -1
2278.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
2182.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
1829.0 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change


The 24th race of the 2019 season and the final race of the Countdown, the AAA NHRA Finals, is November 14-17 at AAA Raceway at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, 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 15th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:00PM EST (12:00 Noon PST).
The AAA Finals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 19 Top Fuel. 19 Funny Car, 19 Pro Stock and 19 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, if you haven't already, and GOOD LUCK!

 

[alsant]

Nice job Bud!!

 

[alsant]

S Torrence
Hight
Butner
Hines
Good luck guys!!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Pomona Baby!

Top Fuel: Brittany Force

Funny Car: Robert Height (I want Tasca, but if I pick him, he will not win)

Pro Stock: Erica Enders

Pro Bike: Matt Smith (odds are 3-1)

Good luck to everyone....

Signed:

"The Blind Squirrel"

 

[64BEL]

For the Finals:

TF Steve Torrence
FC Tommy Johnson Jr
PS Greg Anderson
PSM Steve Johnson

Good luck all!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Nice job Bud!!

Hell yeah!

"Climbing that Ladder"!!!!!

 

[ocdart]

NHRA AAA Finals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 69F, 59% relative humidity, 28.93", 2,410' adj. altitude, 96F track temp
TF: Mike Salinas, 3.699; Brittany Force @ 331.69
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.900 @ 331.36
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.533; Jason Line @ 211.03
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.815 @ 197.33

Q2
Weather: 72F, 51% relative humidity, 28.86", 2,710' adj. altitude, 98F track temp
TF: Leah Pritchett, 3.694; Brittany Force @ 331.69
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.872 @ 333.58
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.533; Jason Line @ 211.03
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.815 @ 197.33

Q3
Weather: 82F, 26% relative humidity, 28.81", 3,284' adj. altitude, 106F track temp
TF: Leah Pritchett, 3.694; Brittany Force @ 331.69
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.872 @ 333.58
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.533; Jason Line @ 211.03
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.815 @ 197.33

Q4
Weather: 83F, 24% relative humidity, 28.80", 3,259' adj. altitude, 105F track temp
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.686; Brittany Force @ 331.69
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.872 @ 333.58
PS: Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.533; Jason Line @ 211.03
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.815 @ 197.33​

​

 

[super-bee_ski]

I struggled with picking "Hagan"
Yup, one must admit, that team is still "solidifying" and he is over due for a Big win...
However, being John Forces' home track...I rolled the dice
I was shocked at the difficulties the early teams were displaying with Track Conditions..
It was cool and Balmy there, hoping the conditions will improve

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'cuda20' (FABO) for winning the final Top Qualifier title of the 2019 NHRA season and the 2019 NHRA AAA Finals with an outstanding total of 31.0 points. 'cuda20' picked the #1 qualifier in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle and the #2 qualifier in both Funny Car and Pro Stock. Way to go!​

'Duster79' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up qualifying spot with 30.0 bonus points.
'Budnicks' was the top FBBO qualifier with 28.5 bonus points.
More great picks!

We have 16 players this week and 15 different driver combos made up of:
* 4 different Top Fuel drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #8 qualifier Brittany Force (3 picks) and #9 qualifier Antron Brown (2 picks). There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2.
* 7 different Funny Car drivers with two Round 1 head-to-head matchups. One between #5 qualifier Robert Hight (6 picks) and #12 qualifier John Force (1 pick), and the other between #7 qualifier Tommy Johnson Jr. (2 picks) and #10 qualifier J.R. Todd (2 picks). There is also a possibility of two Round 2 head-to-head matchups.
* 4 different Pro Stock drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #2 qualifier Erica Enders-Stevens (9 picks) and #15 qualifier Greg Anderson (4 picks). The next possibility of a head-to-head matchup is in the semi-final round of eliminations.
* 5 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #7 qualifier Eddie Krawiec (4 picks) and #10 qualifier Angelle Savoie (1 pick). There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2.

Good luck all!

 

[Budnicks]

yea me 28.5 qualifying points

lets hope they do better racing, I need wins
I need a big swing in points

good luck everyone

 

[super-bee_ski]

Climbing that ladder...

 

[super-bee_ski]

Wow!
What a Final!

 

[Budnicks]

yeah it was a great story line for all classes

Miss Piggy;
won P/S, she should have, she had a huge points lead
Anderson sand bagged qualified 15th, to get 1st rd against her
heads up (that was a feat in it's own) 2 vs 15
he barely treed her, 0.016 to a 0.017 light, but lost by inches,
left no chance for Summit's/JB Racings Jason Line (or Bo) championship
so much for anyone else winning that championship
My pick;
Bo Butner went out in the semis

Andrew Hines;
lucked out, after red-lighting in the 1st round
both people behind him could have won the championship
either blew-up or failed
Matt Smith grenaded his engine, in the semi's
to the eventual winner Quadra (spelling) Chick/rookie
Andrew backed into the P/SM Championship
My pick;
Matt Smith went out in the semi's

Robert Hight;
F/C breaks "allegedly" after a monster burnout
in finals, but wins the championship but loses the race
My pick;
Robert Hight lost in the finals

Steve Torrence;
T/F won the championship in the semi finals
but ultimately lost the race, Britney went out 1st rd (IIRC)
in heads up with Steve Torrence
Torrence after he pushed/flat punched/shoved Ferre (spelling)
in the face, after the 2nd rd (IIRC), then later apologized,
he got caught up in the moment
My pick;
Steve Torrence lost in the finals

all in all I had a decent day "again" for points/Pick em' game
not enough to get to the top

yeah it was interesting

 

[super-bee_ski]

PS:
Not to "BE" a Killjoy, Congrads to the winners....Especially our very own esteemed colleague Budnicks and

yeah it was a great story line for all classes

Miss Piggy;
won P/S, she should have, she had a huge points lead
Anderson sand bagged qualified 15th, to get 1st rd against her
heads up (that was a feat in it's own) 2 vs 15
he barely treed her, 0.016 to a 0.017 light, but lost by inches,
left no chance for Summit's/JB Racings Jason Line (or Bo) championship
so much for anyone else winning that championship
My pick;
Bo Butner went out in the semis

Andrew Hines;
lucked out, after red-lighting in the 1st round
both people behind him could have won the championship
either blew-up or failed
Matt Smith grenaded his engine, in the semi's
to the eventual winner Quadra (spelling) Chick/rookie
Andrew backed into the P/SM Championship
My pick;
Matt Smith went out in the semi's

Robert Hight;
F/C breaks "allegedly" after a monster burnout
in finals, but wins the championship but loses the race
My pick;
Robert Hight lost in the finals

Steve Torrence;
T/F won the championship in the semi finals
but ultimately lost the race, Britney went out 1st rd (IIRC)
in heads up with Steve Torrence
Torrence after he pushed/flat punched/shoved Ferre (spelling)
in the face, after the 2nd rd (IIRC), then later apologized,
he got caught up in the moment
My pick;
Steve Torrence lost in the finals

all in all I had a decent day "again" for points/Pick em' game
not enough to get to the top

yeah it was interesting

Steve Torrence performed just like the "Spoiled Little Rich Kid" that he is.....
So sad to see that!
NHRA is investigating.
Anyway, it's over now.
I have 2 greats seats in Feb again.
The FANs all booed Steve Torrence after the incident...
Oh well...here I go Player Hating again!

 

[Budnicks]

Points Results ?