2020 10th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Are You Ready For Some NITRO?!!

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'cuda20' (FABO), 'Garry in AZ (FABO) and 'super-bee_ski' (FBBO) for sharing the opening NHRA National Event Top Qualifier title of the 2020 NHRA season at the 60th annual Winternationals with a very nice total of 22.0 bonus points each. They each picked the #1 qualifier in Top Fuel, the #3 qualifier in Funny Car and the #3 qualifier in Pro Stock. Way to go!
'Budnicks' (FBBO) and new player 'R413' (FBBO) shared the #2 qualifier spot with 21.0 bonus points each. More great picks!
Good luck all in eliminations tomorrow!

We have 16 players starting off the 2019 NHRA "Pick 'Em game season and 14 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There could be two head-to-head matchups in the 2nd round of eliminations if they both survive the opening round.
* 6 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There could be two head-to-head matchups in Round 2 of eliminations.
* 5 different Pro Stock drivers picked this week. No Round 1 head-to-head matchups and a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations.

Good luck all!

 

[Budnicks]

yea ha tied for 2nd

now lets see how they do in eliminations

 

[alsant]

Some good racing yesterday !
hope kiletta can win a championship this year. A very underrated driver.

 

[Budnicks]

nice Qualifying picks Mark-ski

 

[Budnicks]

Unfortunately
My racers didn't do all that well in eliminations
Butner out early 1st round
Hight out after the 2nd round
Britney lost in the semi's, to the eventual winner

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'stroked340' (FABO) for being "Top Picker Eliminator" for the Lucas Oil Winternationals, the opening event of the 2020 season, with a very nice point total of 109.0 points with a class win in Top Fuel. His Funny Car pick lost in the semi-finals and his Pro Stock picks went to the finals but lost there.
'Back in Time' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 108.0 points. Both his Top Fuel and Funny Car picks scored class wins but his Pro Stock pick lost in the opening round of eliminations. He was also helped by both ET and Speed bonus points in Funny Car.
New player 'R413' was the top FBBO scorer with 101.0 points


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.657 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 336.23 during Round 2 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Jack Beckman, 3.837 during the final round of eliminations
Speed - Jack Beckman, 333.33 during the final round of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.522 during the final round of eliminations
Speed - Erica Enders-Stevens, 211.23 during qualifying

Here are the game point standings after the 1st event of the 2020 season:

109.0 - stroked340 (FABO)
108.0 - Back in Time (FABO)
101.0 - R413 (FBBO)
98.0 - alsant (FBBO)
95.0 - ocdart (FABO)
87.0 - cuda20 (FABO)
87.0 - Garry in AZ (FABO)
87.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO)
82.0 - SSG Karg (FABO)
78.5 - johnnycuda (FABO)
67.0 - 64BEL (FBBO)
61.0 - Budnicks (FBBO)
60.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO)
59.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO)
49.0 - memike (FABO)
48.0 - Duster79 (FABO)
37.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO)


The 2nd race of the 2019 season, the 35th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals, is February 21-23, at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Chandler, AZ.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, February 21 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:45PM EST (12:45PM PST).
The Arizona Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 15 Top Fuel, 15 Funny Car and 16 Pro Stock entries. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist02.aspx for an updated entry list.
Pro Stock Motorcycle will not run until the 3rd race of the 2020 season at Gainesville, Fl.
Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
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[Nick2317]

Wow I had the #1 guy in FC and am still last ...oh well

TF Steve Torrence
FC Matt Hagan
PS greg anderson

 

[alsant]

Nice job R413 !!

 

[64BEL]

Nice picking both R413 and alsant!

 

[R413]

Fun game here thanks for letting me in. Nice picking from everybody! You never know who will win/lose next week. Bad lane, missed tune, Spin tires, bad/tough opponent draw early rounds, etc, etc.

Very sad when Kalitta had the chutes pop out at Vegas last fall, then lose a championship by 3 points.

 

[Budnicks]

nice picks R413

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different start for me
I'm near sucking hind tit, after good qualifying
oh well, there's always next race

something to actually watch for

 

[Budnicks]

I wonder what cars will show up for the Wild Horse Pass race

need to wait a week to see who's even entered

 

[64BEL]

Welcome to the basement, Bud.

 

[alsant]

Toooo early to dig in to the basement guys.

 

[Budnicks]

Toooo early to dig in to the basement guys.

 

[64BEL]

Toooo early to dig in to the basement guys.

I actually never moved out. Stayed down there all through the off season. I'm not paying rent anymore - I own it! LOL

 

[Budnicks]

I actually never moved out. Stayed down there all through the off season. I'm not paying rent anymore - I own it! LOL

 

[ocdart]

Wow I had the #1 guy in FC and am still last ...oh well

Yes, you picked the #1 qualifier in Funny Car, but he only won 2 rounds of eliminations.

 

[ocdart]

Here is your "Tuesday before the race" reminder to post your picks for the 2020 NHRA Arizona Nationals if you haven't done so already.
The NHRA website currently shows 17 Top Fuel, 16 Funny Car and 19 Pro Stock entries.
The current weather forecast calls for high temps of 77F on Friday, 69F on both Saturday and Sunday.
Post those picks!

 

[Budnicks]

Try this again

Wild Horse Pass, Az Nats

T/F Steve Torrence
(I think Britney will qual. well, but fall short in elim.)

F/C Robert Hight
(I got a feeling John Force will be a contender)

P/S Jason Line ; crap shot rolling the damn dice
(he's gotta' come alive, his last active season)

good luck everyone