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

[alsant]

Kalleta
Hight
Line
Hines

good luck guys!!

 

[Nick2317]

gators I got
TF Torrence
FC Hagan
PS Anderson
PSM Kraweic

 

[ocdart]

Here's your day after Tuesday before the event reminder for the 51st annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.
Professional classes qualifying at the Gators start Friday, March 13th. Current forecast calls for high temps of 82F on Friday and partly sunny. The forecast is the same for both Saturday and Sunday: 84F and sunny.
The current entry list shows:
17 Top Fuel
16 Funny Car
19 Pro Stock
22 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Make sure you post a Pro Stock Motorcycle pick for this event.

Get your picks posted!

 

[64BEL]

For the Gators:

TF Steve Torrence in the Don Garlits tribute car
FC Tommy Johnson Jr
PS Bo Butner
PSM Karen Stoffer

Good luck everyone!

 

[alsant]

Racing postponed!

 

[64BEL]

Ugh - this is such media generated hysteria!

 

[Budnicks]

Racing postponed!

oh well...

I wonder what the make up dates will be ?

probably better to be safe then sorry, after the fact...

a bunch of new cases has shut down a bunch of events
racing, Basketball (I hate anyway), a bunch of concerts or mass gatherings etc.

 

[ocdart]

No Nitro classes will be racing at the 2020 NHRA Gatornationals this weekend. That portion of the show will be rescheduled to a later date due to the current Coronavirus outbreak.

https://www.nhra.com/news/2020/nhra-postpones-portion-amalie-motor-oil-nhra-gatornationals

Please repost your race picks whenever this event is rescheduled. I will post a reminder at that time.
See y'all next month (hopefully) for the Denso Spark Plugs Four-Wide Nationals silliness from Las Vegas.

 

[ocdart]

So, did anybody watch the Dixie Vodka 150 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational at Homestead-Miami on FS1 today.
No, it wasn't real racing but it was fun and very entertaining to watch.
THANKS to all those involved in putting this on to help us satisfy our racing bug during this unprecedented time.
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It would be great if iRacing.com and NHRA would develop something similar.​

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[Budnicks]

So, did anybody watch the Dixie Vodka 150 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational at Homestead-Miami on FS1 today.
No, it wasn't real racing but it was fun and very entertaining to watch.
THANKS to all those involved in putting this on to help us satisfy our racing bug during this unprecedented time.

It would be great if iRacing.com and NHRA would develop something similar.​

I started to, just could watch, grown men playing video games
on simulators
when I could play my own on Playstation instead...
& kick *** like normal
but;
I haven't even turned it on in so damn long,
I'd probably suck

but I got on here instead

 

[ocdart]

NHRA released the schedule for the remainder of the 2020 season:

06/05-07 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, Gainesville, FL
06/12/14 Mopar Express Lane NHRA Springnationals presented by Pennzoil, Houston, TX
06/19-21 NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Bristol, TN
06/26-28 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, Norwalk, OH
07-09-12 Route 66 NHRA Nationals, Chicago, IL
07/17-19 Dodge Mile-High Nationals, Denver, CO
07/24-26 NHRA Sonoma Nationals, Sonoma, CA
07/30-08/02 NHRA Northwest Nationals, Seattle, WA
08/13-16 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, Brainerd, MN
08/21-23 Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals, Topeka, KS
09/03-07 NHRA U.S. Nationals, Indianapolis, IN
09/11-13 Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals, Reading, PA
09/18-20 NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, Charlotte, NC
09/25-27 (Make-up dates if needed), Gainesville, FL
10/02-04 AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals, St. Louis, MO
10/09-11 (Make-up dates if needed), Houston, TX
10/15-18 AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals, Dallas, TX
10/29-11/01 Dodge NHRA Nationals, Las Vegas, NV
11/12-15 Auto Club NHRA Finals, Pomona, CA

2020 will be an abbreviated 19 race season, 2 events have already been completed.
There will not be a point re-set after the U.S. Nationals, nor will there be a "Countdown". Each round of racing is now more important than before for the points to determine the series champion for each class.
Our "Pick 'Em" game will follow the same format.

I will post a "Tuesday-before-the-event" notice before the Gatornationals. I will also use your already-posted Gatornationals picks if you've already posted them. You are welcome to to post new picks if you want or keep what you've already posted.

I can't wait to get going again!

 

[ocdart]

Very nice article on Kenny Bernstein, "Where Are They Now", on competitionplus.com...

http://competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/where-are-they-now-kenny-bernstein

 

[Budnicks]

that's pretty optimistic & hopeful thinking schedule

But I too, hope it will be over by then
& they resume racing

 

[Budnicks]

Very nice article on Kenny Bernstein, "Where Are They Now", on competitionplus.com...

http://competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/where-are-they-now-kenny-bernstein

Thanks for that

pretty good read

I always like Kenny, also Dale Armstrong his long time crew chief
& The Bud Man cars & his late 80's early 90's
as they deemed "Batmobile" F/C's, wild, big winged
& big down-force wedge style F/C's, long before everyone else did it

many complained it wasn't fair & it cost the lessor teams
too much $$$ to catch back up, especially with the understanding/uses
of the aero-wars era & down-force

 

[64BEL]

My daughter and I went to Indy in 2009. After qualifying on Friday or Saturday night, we went to a Bob Evans for dinner. It was later and there was hardly anyone else in the restaurant. They ended up seating us in a booth across from Kenny and someone else (I forget who was with him). Earlier that day it was announced that he had just landed a major sponsorship with Coparts. Up until then he was saying he was going to retire if he didn't find major sponsorship because it was over with Bud and Monster. So we're all just sitting there having quiet dinners at our tables and at some point after awhile we connected visually and I jokingly told him "congratulations?" He smiled and thanked us and we had a little chuckle and a short conversation from each of our tables about him not retiring now. He was really nice, and without saying it, I could tell he appreciated that we were fans but we weren't bugging him. Just people having a nice little conversation. He came across as a genuinely nice guy who wasn't all full of himself. It's a fun memory for me and my daughter.

 

[ocdart]

Announcement out of Glendora today said the current 2020 NHRA season is planned to resume in August - with fans in the stands.
The season will be an 18-event schedule, including the 2 events that have already been completed. All events that were rescheduled for June and July have now been cancelled, including the entire 'Western Swing'.
It looks like the balance of the season will be in the midwest/east to help consolidate travel and cut expenses.
No "Countdown". It's going to be an old-fashioned points race to the end.
Of course, the final two events of the season will probably still be Las Vegas and Pomona.
I will post the schedule as soon as it becomes available.

 

[Budnicks]

Announcement out of Glendora today said the current 2020 NHRA season is planned to resume in August - with fans in the stands.
The season will be an 18-event schedule, including the 2 events that have already been completed. All events that were rescheduled for June and July have now been cancelled, including the entire 'Western Swing'.
It looks like the balance of the season will be in the midwest/east to help consolidate travel and cut expenses.
No "Countdown". It's going to be an old-fashioned points race to the end.
Of course, the final two events of the season will probably still be Las Vegas and Pomona.
I will post the schedule as soon as it becomes available.

hope they can get some season back

too bad they skipped the west coast swing

hope they stay way away from southern Ohio, Chiraq, NY or NJ area too
all heavily populated & hard hit areas for Covid BS

I still wonder if they will even have any racing,
especially in-front of fans not just racers & family...

I guess we will see in August,
they were supposed to start back in June
IIRC no fans at 1st, slowly work back to normal
I guess that's out of the plan now...

we'll see when the time comes
I hope they get back to racing too

in the scheme of things
I guess that it's not all that important, to most the country
but it is to me & my sanity

 

[ocdart]

Here's the newly revised remainder of the 2020 NHRA schedule, including two added events in Indianapolis to kick things off. This schedule was just released today from Glendora and can be found on nhra.com:

July 11-12 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing at Lucas Oil Raceway, Indianapolis, IN (TF, FC, PS, PSM)
July 18-19 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing at Lucas Oil Raceway, Indianapolis, IN (TF, FC)
July 31-Aug. 2 Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals, Seattle, WA (TF, FC, PS, PSM)
Aug. 7-9 Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals, Denver, CO (TF, FC, PSM)
Aug. 14-16 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, Brainerd, MN (TF, FC)
Aug. 21-23 Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals, Topeka, KS (TF, FC, PS)
Aug. 28-30 NHRA Southern Nationals, Atlanta, GA (TF, FC)
Sept. 3-6 Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals, Indianapolis, IN (TF, FC, PS, PSM)
Sept. 11-13 Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals, Reading, PA (TF, FC, PS, PSM)
Sept. 18-20 NGK Spark Plugs Four-Wide Nationals, Charlotte, NC (TF, FC, PS, PSM)
Sept. 25-27 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, Gainesville, FL (TF, FC, PS, PSM)
Oct. 2-4 AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals, St. Louis, IL (TF, FC, PS, PSM)
Oct. 9-11 NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Bristol, TN (TF, FC, PS, PSM)
Oct. 16-18 AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals, Dallas, TX (TF, FC, PS, PSM)
Oct. 23-25 Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals, Houston, TX (TF, FC, PS, PSM)
Oct. 30-Nov. 1 Dodge NHRA Nationals, Las Vegas, NV (TF, FC, PS, PSM)
Nov. 13-15 Auto Club NHRA Finals (TF, FC, PS, PSM)

All of the above listed events, except the U.S. Nationals, will be 2-day events for the Pro Classes included in our "Pick 'Em" game. Two rounds of qualifying on Saturday and eliminations on Sunday. The U.S. Nationals will include an extra day of qualifying (1 round only) on Friday, Sept. 4, for TF, FC, PS and PSM.
Also, all of the listed events will have FANS IN THE STANDS, but a limited number of fans according to each individual states guidelines.

Make sure to get your picks posted before qualifying starts for each event.

 

[Budnicks]

strange schedule
I hope they can pull it off

what's the 2 races in July at Indy ?

I need to go to National Dragster or NHRA.com & read more about that

no Sonoma race, yet they're doing Seattle & Denver
" fucken' ******** "

 

[ocdart]

Tony Schumacher is back! Well, for the first two races in July at Indy anyway.

https://nitromater.com/threads/tony-schumacher-is-back.44391/