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

Congratulations to 'R413' (FBBO) for being "Top Picker Eliminator" for the Dodge Indy Nationals, the 5th event of the 2020 season, with a very nice point total of 139.5 points. Both his Top Fuel and Pro Stock picks won their respective classes. His Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations and his Funny Car pick lost in the second round of eliminations.
'stroked340' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 125.5 points. He picked the class winner in Top Fuel. Both his Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks lost in the semi-finals, and his Funny Car pick lost in the second round. He was helped by ET bonus points in Pro Stock.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Leah Pruett, 3.749 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Doug Kalitta, 325.85 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Tommy Johnson Jr., 3.955 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Tommy Johnson Jr., 322.81 during Round 1 of eliminations

Pro Stock
E.T. - Jason Line, 6.574 during qualifying
Speed - Erica Enders, 209.14 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.807 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 199.23 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 5th event of the 2020 season (the points from the uncompleted 4th event of the season are not yet included):

445.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
413.5 - R413 (FBBO) +4 places in the point standings
409.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change
407.5 - ocdart (FABO) -2
392.5 - Duster79 (FABO) -1
385.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +1
375.5 - memike (FABO) +1
374.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +2
342.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) -4
342.0 - alsant (FBBO) +1
333.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +2
317.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change
316.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +2
307.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
258.5 - Garry in AZ (FABO) -6 (Garry in AZ decided before this event to sit out the rest of the NHRA season. I hope he returns next year)
200.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change
258.5 - Garry in AZ (FABO) -5
253.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +7
248.0 - alsant (FBBO) -5
244.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -2
223.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) -1
217.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
197.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -4
156.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change


UPDATE (08/10/20)
The 6th race of the 2020 season, the NHRA Southern Nationals, scheduled for August 28-30 at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, GA, has been cancelled as shown on nhra.com. I thought this might happen since there was no mention of this event during the television broadcast yesterday.
As of right now, the next scheduled event shown on nhra.com is the Denso Spark Plugs U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis.
Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist03.aspx for an updated entry list.

I WILL POST FURTHER UPDATES AS SOON AS ANY NEWS SHOWS UP ON nhra.com.



Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
 
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damn down 1 again

figures I don't take TJ & he does well
I take Beckman & he sucks or visa versa

I had P/S J. Line & P/SM M. Smith & still went backwards, go figure

oh well, haven't lost anything but a little pride :poke:
 
Dom Lagana, Richie Crampton and Jacob Sanders were injured in a single-vehicle accident in Indianapolis Sunday night after the NHRA Indy Nationals. Both Crampton and Sanders injuries are non-life threatening. But Dom Lagana is reportedly on a ventilator with life-threatening injuries.
One report I read said nobody was wearing their seatbelts, Crampton and Sanders were thrown clear of the car but Lagana was trapped in the car and ended up with burns over 50% of his body. The ventilator is reportedly because he is having trouble breathing because of smoke inhalation.

http://competitionplus.com/drag-rac...ers-injured-in-non-racing-automobile-accident
 
ocdart said:
Dom Lagana, Richie Crampton and Jacob Sanders were injured in a single-vehicle accident in Indianapolis Sunday night after the NHRA Indy Nationals. Both Crampton and Sanders injuries are non-life threatening. But Dom Lagana is reportedly on a ventilator with life-threatening injuries.
One report I read said nobody was wearing their seatbelts, Crampton and Sanders were thrown clear of the car but Lagana was trapped in the car and ended up with burns over 50% of his body. The ventilator is reportedly because he is having trouble breathing because of smoke inhalation.

http://competitionplus.com/drag-rac...ers-injured-in-non-racing-automobile-accident
Click to expand...
I saw that on Dragzine too

thanks for sharing

authorities had said; speculated
"that speed was likely factor"
speed & no seat belts being worn is a bad mix
they should know better, being Professional racers
It was a really cool 57 Wagon (chevy) Richie Crampton built too,
he's a hell of a fabricator, like a pro-mod car

aside from that stuff

I hope Dom Lagana has a speedy & full recovery
this also seriously affects the Capco/Torrence teams big-time too
Dom's life/health/recovery is more important right now
 
Southern Nats Atlanta Race Aug. 28-30
& the Mopar Express Maple Grove Sept. 11-13 races
have been canceled due to Chinese Wuhan Flu Pandemic BS

seems like the Denso Spark Plugs US Nationals "INDY #4"
is still on, Sept. 3-6
 
Yeah Doug Chandler, Owner Chandler Aviation NM, is her husband
(RIP Terry died, IIRC from brain cancer (?) July 2017)
he/Doug has carried it, for a couple more years after Terry's death
at no expense to the 2 charities, all off his dime
in her honor, great family, greater racing family, great people in general

Terry was, the NM & North Texas oil fields guy
& former F/C DSR & P/S driver, also a P/S team owner
Johnny Gray's sister, Shane & Johnathon Gray, Johnny's 2 sons
still, race P/M/occasional P/S
Johnny's grandson Tanner Gray, won the P/S championship title in 2018 IIRC
at like 18 or 19 y/o in HS, IIRC then he retired from P/S racing
 
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It's been a long wait but finally here is your "Tuesday before the race" reminder to post your picks for the 2020 Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis if you haven't done so already.
The NHRA website currently shows 19 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Cars, 23 Pro Stock and 19 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries.
Mother Nature may even be a drag racing fan this weekend as the current weather forecast calls for high temps of 76F on Friday, 82F on Saturday and 84F on Sunday. No rain is shown in the current forecast.
There are four rounds of qualifying scheduled for the U.S. Nationals with the first round of Pro qualifying scheduled for 6:30PM EDT (3:30PM PDT) on Friday.
Post those picks before the first round of Pro qualifying!

Please double check the current event entry list for your driver picks at https://www.nhra.com/schedule/2020/...rk-plugs-nhra-us-nationals#tab-event-schedule to verify your picks are competing in this event. There are some BIG names not entered for this event and some other BIG names returning.
 
For the BIG go Ill go with

TF Steve Torrence
FC Matt Hagan
PS Jason Line
PSM Eddie Kraweick
 
INDY US NATS

T/F Steve Torrence

F/C Ron Capps
(he finally won a race at INDY, I'm rolling the dice, hope to not crap out)

P/S Bo Butner
(just a hunch/feeling, has been getting a lot of seat time, between P/M & P/S)

P/SM Matt Smith

good luck everyone
 
Today NHRA announced the 2020 World Finals event will be run at the already scheduled Las Vegas race dates.
The World Finals will not be held at Pomona this year due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
NHRA also cancelled the 2020 California Hot Rod Reunion schedule for October at Famoso (Bakersfield).
BUMMER!!!
 
Yep from Dragzine IIRC
the new remaining NHRA schedule is

Sept. 3-7 Denso @ Indy

Sept. 25-27 Amalie @ Gainsville

Oct. 2-4 MoPar @ St. Loius

Oct. 14-18 AAA @ Dallas

Oct. 23-25 MoPar @ Houston

finals
Oct. 30- Nov. 1 Dodge @ Las Vegas
 
For Indy this weekend:

TF Doug Kalitta
FC Tommy Johnson Jr
PS Jason Line
PSM Angelle Sampey

Good luck everyone!
 
Originally, even after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the 2020 U.S. Nationals were supposed to have four rounds of qualifying. But they only ran one round today so I guess we're going to end up with three rounds of qualifying.

Denso Spark Plugs U.S. Nationals qualifying results:

Q1
Weather: no report available on nhra.com
TF: Shawn Langdon, 3.728; T.J. Zizzo @ 327.43
FC: Ron Capps, 3.895 @ 330.63
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.549; Bo Butner @210.05
PSM: Angie Smith, 6.807 @ 198.12

Q2
Weather: 83F, 37% relative humidity, barometer 28.31, adjusted altitude 2,827', track temp 110F
TF: Shawn Langdon, 3.728; T.J. Zizzo @ 327.43
FC: Ron Capps, 3.895 @ 330.63
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.549; Bo Butner @210.05
PSM: Angie Smith, 6.807 @ 198.12

 
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Congratulations to 'johnnycuda' (FABO) for winning the 2020 U.S. Nationals 'Top Qualifier' title with a very nice total of 30.0 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifier in Pro Stock, the #2 qualifiers in both Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and the #3 qualifier in Top Fuel. Way to go!
'Budnicks' (FBBO) and 'SSG Karg' (FABO) shared the #2 qualifier spot with 28.0 bonus points each. More great picks!
Good luck all in eliminations tomorrow!

We have 15 players for the 64th event of the 2020 NHRA "Pick 'Em game season and 14 different driver combos made up of:
* 6 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 all survive the opening round.
* 3 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. The earliest possibility of a head-to-head matchup possibility is the semi-final round of eliminations.
* 6 different Pro Stock drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There could be two head-to-head matchups in the 2nd round of eliminations.
* 4 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There could be one head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations, both in the upper bracket.

Good luck all!
 
yea ha 2nd place in a drag race :rofl:

lots of upsets yesterday :carrot:

pretty good race overall, not for my points, but good racing :nutkick:
 
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