2021 11th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time To Burn Some NITRO!!!

[Budnicks]

Pomona "Winter nationals" in the middle of summer

T/F Steve Torrence
for the Western sweep
(chance Britney Force will qualify well, she sucks leaving/racing)

F/C John Force
at his home track, rolling the dice
(again, hope he doesn't lay a big *** turd again
outside chance Robert Hight will do very well too)
I should pick Ron Capps but if I do he will suck

P/S Greg Anderson
(get off the line 1st damn-it, don't just depend on the HP)

P/SM Matt Smith
(203+ baby)

good luck everyone

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'cuda20' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" crown for the 33rd annual NHRA Sonoma Nationals, the 9th event of the 2021 season. He had a very nice total of 168.5 points with class wins in both Top Fuel and Funny Car. His Pro Stock pick lost in the semi-final round and his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the 2nd round of eliminations. He was also helped with both ET bonus points in Pro Stock and Top Speed bonus points in Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'Back in Time' (FABO) and 'stroked340' (FABO) shared the runner-up spot with 155.0 points.
'Nick2317' was the top FBBO player with 148.0 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.694 during qualifying
Speed - Steve Torrence, 331.77 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Ron Capps, 3.897 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Hagan, 328.94 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.923 during qualifying
Speed - Kyle Koretsky, 211.06 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Angie Smith, 6.736 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 205.04 (New National Record) during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 9th event of the 2021 season:

1141.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change in season point standings
1134.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
1072.5 - Back in Time (FABO) +1
1056.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) -1
1036.0 - shittyslant5 (FABO) no change
1023.5 - memike (FABO) no change
1007.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
911.0 - alsant (FBBO) +1
862.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) -1
839.0 - ocdart (FABO) +1
838.5 - Duster79 (FABO) -1
807.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
615.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
516.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change


Still no rest because the final race of the "Western Swing" and 10th race of the 2021 season, the Lucas Oil NHRA "Winter" Nationals presented by Protect the Harvest.com, is scheduled for July 30-August 1, at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, CA.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts. The first of 3 Pro Qualifying sessions is scheduled to begin at 10:15PM EDT (7:15PM PDT) on Friday, July 30. There will also be two additional rounds of Pro Qualifying on Saturday, July 31.


Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

 

[Budnicks]

congrats Nick

riding that Hagan pick

I'm surprised I only went -1 in spots

 

[ocdart]

Here's your Tuesday before the event reminder for the upcoming NHRA Lucas Oil NHRA "Winter" Nationals presented by Protect the Harvest.com,
NHRA.com shows there will are
13 Top Fuel
18 Funny Car
16 Pro Stock
15 Pro Stock Motorcycle
Make sure to check to verify your picks are scheduled to compete and post your picks before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, July 30.

 

[Nick2317]

Ill go with
TF Steve Torrence
FC Matt hagan
PS Greg Anderson
PSM Matt Smith

 

[alsant]

S Torrence
R Hieght
G Anderson
A Sampey

good luck guys!!

 

[Outlawd]

"Winter" nats
TF Kalitta
FC Hagan
PS Enders
PSM Hines

 

[ocdart]

2021 NHRA Winternationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 78F, 49% relative humidity, barometer 29.94", adjusted altitude 1,949', track temp n/a
TF: Leah Pruett, 3.780 @ 321.88
FC: Blake Alexander, 3.961; Robert Hight @ 327.11
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.588 @ 209.23
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.806 @ 199.20

Q2
Weather: 91F, 33% relative humidity, barometer 29.97", adjusted altitude 3,722', track temp 141F
TF: Leah Pruett, 3.780 @ 321.88
FC: Blake Alexander, 3.961; Robert Hight @ 327.11
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.588 @ 209.23
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.806 @ 199.20

Q3
Weather: 85F, 29% relative humidity, barometer 29.97", adjusted altitude 3,232', track temp 113F
TF: Brittany Force, 3.714 @ 330.72
FC: Ron Capps, 3.741; Robert Hight @ 327.11
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.586 @ 209.23
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.760 @ 201.91

 

[Budnicks]

2 out of 4 so far...

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'stroked340' (FABO) for winning the 'Top Qualifier' title for the Winternationals with an outstanding total of 30.5 bonus points.
He picked the #1 qualifier in Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and the #4 qualifier in Top Fuel.
'alsant' (FBBO) grabbed the runner-up qualifier spot with 29.5 bonus points.
Great picks all!

We have 14 players this week and 10 different driver combos made up of:
* 4 different Top Fuel drivers with no head-to-head matchup in opening round of eliminations. There is a possibility of a head-to-head matchup in the 2nd round of eliminations if both drivers survive Round 1.
* 7 different Funny Car drivers with two head-to-head matchups in the opening round of eliminations. One between #4 qualifier Cruz Pedregon (1 pick) and #13 qualifier Tim Wilkerson (1 picks), the other between #5 qualifier Matt Hagan (6 picks) and #12 qualifier John Force (2 picks). There is also the possibility of two head-to-head matchups in the 2nd round of eliminations if all drivers survive Round 1.
* 3 different Pro Stock drivers. The earliest possibility of a head-to-head matchup would be the second round of eliminations if the drivers survive that long.
* 6 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with no head-to-head matchup in the opening round of eliminations. There is a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in the 2nd round of eliminations if all drivers survive Round 1.

Good luck all!

 

[64BEL]

Congrats alsant!

 

[Budnicks]

Way to go @alsant

 

[alsant]

No winners for me

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'stroked340' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" crown for the 61st annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals, the 10th event of the 2021 season. He had a very nice total of 165.5 points with class wins in Funny Car, Pro Stock and his Pro Stock Motorcycle. His Top Fuel pick lost in the opening round of eliminations. He was also helped with both ET bonus points in Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and Top Speed bonus points in both Pro Stock and and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'Budnicks' (FBBO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 135.0 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.714 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 330.72 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Ron Capps, 3.941 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Hight, 323.27 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Greg Anderson, 6.586 during qualifying
Speed - Greg Anderson, 209.23 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.760 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 201.91 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 10th event of the 2021 season:

1306.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change in season point standings
1252.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
1191.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1191.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
1142.0 - memike (FABO) +1
1131.5 - shittyslant5 (FABO) -1
1126.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
1025.5 - alsant (FBBO) no change
987.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
957.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change
952.5 - Duster79 (FABO) no change
868.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
701.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
560.5 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change


Now we get next weekend off to rest up and recharge. The 11th race of the 2021 season, the Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor is scheduled for August 13-15, at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, KS.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts. The first of 3 Pro Qualifying sessions is scheduled to begin at 8:30PM EDT (5:30PM PDT) on Friday, August 13. There will also be two additional rounds of Pro Qualifying on Saturday, August 14.

There are currently 16 Top Fuel, 14 Funny Car and 11 Pro Stock entered but that is always subject to change.
Pro Stock Motorcycle will not compete at this event.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

 

[alsant]

Nice job Bud!!

 

[Budnicks]

yea me... wahoo

no change in standings

Nice job Bud!!

I'm amazed I did as well as I did...

after qualifying, I thought I was doomed...

 

[Budnicks]

My predictions from above were pretty good,
better than my actual picks

but if I picked them they'd have sucked ***

Pomona "Winter nationals" in the middle of summer

T/F Steve Torrence
for the Western sweep
(chance Britney Force will qualify well, she sucks leaving/racing)

F/C John Force
at his home track, rolling the dice
(again, hope he doesn't lay a big *** turd again
outside chance Robert Hight will do very well too)
I should pick Ron Capps but if I do he will suck

P/S Greg Anderson
(get off the line 1st damn-it, don't just depend on the HP)

P/SM Matt Smith
(203+ baby)

good luck everyone

 

[ocdart]

Here's your Tuesday before the event reminder for the upcoming Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor at Heartland Motorsports Park,
NHRA.com currently shows there will be
15 Top Fuel
15 Funny Car
20 Pro Stock

Pro Stock Motorcycle will not compete at this event.
Make sure to check to verify your picks are scheduled to compete and post your picks before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, August 13 at 8:30pm EDT (5:30pm PDT).
There will also be two additional Pro Qualifying sessions on Saturday.

 

[Budnicks]

Topeka, Heartland picks

T/F Steve Torrence

F/C Ron Capps
(my favorite driver & I'll probably regret it too,
every time I pick him 'of late' he bombs)

P/S Greg Anderson

good luck everyone

 

[alsant]

S Torrence
R hight
G Anderson

good luck all !!!