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

[Nick2317]

TF Steve Torrence
FC Matt Hagan
PS Greg Anderson

 

[64BEL]

I’ll stick with my locked picks.

Good Luck Guys!

 

[Outlawd]

TF Kalitta
FC Hagan
PS Enders
Good luck everybody!!

 

[ocdart]

2021 NHRA Menards Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 76F, 88% relative humidity, barometer 30.12", adjusted altitude 3,144', track temp n/a
TF: Billy Torrence, 3.717; Brittany Force @ 329.42
FC: J.R. Todd, 3.884; Blake Alexander @ 332.92
PS: Kyle Koretsky, 6.634; Kenny Delco @ 205.91

Q2
Weather: 84F, 52% relative humidity, barometer 30.21", adjusted altitude 3,324', track temp 130F
TF: Billy Torrence, 3.717; Brittany Force @ 329.42
FC: J.R. Todd, 3.884; Blake Alexander @ 332.92
PS: Troy Coughlin Jr., 6.617; Deric Kramer @ 208.10

Q3
Weather: 84F, 53% relative humidity, barometer 30.16", adjusted altitude 3,410', track temp 118F
TF: Brittany Force, 3.716 @ 329.42
FC: J.R. Todd, 3.884; Blake Alexander @ 332.92
PS: Troy Coughlin Jr., 6.600; Deric Kramer @ 208.10

 

[Budnicks]

Oh well I'm 0-fer so far...

still early 2 rds today still,
of course, they aren't televising it either until tomorrow morning

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for winning the 'Top Qualifier' title for the Menards Nationals with a very nice total of 22.0 bonus points.
He picked the #1 qualifier in Top Fuel, the #2 qualifier in Pro Stock and the #4 qualifier in Funny Car.
'johnnycuda' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up qualifier spot with 21.0 bonus points.
'Budnicks' was the top FBBO qualifier with 18.0 bonus points.
Great picks all!

We have 14 players this week and 10 different driver combos made up of:
* 3 different Top Fuel drivers with no head-to-head matchup in opening round of eliminations. The earliest possibility of a head-to-head matchup is in the semi-final round of eliminations if both drivers survive the first two rounds.
* 4 different Funny Car drivers with no head-to-head matchups in the 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.
* 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.

Good luck all!

 

[Budnicks]

yea ha...

Going to be a real tuners battle, hot 130* track

good luck everyone

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'johnnycuda' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" crown for the Menards NHRA Nationals, the 11th event of the 2021 season. He had a very nice total of 121.0 points with class wins in both Top Fuel and Funny Car. His Pro Stock pick lost in the second round of eliminations. He was also helped with both ET and Top Speed bonus points in Top Fuel.
'Back in Time' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 92.0 points.
'Budnicks' was the highest scoring FBBO player with 58.0 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.716 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 329.02 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - J.R. Todd, 3.884 during qualifying
Speed - Blake Alexander, 332.92 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Troy Coughlin Jr., 6.600 during qualifying
Speed - Deric Kramer, 208.10 during qualifying


Here are the game point standings after the 11th event of the 2021 season:

1364.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change in season point standings
1292.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
1283.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
1249.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
1213.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +2
1202.5 - memike (FABO) -1
1192.0 - shittyslant5 (FABO) -1
1108.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
1081.0 - alsant (FBBO) -1
1020.0 - Duster79 (FABO) +1
1018.0 - ocdart (FABO) -1
916.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
757.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change
608.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change


No rest because the second of 6th events in seven weeks is next weekend. The 12th race of the 2021 season, the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals is scheduled for August 18-22, at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, MN.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts. The first of 3 Pro Qualifying sessions is scheduled to begin at 7:30PM EDT (4:30PM PDT) on Friday, August 20. There will also be two additional rounds of Pro Qualifying on Saturday, August 21.

There are currently 15 Top Fuel and 16 Funny Car entries for this race event but that is always subject to change.
Neither Pro Stock nor Pro Stock Motorcycle will compete at this event.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

 

[Budnicks]

No change, yea ha
but at least I didn't go backward
& I thought my picks sucked....

 

[Budnicks]

Brainerd Picks

T/F Steve Torrence
(albeit Britney is showing signs of doing well, not just qualifying)

F/C Ron Capps
(I'm a glutton for punishment, he's my favorite F/C guy
he's sucked when I pick him & when I don't he does well
I should be taking Robert Hight or John Force {fucken' nuts} he's got 154 wins)

no P/S ?
no P/SM ?

I see Mountain Motor Pro-stock & Pro-Mod
too bad that **** isn't on the schedule & televised always

along with the Factory Stock showdown,
1400+hp mid hi-7 seconds at 175+ on 9" slicks
Ford, Chevy & Dodge

Good Luck Everyone

 

[Outlawd]

Brainerd
TF Doug Kalitta
FC Matt Hagan
I go to the Brainerd race every year, can't wait!! Kinda sucks with no PS or nitro harleys but I'm sure they still have cold beer and lots of eye candy

 

[Nick2317]

Brainerd picks
TF Steve Torrence
FC matt Hagan

 

[ocdart]

Here's your day-after-Tuesday before the event reminder for the upcoming Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway.
NHRA.com currently shows there will be
13 Top Fuel
15 Funny Car

Neither Pro Stock nor Pro Stock Motorcycle will compete at this event.
Because of the short fields 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.

 

[alsant]

S Torrence
J force

good luck guys

 

[ocdart]

Live coverage of Q1 qualifying at Brainerd is scheduled to be shown on FOX Sports 1 at 7pm EDT (4pm PDT) today.
The current weather forecast for the start of Q1 is for 83F and partly sunny.
The forecast for Q2 is for much cooler temps of 68F and partly sunny, and Q3 forecast is for 69F and sunny.
The forecast for Sunday eliminations is just a few degrees warmer than Saturday and sunny.
Should be a good racing weekend.

 

[Budnicks]

Live coverage of Q1 qualifying at Brainerd is scheduled to be shown on FOX Sports 1 at 7pm EDT (4pm PDT) today.
The current weather forecast for the start of Q1 is for 83F and partly sunny.
The forecast for Q2 is for much cooler temps of 68F and partly sunny, and Q3 forecast is for 69F and sunny.
The forecast for Sunday eliminations is just a few degrees warmer than Saturday and sunny.
Should be a good racing weekend.

hopefully

 

[ocdart]

2021 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: n/a
TF: Mike Salinas, 3.752 @ 326.08
FC: Bob Tasca III, 3.941 @ 326.63

Q2
Weather: n/a
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.684 @ 329.91
FC: Cruz Pedregon, 3.880; Paul Lee @ 331.61

Q3
Weather: n/a
TF: Brittany Force, 3.675 @ 334.98
FC: Bob Tasca III, 3.870; Tim Wilkerson @ 334.40

 

[Budnicks]

my qualifiers from Friday evening didn't do all that well
big let down



hopefully, they do way better in eliminations

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to '64BEL' (FBBO) for winning the 'Top Qualifier' title for the Lucas Oil Nationals at Brainerd with a very nice total of 14.5 bonus points.
He picked the #2 qualifier in Top Fuel and the #3 qualifier in Pro Stock.
'Nick2317' (FBBO), 'SSG Karg' (FABO) and 'stroked340' (FABO) shared the runner-up qualifier spot with 14.0 bonus points.
Great picks all!

We have 14 players this week and 8 different driver combos made up of:
* 3 different Top Fuel drivers with no head-to-head matchup in opening round of eliminations. The earliest possibility of a head-to-head matchup is in the semi-final round of eliminations if both drivers survive the first two rounds.
* 6 different Funny Car drivers with two head-to-head matchups in the opening round of eliminations. One between #6 qualifier Robert Hight (1 pick) and #11 qualifier J.R. Todd (3 picks), and the other between #7 qualifier Ron Capps (3 picks) and #10 qualifier John Force (2 picks). There is also a possibility of a head-to-head matchup in the semi-final round of eliminations if both drivers survive until then.


Good luck all!

 

[alsant]

Way to go bel !!!!