2023 13th Annual FABO/FBBO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - It's NITRO Burnin' Time!!!

[Budnicks]

congrats to @ocdart for Charlotte runner-up points

 

[alsant]

B Force
M Hagan
C Caruso
E Kreiwic

Good luck guys !!!!

 

[ocdart]

@64BEL, still need your Chicago NHRA picks

 

[64BEL]

Aren't I locked in?

 

[ocdart]

Aren't I locked in?

My mistake.
Yes, you locked in picks in post #89.
Sorry.

 

[ocdart]

Route 66 qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 73F, 45% relative humidity, barometer 29.97, adjusted altitude 1,985', track temp 85F
TF: Mike Salinas, 3.686 @ 333.41
FC: Robert Hight, 3.831 @ 335.07
PS: Bo Butner III, 6.522; Camrie Caruso @ 210.77
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.677 @ 202.45

Q2
Weather: 64F, 53% relative humidity, barometer 30.15, adjusted altitude 1,187', track temp n/a
TF: Mike Salinas, 3.686; Brittany Force @ 334.82
PS: Robert Hight, 3.831 @ 335.07
PS: Deric Kramer, 6.515; Camrie Caruso @ 210.77
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.677 @ 202.45

Q3
Weather: 71F, 34% relative humidity, barometer 30.15, adjusted altitude 1,553', track temp n/a
TF: Mike Salinas, 3.686; Brittany Force @ 334.82
FC: Robert Hight, 3.831 @ 335.07
PS: Deric Kramer, 6.515 Camrie Caruso @ 210.77
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.677 @ 202.45

 

[Budnicks]

Damn, I'm 0-fer so far...

haven't seen the qualifying today 'yet'

fingers & toes crossed

Route 66 qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 73F, 45% relative humidity, barometer 29.97, adjusted altitude 1,985', track temp 85F
TF: Mike Salinas, 3.686 @ 333.41
FC: Robert Hight, 3.831 @ 335.07
PS: Bo Butner III, 6.522; Camrie Caruso @ 210.77
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.677 @ 202.45

F/C Robert Hight's run off the trailer was impressive...
right after JR Todd "had" laid a decent run down
Robert's blew that runaway

 

[ocdart]

Correction! The Pro Stock qualifying shown on the nhra.com website last Saturday night was incorrect.
The following has been corrected.

Congratulations to 'TT5.9mag' (FABO) for winning the 5th event of the 2023 NHRA season Route 66 Nationals Top Qualifier title with a very nice total of 27.5 bonus points. 'He picked the #1 qualifiers in Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and the #10 in Top Fuel. Way to go!
'Yunick13' (FABO) was right behind with 26.5 bonus points.
'64BEL' was the highest FBBO qualifier with 24.0 bonus points.

More great picks!

We have 15 players again this week and 13 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #8 qualifier Steve Torrence (2 picks) and #9 qualifier Leah Pruett (1 pick). 'quads' with two picked drivers involved. One 'quad' with both #4 qualifier Justin Ashley (1 pick) and #12 qualifier Austin Prock (1 pick). The next possibility of a head-to-head matchup won't be until the semi-final round of eliminations..
* 4 different Funny Car drivers. The first possible head-to-head matchup may be in the 2nd round of eliminations if both drivers survive Round 1.
* 4 different Pro Stock drivers. The first possible head-to-head matchup would be in Round 2.
* 4 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers. The first possible head-to-head matchup is the semi-final elimination round.

Good luck all!

 

[Budnicks]

congrats @Outlawd nice qualifier picks

 

[64BEL]

I am king of the first round losers!

Glad to see Wilk win, though.

 

[Budnicks]

I am king of the first round losers!

Glad to see Wilk win, though.

I don't do well in qualifying & then they do sort of well in racing
or visa versa makes no sense this year

lots of upsets & underdogs winning
that right lane was crazy slippery, lots of tire smoke
yet Robert Hight went down it 1st run in Q1 3.83 @ 335 (?)

I like Wilks too, he's a good guy...
Ron Capps is my guy, but I'm rethinking that too...

been really disappointed in Matt Smith on a Suzuki too

Torrence is hit or completely miss

I may change my 'locked in picks' before the next race
NE Epping or by Thunder Valley June 9-11

 

[ocdart]

Congratulations to 'TT5.9mag' (FABO) for winning his second consecutive "Top Picker Eliminator" title. This time with an outstanding total of 162.5 points for the 6th event of the 2023 season, the Gerber Glass and Collision NHRA Route 66 Nationals.
Both of his Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks won their respective classes; his Top Fuel pick lost in the semi-final round and his Funny Car picks didn't advance past the 2nd round. He was also helped with both ET and Speed bonus points in Funny Car, ET bonus points in both Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and Speed bonus points in Top Fuel.
'ocdart' (FABO) got the runner-up spot with 141.0 points.
'Outlawd' was the highest-scoring FBBO player with 91.0 points


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Mike Salinas, 3.686 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 334.82 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.831 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Hight, 335.07 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Dallas Glenn, 6.510 during qualifying
Speed - Camrie Caruso, 211.03 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.672 during qualifying
Speed - Hector Arana Jr., 201.73 during qualifying



Here are the game point standings after the 6th event of the 2023 season:

543.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO) +2 change in standings
507.5 - Back in Time (FABO) -1
482.0 - ocdart (FABO) +5
476.0 - Yunick13 (FABO) +3
443.5 - Outlawd (FBBO) +1
440.5 - Duster79 (FABO) -4
420.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) -3
420.0 - cuda20 (FABO) -3
407.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
402.0 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
388.0 - memike (FABO) -1
334.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
325.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) no change
293.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) +1
291.5 - stroked340 (FABO) -1

The 7h race of the 2023 season, the 10th annual NHRA New England Nationals, is scheduled for June 2-4, at New England Dragway in Epping, NH.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts at 6:00pm EDT (3:00pm PDT) on Friday, June 2.
nhra.com currently shows the following entry counts:
13 Top Fuel
15 Funny Car

Neither Pro Stock nor Pro Stock Motorcycle are competing at this event.

Those counts can always change so please keep checking to make sure your driver selections are competing in this event.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

 

[Budnicks]

nice picks @Outlawd
& nice picks to @ocdart too

 

[Budnicks]

@ocdart

please change my 'locked-in picks' too
before the next event

T/F Austin Prock

F/C Robert Hight

P/S Greg Anderson

P/SM Caige Herrera

thank you

good luck to everyone else

 

[alsant]

Nice picking guys !

 

[64BEL]

stroked340 must not have picked at all for me to pass him with the picks I had!

Nice picking oc and Outlawd!

 

[ocdart]

@ocdart

please change my 'locked-in picks' too
before the next event

T/F Austin Prock

F/C Robert Hight

P/S Greg Anderson

P/SM Caige Herrera

thank you

good luck to everyone else

Done

 

[ocdart]

Here's your Tuesday before the event reminder for the 7th race of the 2023 NHRA season, the 10th annual NHRA New England Nationals at New England Dragway in Epping, NH.

Only Top Fuel and Funny Car are the only professional categories racing at this event. Neither Pro Stock nor Pro Stock Motorcycle will be at the New England Nationals.
Perhaps that's part of the reason for the low car counts in both Top Fuel and Funny Car. nhra.com shows the following entry counts:
13 Top Fuel
15 Funny Car
Hopefully, those counts will change but you better check to make sure your selected drivers are competing in this event.
Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 6:00pm EDT (3:00pm PDT) on Friday, June 2, so get your picks posted before.
Television coverage is scheduled for:

• Friday, June 2 - Q show 1 @ 7:30pm EST (4:30pm PST) on Fox Sports 1
• Saturday, June 3 - Q show 2 @ 9:00pm EDT (6:00pm PDT) on Fox Sports 1
• Sunday, June 4 - Finals eliminations at 7:00pm EDT (4:00pm PDT) on Fox Sports 1

The current weather forecast for Epping, NH:

• Friday: 73F high and partly sunny at the start of pro qualifying
• Saturday: 59F high, cloudy with a slight chance of light rain at the start of the Q2
• Sunday: 63F high and sunny

Good luck all!

 

[Nick2317]

New England I got

TF Steve Torrence
FC Matt Hagan

 

[Outlawd]

New England pics....
TF=Brittany Force
FC=Matt Hagan

Good luck all...