2024 14th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - It's NITRO Burnin' Time Again!!!

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J Ashley
M Hagan
D Glenn
G Herrera

Good luck guys !

 

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2024 25th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 68F, 20% relative humidity, barometer 29.90", adjusted altitude 3,169', track temp. 99F
TF: Brittany Force, 3.675 @ 336.74
FC: Austin Prock, 3.843; Paul Lee @ 333.49
PS: David Cuadra, 6.605; Aaron Stanfield @ 207.15
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.825 @ 198.85

Q2
Weather: 67F, 25% relative humidity, barometer 29.83", adjusted altitude 3,187', track temp. n/a
TF: Brittany Force, 3.675 @ 336.74
FC: Austin Prock, 3.843; Paul Lee @ 333.49
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.597; Aaron Stanfield @ 207.15
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.822 @ 198.85

Q3
Weather: 65F, 29% relative humidity, barometer 29.75", adjusted altitude 3,199', track temp. n/a
TF: Brittany Force, 3.660 @ 336.74
FC: Austin Prock, 3.817; Paul Lee @ 333.49
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.596; Aaron Stanfield @ 207.15
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.813; Matt Smith @ 198.85

Q4
Weather: 68F, 29% relative humidity, barometer 29.72", adjusted altitude 3,404', track temp. 110F
TF: Brittany Force, 3.660 @ 336.74
FC: Austin Prock, 3.817; Paul Lee @ 333.49
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.596; Aaron Stanfield @ 207.15
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.813; Matt Smith @ 198.85

 

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Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) and 'stroked340' (FABO) for sharing the 2024 25th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals Top Qualifier title with outstanding totals of 30.5 bonus points each. They each picked the #1 qualifier in Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and the #4 qualifier in Top Fuel.
'64BEL' (FBBO), 'memike' (FABO) and 'TT5.9mag' (FABO) shared the runner-up qualifier with 29.0 bonus points each.
Way to go!
More outstanding picks!

16 players again this week and 12 different driver combos made up of:
* 4 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchup is the second round of eliminations if both drivers survive until then.
* 4 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between the #1 qualifier (12 picks) and the #16 qualifier (1 pick). There next possibility of a head-to-head matchup is the semi-final round of eliminations if both of the drivers survive until then.
* 3 different Pro Stock drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. The earliest possibility of a head-to-head matchup is in the semi-final round of eliminations.
* 2 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchup. The only possibility of a head-to-head matchup is in the final round of eliminations if both drivers survive until then.
Good luck all!

 

[Budnicks]

Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) and 'stroked340' (FABO) for sharing the 2024 25th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals Top Qualifier title with outstanding totals of 30.5 bonus points each. They each picked the #1 qualifier in Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and the #4 qualifier in Top Fuel.
'64BEL' (FBBO), 'memike' (FABO) and 'TT5.9mag' (FABO) shared the runner-up qualifier with 29.0 bonus points each.
Way to go!
More outstanding picks!

16 players again this week and 12 different driver combos made up of:
* 4 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchup is the second round of eliminations if both drivers survive until then.
* 4 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between the #1 qualifier (12 picks) and the #16 qualifier (1 pick). There next possibility of a head-to-head matchup is the semi-final round of eliminations if both of the drivers survive until then.
* 3 different Pro Stock drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. The earliest possibility of a head-to-head matchup is in the semi-final round of eliminations.
* 2 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchup. The only possibility of a head-to-head matchup is in the final round of eliminations if both drivers survive until then.
Good luck all!

Yea Ha, keep them guys going...

congrats to @64BEL too

 

[64BEL]

Back atcha, Bud!

 

[Budnicks]

I DVR'd it Eliminations
so I need to watch the actual race, still...
I did watch all rounds of qualifying today/from yesterday & Friday...
Some great passes after the big 1.5 hr delay, Billy Torrence rear end 'grenade' clean up
qualifying went into the evening, with mineshaft air at dusk, huge flames, fast track

should be a decent race

I'll see/watch later tonight or tomorrow early am...

 

[Budnicks]

Today, I was shocked they postponed the races left, got too cold
postponed it till 12m PST
after Kalitta had an explosion in his rear end/ring gear grenade'd at like 800',
made a huge gear oil mess again in the same lane as Sat
on a pass when he was already beat by his teammate, who crossed the line blew a tire
yet another one of these guys
Billy Torrence was Sat. did it, both took hrs to clean it up too
(wonder if it's a bad batch of gears ?, I don't remember any of that prior,
not like the past 2)
S. Torrence didn't do so well either, went out too early
& Anderson lost in the finals to Stanfield
Prock Rocket won again, set another record too,
Herrara won again too (21st (?)in 2 years so far)

I had 3 in the finals & 2 of the 3 won