2025 15th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - I Can't Wait!!!

[ocdart]

FINALLY!


It's time for the first 'Tuesday before the race' notice for the 56th annual Gatornationals, March 6-9, at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, FL.
Please post your picks before Pro Stock and Nitro qualifying starts so you will be eligible for all event bonus points. The first of the scheduled four rounds of Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 2:00pm EST (11:00am PST) on Friday.
nhra.com currently shows the following entries:
17 Top Fuel
18 Funny Car
20 Pro Stock
19 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Check to make sure your drivers are racing since there has been some last minute changes.
Keep your fingers crossed because the weekend weather forecast shows:
* Friday should be sunny with a high of 75F
* Saturday shows a high of 74F with rain possibly starting about noon and lasting through the rest of the day
* Sunday shows a high of 74F with rain possibly starting about 1:00pm and lasting through the rest of the day
* In case eliminations get extended, the Monday forecast shows a high of 74F with intermittent rain possible

The current television schedule for the Gatornationals...
* Qualifying Show 1: 8:00-9:00pm EST (5:00-6:00pm PST), Saturday, March 8 on FS1
* Top Fuel All-Star Callout: 9:00-10:30pm EST (6:00-7:30pm PST), Saturday, March 8 on FS1
* Qualifying Show 2: 12:30-2:00pm EDT (9:30-11:00am PDT), Sunday, March 9 on FS1
* Final eliminations: 7:00-10:00pm EDT (4:00-7:00pm PDT), Sunday, March 9 on FS1

All television coverage will also re-air at later times. Check www.nhra.com.

@Duster79 (FABO), @johnnycuda (FABO), @SSG_Karg (FABO), @Nick2317 (FBBO)...are you playing this year? Please confirm and post your picks.

Don't miss out!

 

[Budnicks]

Gators
1st in again

T/F Antron Brown
(should go with Steve Torrence)

F/C Austin Prock
(keep last years momentum going, best crew & car, should go with Ron Capps maybe)

P/S Greg Anderson
(hope he doesn't fail me like his early picks last season, Dallas Glenn maybe an option too)

P/SM Gaige Herrara
(until someone can beat him regularly, probably should go with Matt Smith on the Buell)

Good luck everyone

 

[64BEL]

Let's see....

TF Justin Ashley
FC Fast Jack Beckman
PS Dallas Glenn
PSM Gaige Herrera

Please lock them in just in case, oc.

Great observations, defending champ Bud!
Good luck guys!

 

[ocdart]

Gators
1st in again

T/F Antron Brown
(should go with Steve Torrence)

F/C Austin Prock
(keep last years momentum going, best crew & car, should go with Ron Capps maybe)

P/S Greg Anderson
(hope he doesn't fail me like his early picks last season, Dallas Glenn maybe an option too)

P/SM Gaige Herrara
(until someone can beat him regularly, probably should go with Matt Smith on the Buell)

Good luck everyone

@Budnicks, you 'locked' your picks last year. Do you want to 'lock' them this year?
Please advise.

 

[ocdart]

Let's see....

TF Justin Ashley
FC Fast Jack Beckman
PS Dallas Glenn
PSM Gaige Herrera

Please lock them in just in case, oc.

Great observations, defending champ Bud!
Good luck guys!

Locked per your request

 

[Budnicks]

@Budnicks, you 'locked' your picks last year. Do you want to 'lock' them this year?
Please advise.

Yeah
good idea for now, I'll let you know if I want to change

kind of iffy starting this season like normal

 

[ocdart]

Yeah
good idea for now, I'll let you know if I want to change

kind of iffy starting this season like normal

Locked per your request.
Change picks anytime.

 

[alsant]

A Brown
A Prock
D Glenn
G Herrera

Good luck my Brothers !
Please lock these pics in OC

 

[Outlawd]

Gators
TF=Doug Kalitta
FC=Fast Jack
PS=Erica Enders
PSM=Matt Smith

Good luck everybody!

 

[GTXDAN]

TF Brittany Force
FC Austin Prock
PS Greg Anderson
PSM Matt Smith

Good luck everybody!!

 

[GTXDAN]

Looks like (RWR) Rick Ware Racing (Clay Millican) has picked up Tony Schumacher for a limited schedule this year. Good to see Tony back in the game, as it looked like they finally got his car figured out last year

 

[ocdart]

2025 56th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 73F, 23% relative humidity, barometer 30.03", adjusted altitude 1,079', track temp. n/a
TF: Doug Kalitta & Shawn Langdon, 3.690; Shawn Langdon @ 335.23
FC: Jack Beckman, 3.878; Paul Lee @ 333.33
PS: Matt Hartford, 6.496; Greg Stanfield @ 212.96
PSM: Matt Smith, 6.679 @ 203.49

Q2
Weather: 57F, 46% relative humidity, barometer 30.04", adjusted altitude 71', track temp. n/a
TF: Anton Brown & Tripp Tatum, 3.685; Shawn Langdon @ 335.23
FC: Bob Tasca III, 3.833; Ron Capps @ 335.73
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.443 (new World Record); Greg Stanfield @ 212.96
PSM: Gaige Herrera, 6.670; Matt Smith @ 203.98

(12:45pm EST) Racing currently on hold due to rain. The forecast shows rain until about 8pm EST tonight and all day tomorrow. Monday looks dry.

Currently not qualified after Q2:
TF Scott Farley
FC Dave Richards, Spencer Hyde
PS Shane Tucker, Cody Coughlin
PSM Steve Johnson, Wesley Wells

 

[GTXDAN]

Tony Stewart signed a multi year extension with Dodge/SRT for sponsorship. They talked about everything they have accomplished and especially Matt Hagan.

In funny car:
first Funny Car driver to break the four-second barrier (3.995-second run in 2011)
first to pass 3.80 seconds (3.799 in 2015)
first to reach 330 mph (2015)
first to pass 335 mph (2016) at 1,000 feet

 

[Nick2317]

sorry my PC updated a bunch and signed me out ...Ill play Ill just start on the next race

 

[ocdart]

sorry my PC updated a bunch and signed me out ...Ill play Ill just start on the next race

@Nick2317, you can still play starting with the Gatornationals.
Post your picks before eliminations start and you will still be eligible for round win points. The only thing you will miss are qualifying bonus points for the Gators.

 

[ocdart]

Saturday qualifying at the Gatornationals was cancelled due to rain.
The nhra.com website shows eliminations will begin at 9:30am EDT (6:30am PDT) on Sunday.

@Nick2317, post your Gators picks before eliminations start so you can collect elimination round win points.

 

[Nick2317]

Ill go with
TF Force
FC hagan
PS enders
psm matt smith

 

[ocdart]

Thanks to a little weather intervention by "Mother Nature", 'ocdart' (FABO) managed to have the highest score for the 2025 season-opening NHRA Gatornationals Top Qualifier title with a total of 30.5 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifiers in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, the #2 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle and the #3 qualifier in Pro Stock.
'TT5.9mag' (FABO) was right behind with 29.5 bonus points.
The top FBBO qualifier was 'Outlawd' with 26.0 bonus points.

More great picks!

We have 15 players to start the season this week and 14 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of two head-to-head matchups in Round 2 if all four drivers survive Round 1.
* 5 different Funny Car drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2 if both drivers survive Round 1. One Funny Car driver pick did not qualify for Sunday eliminations.
* 4 different Pro Stock drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchup in Round 2 if both drivers survive Round 1.
* 2 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. The only possibility of a head-to-head matchup would be in the final round of eliminations if both drivers survive through the first three rounds of eliminations.

Good luck all!