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

OK, before getting any further into the Midwest Nationals, here are the results from the Carolina Nationals:

Congratulations to 'TT5.9mag' (FABO) for winning the Top Qualifier title for the 17th event of the 2023 NHRA season, the betway NHRA Carolina Nationals with a very nice total of 29.5 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifier in both Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, the #2 qualifier in Top Fuel and the #5 qualifier in Funny Car. Way to go!
'memike' (FABO) was right behind with 28.5 bonus points.
'Nick2317' is the top FBBO qualifier with 26.0 bonus points.

Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) for being for winning the betway NHRA Carolina Nationals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with a very nice total of 136.5 points.
His Pro Stock Motorcycle pick won the class. Both his Funny Car and Pro Stock picks lost in the final round of eliminations. His Top Fuel pick lost in the opening round of eliminations. His point total was also helped with ET bonus points in both Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and Speed bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
'TT5.9mag' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 114.5 points.


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

Top Fuel
E.T. - Mike Salinas, 3.647 during qualifying
Speed - Mike Salinas, 338.00 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.824 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Hagan, 333.91 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Erica Enders, 6.509 during qualifying
Speed - Fernando Cuadra Jr., 210.60 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Gaige Herrera, 6.706 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Gaige Herrera, 201.94 during Round 1 of eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 2nd event of the 2023 Countdown:

2225.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change in the game point standings
2213.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +1
2203.0 - Yunick13 (FABO) -1
2165.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change
2140.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
2122.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
2118.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) +1
2113.5 - memike (FABO) +2
2112.5 - Duster79 (FABO) -2
2070.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +1
2068.5 - Back in Time (FABO) -2
2030.5 - MomsDuster (FABO) +2
2027.0 - 64BEL (FBBO no change
2025.5 - alsant (FBBO) -2
2001.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change


The 19th race of the 2023 season, and the 3rd round of the "Countdown", is the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technologies Raceway in Madison, IL, going on this weekend.

GOOD LUCK!