2018 8th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time For Your NITRO Fix! Here We Go Again!!!
Finally! Here are the results and point standings following completion of the NHRA Heartland Nationals, the eighth event of the 2018 NHRA season.
Congratulations to 'Budnicks' (FBBO) for winning "Top Picker Eliminator" title with a nice point total of 86.0 points. He picked the class winner in Funny Car, his Top Fuel pick lost in the semi-finals and his Pro Stock pick lost in the opening round of eliminations. 'stroked340' (FABO) was the runner-up with 74.0 points.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel E.T. - Clay Millican, 3.676 during Round 3 of eliminations Speed - Clay Millican, 334.90 during Round 2 of eliminations
Funny Car E.T. - Courtney Force, 3.895 during Round 3 of eliminations Speed - Robert Hight, 330.55 during Round 3 of eliminations
Pro Stock E.T. - Erica Enders-Stevens, 6.550 during Round 2 of eliminations Speed - Greg Anderson, 210.93 during Round 2 of eliminations
Here are the game point standings after the 8th event of the 2018 season: 636.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change in the game standings 612.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change 583.0 - cuda20 (FABO) +1 564.5 - alsant (FBBO) -1 562.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +2 560.0 - Back in Time (FABO) -1 560.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -1
558.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change 556.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change 492.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change 481.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change 463.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change 436.5 - memike (FABO) +1 400.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1
Now we get another weekend off before the 9th race of the 2018 season. The 9th race of the 2018 season, the 21st annual Jegs Route 66 NHRA Nationals, is May 31-June 3, at Route 66 Raceway in Elwood, Illinois.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, June 1 in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 6:15PM EDT (3:15PM PDT). The Route 66 Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 19 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car, 14 Pro Stock and 15 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are subject to change. Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist09.aspx for an updated entry list.
