2018 8th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time For Your NITRO Fix! Here We Go Again!!!
Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for winning the 2018 AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals "Top Picker Eliminator" title with an outstanding total of 174.0 points. He picked the class winners in Top Fuel, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and his Funny Car pick lost in the semi-final round of eliminations.
'64Bel' (FBBO) was the event runner-up with 112.0 points.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel E.T. - Steve Torrence, 3.675 during qualifying Speed - Leah Pritchett, 330.96 during qualifying
Funny Car E.T. - Robert Hight, 3.844 during qualifying Speed - Courtney Force, 331.04 during qualifying
Pro Stock E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.496 during qualifying Speed - Jason Line, 212.79 during qualifying
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Chip Ellis, 6.764 qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 199.61
Here are the game point standings after the 20th event of the 2018 season, the opening event of the Countdown: 2230.0 - Back in Time (FABO) +3 change in the game standings
2185.5 - stroked340 (FABO) -1
2178.0 - Duster79 (FABO) -1
2157.5 - cuda20 (FABO) -1
2126.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +3
2123.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) -1
2123.0 - alsant (FBBO) -1
2116.5 - ocdart (FABO) +1
2103.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) +2
2102.5 - SSG_Karg (FABO) -3
2074.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) +1
2069.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1
2045.0 - memike (FABO) -3
1955.5 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) no change
A week off so rest up and clear your minds. The 21st event of the 2018 season, the third event of the Countdown, is the 33rd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals, October 4-7, at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas. As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, October 5th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:15PM EDT (1:15PM PDT). The FallNationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 20 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car, 15 Pro Stock and 14 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries, but the counts are always subject to change. Keep checking NHRA.com for an updated entry list. Get your picks posted and good luck!
