2019 9th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Are You Ready For Some NITRO?!!
Here are the results and point standings following completion of the 12th annual NTK Carolina NHRA Nationals, the 21st event of the 2019 season and the 3rd event of the six-race Countdown.
Congratulations to 'Duster79' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the Carolina Nationals with an outstanding total of 156.5 points. His Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks all won their respective classes. His Pro Stock pick lost in the opening round of eliminations. 'Back in Time' (FABO) took the event runner-up spot with 144.5 points. 'Budnicks' was the top FBBO finisher with 120.0 points. Great scores all.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.698 during Round 1 of eliminations Speed - Leah Pritchett, 331.20 during qualifying
Funny Car E.T. - Jack Beckman, 3.864 during Round 1 of eliminations Speed - Jack Beckman, 334.07 during qualifying
Pro Stock E.T. - Erica Enders-Stevens, 6.506 during qualifying Speed - Erica Enders-Stevens, 212.19 during qualifying
Pro Stock Motorcycle E.T. - Jerry Savoie, 6.784 while losing during Round 1 of eliminations Speed - Andrew Hines, 199.37 during the final round of eliminations
Here are the game point standings after the 3rd event of the 2019 Countdown:
2306.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in standings 2278.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change 2274.0 - Duster79 (FABO) +1 2207.0 - alsant (FBBO) -1 2201.0 - Garry in AZ (FABO) no change 2193.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) +3 2183.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1 2174.0 - ocdart (FABO) -1 2156.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) +1 2153.5 - memike (FABO) -4 2151.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) +2 2136.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change 2126.0 - 71dartswinger (FABO) -2 2118.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change 2042.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change 1994.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) n0 change 1829.0 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change
The 22nd race of the 2019 season and the 4th race of the Countdown, the 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FAllNationals, is October 18-20 at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas. Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle are competing at this event. As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts on Friday, October 18th in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 2:45PM EDT (11:45PM PDT). The NTK Carolina Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 19 Top Fuel. 18 Funny Car, 17 Pro Stock and 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries. Keep checking the NHRA.com website for an updated entry list to make sure your picks are competing at this event.
