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 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA Nationals, the 22nd event of the 2019 season and the 4th event of the six-race Countdown.
Congratulations to 'johnnycuda' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the AAA Texas Nationals with a very nice total of 140.0 points. His Pro Stock pick won its class. His Top Fuel, Funny Card and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks all went to the semi-finals before losing. He was helped with ET bonus points in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, and Speed bonus points in Funny Car. 'Nick2317' (FBBO) took the event runner-up spot with 130.0 points. Great scores all.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.651 during qualifying Speed - Austin Prock, 334.40 during Round 1 of eliminations
Funny Car E.T. - John Force, 3.834 during qualifying Speed - John Force, 337.33 during qualifying Although not the top marks in the class, Matt Hagan brought his bracket car to eliminations clocking runs of 3.903, 3.903, 3.900 and 3.909 to win the class
Pro Stock E.T. - Jeg Coughlin Jr., 6.509 during qualifying Speed - Erica Enders-Stevens, 211.53 during qualifying
Pro Stock Motorcycle E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.776 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 200.26 during qualifying
Here are the game point standings after the 4th event of the 2019 Countdown:
2383.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in standings
2350.0 - Duster79 (FABO) +1
2334.0 - Back in Time (FABO) -1
2323.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +3 2286.5 - Garry in AZ (FABO) no change
2283.0 - alsant (FBBO) -2
2266.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +5
2257.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) -2 2251.0 - ocdart (FABO) -1
2234.5 - memike (FABO) no change
2228.0 - MomsDuster (FABO) -2 2225.0 - super-bee_ski (FBBO) -1 2209.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change 2208.5 - stroked340 (FABO) no change 2144.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) no change 2048.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change 1829.0 - Nitro Will (FABO) no change
The 24th race of the 2019 season and the 5th race of the Countdown, the 19th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil, is October 31-November 3 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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, November 1st in order to qualify for all event bonus points. Professional qualifying is scheduled to start at 3:45PM EDT (12:45PM PDT). The Dodge Nationals entry list is posted on NHRA.com and currently shows 18 Top Fuel. 19 Funny Car, 13 Pro Stock and 20 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.
