2020 10th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Are You Ready For Some NITRO?!!
Congratulations to 'stroked340' (FABO) for being "Top Picker Eliminator" for the AAA Texas FallNationals, the 9th event of the 2020 "pandemic-crazed" NHRA season, with a very nice point total of 148.5 points. His Top Fuel pick won the class. Both his Funny Car and Pro Stock picks lost in the final round of eliminations and his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the second round of eliminations. 'alsant' (FBBO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 144.5 points. He picked the class winner in Top Fuel. His Funny Car pick lost in the finals, his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the semi-final round and his Pro Stock pick lost in the second round.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel E.T. - Steve Torrence, 3.662 during qualifying Speed - Steve Torrence, 328.78 while winning the event
Funny Car E.T. - Matt Hagan, 3.860 during qualifying Speed - J.R. Todd, 331.36 during Round 1 of eliminations
Pro Stock E.T. - Deric Kramer, 6.541 during qualifying Speed - Deric Kramer, 210.37 during qualifying
Pro Stock Motorcycle E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.808 during qualifying Speed - Matt Smith, 200.71 during qualifying
Here are the game point standings after the 9th event of the 2020 season (the points from the uncompleted 8th event of the season are also included):
1014.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in the game standings 1013.0 - Duster79 (FABO) no change 957.0 - R413 (FBBO) no change 939.0 - stroked340 (FABO) +1 929.5 - Back in Time (FABO) -1 884.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) +3 881.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) -1
878.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change 856.5 - alsant (FBBO) +1 830.5 - memike (FABO) -3 772.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change 665.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change 630.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +1 629.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) -1 391.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change
The 10th race of the 2020 season, the Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil, are scheduled for October 23-25 at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, TX. As of now there are 15 Top Fuel, 17 Funny Car, 20 Pro Stock and 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries
Keep checking http://www.nhra.com/events/entrylist10.aspx for an updated entry list to verify your pick is racing. Also check to see if there are any "surprise" names on the entry lists.
Professional class qualifying is currently scheduled to start at 1:45PM EDT (10:45AM PDT) on Saturday, October 24th
