2020 10th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Are You Ready For Some NITRO?!!
THIS POST IS BOTH A POINTS STANDING UPDATE AND YOUR 'TUESDAY BEFORE THE EVENT' REMINDER
(10/29/20) CORRECTED POST AND POINT STANDINGS
Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) for being "Top Picker Eliminator" at the Mopar Express Lane SpringNationals, the 10th event of the 2020 "pandemic-crazed" NHRA season, with a very nice point total of 138.5 points. His Funny Car pick won the class, his Top Fuel pick lost in the final round of eliminations. His Pro Stock Motorcycle pick lost in the semi-final round and his Pro Stock pick went out in the second round of eliminations. He also picked up both ET and Speed bonus points with his Pro Stock Motorcycle pick. "stroked 340" (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 136.0 points. His Top Fuel pick lost in the final round of eliminations and his Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks lost in the semi-final round of eliminations. His point total was helped with ET bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle and Speed bonus points in both Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle. The top FBBO player was 'R413' with 120.5 points
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel E.T. - Tony Schumacher, 3.669 while winning the final round of eliminations Speed - Billy Torrence, 331.61 during Round 2 of eliminations
Funny Car E.T. - Alexis DeJoria, 3.874 during Round 1 of eliminations Speed - J.R. Todd, 333.49 during Round 1 of eliminations
Pro Stock E.T. - Alex Laughlin, 6.505 during qualifying Speed - Greg Anderson, 212.23 during qualifying
Pro Stock Motorcycle E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.729 during qualifying Speed - Matt Smith, 200.68 during Round 2 of eliminations
Here are the game point standings after the 10th event of the 2020 season:
1135.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in position standings 1133.5 - Duster79 (FABO) no change 1077.5 - R413 (FBBO) no change 1075.0 - stroked340 (FABO) no change 1068.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change 1002.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change 992.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change 977.0 - ocdart (FABO) no change 962.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change 900.5 - memike (FABO) no change 890.5 - 71dartswinger (FABO) no change 745.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) +2 745.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) -1 710.5 - SSG Karg (FABO) -1 439.5 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change
The FINAL event of the 2020 season, the Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil, are scheduled for October 30-November 1 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV. As of now there are 16 Top Fuel, 18 Funny Car, 21 Pro Stock and 17 Pro Stock Motorcycle entries Keep checking Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil* 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 3:00PM EDT (12:00 Noon PDT) on Saturday, October 31st.
Oh yeah, TRICK OR TREAT! The round win points for this event will be 'points-and-a-half' (15 points per round win).
