2022 12th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time To Burn Some More NITRO!!!

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Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO), 'memike' (FABO), and 'cuda20' (FABO) for sharing the 2021 Virginia NHRA Nationals Top Qualifier title with an outstanding total of 22.5 bonus points each . 'Back in Time' (FABO) and 'memike' (FABO) each picked the #1 qualifier in Top Fuel, the #2 qualifier in Funny Car and the #3 pick in Pro Stock Motorcycle. 'cuda20' (FABO) picked the #1 qualifier in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, and the #4 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle. Way to go!
'Nick2317' was the top FBBO qualifier spot with 21.5 bonus points.
More great picks!

We have 14 players this week and 12 different driver combos made up of:
* 5 different Top Fuel drivers with no Round 1 head-to-head matchups. There is a possibility of one head-to-head matchups in Round 2 if both drivers survive Round 1.
* 5 different Funny Car drivers with one Round 1 head-to-head matchup between #7 qualifier Tim Wilkerson (1 pick) and #10 qualifier Robert Hight (2 picks). There is a possibility of a head-to-head matchup in Round 2 if both drivers survive Round 1.
* 5 different Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers. No Round 1 head-to-head matchups, but a possibility of two head-to-head matchup in Round 2 if all four drivers survive Round 1.

Good luck all!

 
Congratulations to 'cuda20' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 2022 Virginia NHRA Nationals with an outstanding total of 152.5 points. He picked the class winners in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle. His Funny Car pick went to the final round of eliminations before losing. He was also helped with both ET and Speed bonus points in both Top Fuel and Funny Car.
'Nick2317' (FBBO) earned the runner-up spot with 131.5 points.


Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:

Top Fuel
E.T. - Brittany Force, 3.654 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 335.82 during qualifying

Funny Car
E.T. - Matt Hagan, 3.853 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Hagan, 335.82 during qualifying

Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Angie Smith, 6.756 during qualifying
Speed - Angie Smith, 201.37 during qualifying



Here are the game point standings after the 7th event of the 2022 season:
751.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in standings
697.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
677.5 - Back in Time no change
600.5 - shittyslant6 (FABO) no change
580.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change
554.5 - memike (FABO) no change
520.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) +3
509.0 - alsant (FBBO) +1
477.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -2
476.5 - ocdart (FABO) -2
452.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change
417.5 - Rat Bastid (FABO) +2
411.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) -1
401.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change

The 8th race of the 2022 season, the NHRA New England Nationals, is scheduled for June 3-5, at New England Dragway in Epping, NH.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts at 6:00pm EDT (3:00pm PDT) on Friday, June 3.
nhra.com currently shows the following number of entries:
* 16 Top Fuel
* 13 Funny Car
* 18 Pro Stock

Pro Stock Motorcycle will not compete at this event, but there will be Snowmobile exhibition racing.







Those counts are always subject to change so make sure to check to make sure your driver picks are entered.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!
 
TF Brittany Force
FC John Force
PS Greg Anderson
PSM Eddie Krawic

"Please lock in"
 
Here's your Tuesday before the event reminder to post your picks for the 2022 New England NHRA Nationals.
Pro qualifying starts Friday, June 3, at 6:00PM EDT (3:00PM PDT)!
The nhra.com website currently shows the following number of entries:
16 Top Fuel
14 Funny Car
17 Pro Stock

Pro Stock Motorcycle will not compete at this event.

Always check to confirm your picks are participating. You may also possibly find either new drivers or old favorites competing.

Post your picks if you haven't already.
 
Based on my picks performance this season, you can be confident the following are who NOT TO PICK!!!

New England Nationals picks:

TF - Steve Torrence
FC - Matt Hagan
PS - Kyle Koretsky

Don't say you weren't warned.
 
@memike, @Rat Bastid and @SSG_Karg - Qualifying at the NHRA New England Nationals starts today. Please post your driver picks for Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock so you'll be eligible for all event bonus points.
Don't miss out.
 
Britanny Force
Matt Hagen
Erica Enders
 
New England Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: n/a
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.664; Brittany Force and Steve Torrence @ 329.50
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.878 @ 332.51
PSM: Dallas Glenn, 6.543; Aaron Stanfield @ 211.00

Q2
Weather: n/a
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.664; Brittany Force @ 334.32
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.878 @ 332.51
PSM: Dallas Glenn, 6.543; Aaron Stanfield @ 211.00

Q3
Weather: n/a
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.664; Brittany Force @ 334.32
FC: Matt Hagan, 3.878 @ 332.51
PSM: Dallas Glenn, 6.543; Aaron Stanfield @ 211.00



 
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Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO), 'cuda20' (FABO), 'memike' (FABO) and 'Nick2317' (FBBO) for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 2022 New England NHRA Nationals with an outstanding total of 127.5 points each. Each of them picked the class winners in both Funny Car and Pro Stock, and their Top Fuel pick lost in the second round of eliminations. Each of them was also helped with ET bonus points in Funny Car and Speed bonus points in both Top Fuel and Funny Car.
'Outlawd' (FBBO) earned the runner-up spot with 121.5 points.


Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:

Top Fuel
E.T. - Steve Torrence, 3.664 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 334.90 during Round 1 of eliminations

Funny Car
E.T. - Matt Hagan, 3.878 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Hagan, 332.51 during qualifying

Pro Stock
E.T. - Dallas Glenn, 6.543 during qualifying
Speed - Aaron Stanfield, 211.79 during Round 2 of eliminations


Here are the game point standings after the 8th event of the 2022 season:
878.5 - cuda20 (FABO) no change in standings
825.0 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
805.0 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
701.5 - Outlawd (FBBO) +1
682.0 - memike (FABO) +1
637.5 - shittyslant6 (FABO) -2
573.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) no change
566.5 - alsant (FBBO) no change
565.0 - ocdart (FABO) +1
531.5 - Budnicks (FBBO) +1
530.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) -2
530.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) +1
467.5 - Rat Bastid (FABO) -1
466.5 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change

The 9th race of the 2022 season, the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, is scheduled for June 17-19, at Bristol Dragway in Bristol, TN.
As always, your picks need to be posted before Pro Qualifying starts at 7:00pm EDT (4:00pm PDT) on Friday, June 17.
nhra.com currently shows the following number of entries:
* 16 Top Fuel
* 16 Funny Car
* 20 Pro Stock
* 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle


Those counts are always subject to change so make sure to check to make sure your driver picks are entered.

Get your picks posted and GOOD LUCK!

 
Here's your Tuesday before the event reminder to post your picks for the 2022 NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals.
Pro qualifying starts Friday, June 17, at 7:00PM EDT (4:00PM PDT)!
The nhra.com website currently shows the following number of entries:
16 Top Fuel
15 Funny Car
21 Pro Stock
17 Pro Stock Motorcycle

Always check to confirm your picks are participating. You may also possibly find either new drivers or old favorites competing.

Post your picks if you haven't already.
 
ocdart said:
Here we go! It's time to get your 2022 Nitro fix!
It's three weeks to the season-opening event of the 2022 NHRA Camping World Series so time to get this game going.
It's hard to believe this is the twelfth year we're doing this.
Nitro qualifying for the 2022 NHRA Camping World Series season opening Lucas Oil Winternationals gets underway on Friday, February 18.
It's time for the "official" 2020 NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game thread to get started. Let's get more players than last year.

No changes to the rules from last year as the little change in 2018 proved to be pretty good. Here they are for any new players. Returning players should check them out also just as a reminder.

Rules for the 12th Annual FABO NHRA Pick 'Em for 2022:
Your picks must be posted to this thread no later than the scheduled start of Pro qualifying on the Friday of the event in order to be eligible for all bonus points awarded during the event. No exceptions. For the 2022 season-opening Winternationals, this is Friday, February 18. Pro Stock qualifying starts at 7:00PM EST (4:00PM PST).

Classes:
* Top Fuel
* Funny Car
* Pro Stock
* Pro Stock Motorcycle
* Highest total point accumulation from all classes at the end of the season is the winner
* Pick one driver/car per each class for each National Event

You must post your picks to FABO no later than the scheduled start of Pro qualifying on Friday of the event weekend. Picks posted after the scheduled start of Pro qualifying on Friday will not be eligible for any bonus points awarded during the event; picks posted after the scheduled start of Pro qualifying on Friday will only earn points for Sunday race elimination rounds.
You can also "lock" your picks in for the entire season if you wish. Just post that you want them "locked". You can always "unlock" them to make a change by posting your changes in this thread. Your revised picks will then be "locked" until you make future changes.

Since all of us get busy from time to time, our computers may break down, or we just forget to post our picks. So, in an effort to keep everyone in the game for the "regular season", if you don't get your picks posted before the first round of Pro Qualifying for any "regular season" race after the Winternationals I will use your picks from the previous race event. That's the benefit - you will be guaranteed to have picks for elimination rounds. The penalty is, your picks will not be eligible for event bonus points.
As said before, you still have the option of "locking in" your picks for the entire season if you think you may have trouble getting your picks posted sometime during the season.
Your picks will be eligible for event bonus points if you "lock" them in, but not if you just forget to post them or can't post event picks for whatever reason.
This "pick carry over" feature is only in effect for the "regular season". It will not be in effect for the six-event "Countdown to the Championship" at the end of the season.

You can review the event class entry list and the event schedule on www.nhra.com. Make sure you take into account the time difference between the event location and where you are so you get your picks posted on time.

* 10 points awarded for each round won during final eliminations (40 points max. per event)

* Bonus Points:
Bonus points awarded each event based on your selected drivers final qualification position as determined by NHRA
# 1 Qualifier = 8 points
# 2 Qualifier = 7.5 points
# 3 Qualifier = 7 points
# 4 Qualifier = 6.5 points
# 5 Qualifier = 6 points
# 6 Qualifier = 5.5 points
# 7 Qualifier = 5 points
# 8 Qualifier = 4.5 points
# 9 Qualifier = 4 points
#10 Qualifier = 3.5 points
#11 Qualifier = 3 points
#12 Qualifier = 2.5 points
#13 Qualifier = 2 points
#14 Qualifier = 1.5 points
#15 Qualifier = 1 point
#16 Qualifier = 0.5 point

5 Bonus Points awarded per class to the driver posting the quickest elapsed time or fastest speed per event during either qualifying or eliminations

15 Bonus Points awarded per class to any driver establishing a new national record elapsed time or speed during an event (no longer must be backed up within 1% per revised NHRA rules)

Each professional class has an 88-point potential per event if your selected driver qualifies in the #1 position, wins the event, has the quickest elapsed time and fastest speed, and sets both ends of the national record for the class during the event. 352 points max. per event with all four professional classes; 264 points max. per event that do not include either Pro Stock or Pro Stock Motorcycle.

If your selected driver fails to qualify for an event, you receive 0 points for that class.

Like prior years, there will be special rules regarding round-win points for both Four-Wide events. Yes, BOTH. The NHRA 4-Wide Las Vegas event (April 1-3) and the NHRA 4-Wide event at Z-Max Dragway in Charlotte, NC, (April 29-May 1). I will post up the special rules prior to the Las Vegas event.

Also like prior years, the points will be re-set following the U.S. Nationals on Labor Day weekend, prior to the start of the 6-event "Countdown to the Championship".

And just like the past couple of years, we're going to follow what NHRA is doing with increased points for both the U.S. Nationals and the Finals. Round win points for both of those events will be 15 rather than 10. This should make for an exciting finish to the season just like last year.


So post up your picks on this thread. Here we go. Light 'em up and let's burn some more nitro!
Click to expand...
Get ready for the electric funny car near you soon.
 
TF B Force
FC M Hagen
PS Enders Stevens
PSM Matt Smith
 
Based on my picks performance this season, you can be doubly confident the following are who NOT TO PICK!!!

Thunder Valley Nationals picks:

TF - Brittany Force
FC - Robert Hight
PS - Aaron Stanfield
PSM - Steve Johnson

Don't say you weren't warned...again!
 
Thunder Valley Nationals qualifying leaders:

Q1
Weather: 80F, 82% relative humidity, barometer 29.89", adjusted altitude 4,159', track temp 106F
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.791; Antron Brown @ 323.35
FC: Robert Hight, 3.971 @ 310.98
PS: Greg Anderson, 6.686; Mason McGaha @ 204.35
PSM: Angelle Sampey, 6.966; Angie Smith @ 193.49

Q2
Weather: 77F, 48% relative humidity, barometer 30.01", adjusted altitude 3,320', track temp 129F
TF: Steve Torrence, 3.791; Antron Brown @ 323.35
FC: Robert Hight, 3.971; John Force @ 314.68
PS: Aaron Stanfield, 6.638 @ 206.57
PSM: Angelle Sampey, 6.874 @ 196.04

Q3
Weather: 78F, 45% relative humidity, barometer 30.03", adjusted altitude 3,346', track temp 129F
TF: Mike Salinas, 3.767 @ 327.69
FC: Robert Hight, 3.971; John Force @ 321.96
PS: Aaron Stanfield, 6.638 @ 206.73
PSM: Angelle Sampey, 6.874; Angie Smith @ 196.82





 
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