2022 12th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - Time To Burn Some More NITRO!!!
Congratulations to 'Back in Time' (FABO) and 'memike' for sharing the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 2022 NHRA Midwest Nationals with outstanding totals of 183.5 points each. Their Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks all won their class, and their Top Fuel pick lost in the second round of eliminations. They were helped with ET bonus points in both Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle, and Speed bonus points in Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle. 'TT5.9mag' (FABO) grabbed the runner-up spot with 154.5 points. 'Nick2317' was the top FBBO finisher with 152.0 points.
Here's where the bonus points were earned if you picked the right drivers:
Top Fuel
E.T. - Steve Torrence, 3.655 during qualifying
Speed - Brittany Force, 338.43 during Round 1 of qualifying
Funny Car
E.T. - John Force and Robert Hight, 3.853 during qualifying
Speed - Robert Hight, 336.32 during qualifying
Pro Stock
E.T. - Kyle Koretsky, 6.505 during Round 1 of eliminations
Speed - Chris McGaha, 212.23 while losing during Round 1 of eliminations
Pro Stock Motorcycle
E.T. - Matt Smith, 6.709 during qualifying
Speed - Matt Smith, 202.82 during qualifying
Here are the game point standings after the 19th event of the 2022 season and the 3rd event of the "Countdown":
2407.0 - memike (FABO) no change
2405.5 - Back in Time (FABO) no change
2366.0 - cuda20 (FABO) no change
2338.5 - Nick2317 (FBBO) no change
2312.5 - ocdart (FABO) no change
2300.0 - TT5.9mag (FABO) +1
2271.0 - SSG Karg (FABO) -1
2250.0 - Outlawd (FBBO) no change
2244.0 - Budnicks (FBBO) no change 2180.0 - alsant (FBBO) no change
2161.5 - johnnycuda (FABO) no change
2131.0 - 64BEL (FBBO) no change
We have this weekend off to rest. The 20th race of the 2022 season and the 4th race of the 'Countdown', is the Texas NHRA FallNationals scheduled for October 13-16, at Texas Motorplex in Ennis, TX.
As always, your picks need to be posted before the first of three (3) Pro Qualifying sessions starts at 3:30pm EDT (12:30pm PDT) on Friday, October 14. nhra.com currently shows the following number of entries:
* 21 Top Fuel (...but no Billy Torrence entry in his home state of Texas!)
* 17 Funny Car
* 18 Pro Stock * 19 Pro Stock Motorcycle
Those counts are always subject to change so make sure to check to make sure your driver picks are entered.
