2022 13th Annual FABO NASCAR "Pick 'Em" Game - Time To Go Racing Again!!!

[ocdart]

Kansas picks:

Qualifying #
#1 Ross Chastain

Race -
#4 Kevin Harvick
#9 Chase Elliott

 

[44070dart]

Pole..... #24 ..for the win #5 #18 .. Nice view here from the top.. Oh yeah, I have company Mr. BiT,.. sure he was a good view also.

 

[Back in Time]

Damn, Apparently I missed my pole pick .
For the race I pick Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson

 

[Yunick13]

You still have time. Qualifying isn't later this evening

 

[Yunick13]

Christopher Bell scored pole

 

[ocdart]

Christopher Bell scored pole

That means another shutout on the Pole pick bonus point at Kansas since nobody picked #20.

 

[Yunick13]

8 for the Open, 1/5 For the Allstar.

 

[Back in Time]

8 for the open and 5 and 9 for the All star race.

 

[cuda20]

8 for the open
Larson and Kyle Busch for race

 

[44070dart]

#22 pole ... #5 Larson and Lo0ong shot ........... #4 Harvick . .............

 

[Bigdummy]

It call in for rain

 

[ocdart]

A little late, but better than not at all...

Just like past years, we're going to treat the 2022 NASCAR All-Star Race next Sunday (May 22) just like a normal weekend NASCAR race but with more bonus point opportunities.

All picks for the All-Star Open and the All-Star race events must be posted before 5:00PM EDT (2:00PM PDT) Sunday, May 22, before the television coverage of both races starts on Fox Sports 1.


Here's the weekend schedule:

* No game bonus point for qualifying at this event

* Sunday, May 22, 5:30PM EDT (2:30PM PDT) the NASCAR All-Star Open, a qualifying race for all drivers not automatically eligible to drive in the All-Star race. There will be three segments to the Monster Energy Open: 20, 20, and 10 laps, with each stage winner advancing to the All-Star race. Another driver will advance to the All-Star race based on the fan vote.

* There are four stages in this year's All-Star Race -- Stages 1 through 3 will each be 25 laps, and the final stage will be 50 laps.

So, how are points going to work? Pick two drivers as always - driver picks can be from both the All-Star Open and the already-qualified drivers for the All-Star Race. You are picking drivers for only the All-Star Race, not the All-Star Open.
All game scoring will be based on All Star Race stage and finish position only.
But you can pick a driver that is driving in the All-Star Open if you think they will be one of the three drivers from either the All-Star Open stage winners, or will be the fan vote winner, and advance to the All Star Race.
If your driver wins the final 50-lap segment of the All Star Race you'll get a -5 bonus, 2nd-place driver pick will get a -3 point bonus. Also, the driver pick winning stage All Star Race will get a -1 point bonus. If the same driver pick wins multiple stages they'll get a -1 point bonus for each.
As always, finishing positions from the All Star Race for your driver picks will be averaged. But not all current drivers will be starting the 125-lap All-Star race.
Only 24 drivers will start the All-Star race event, including the Fan Vote Winner and the three stage winners from the All-Star Open preliminary race.
If you pick a driver that doesn't make it out of the Monster Energy Open, you'll get an 24th-place finish for that driver.

No picks at all will be counted as 24 points since only 24 cars will be starting the All-Star Race stages.


Here's the list of drivers guaranteed entry to the All-Star Race. They'll be joined by the Fan Vote Winner and the three stage winners of the All-Star Open:

#1 Ross Chastain
#2 Austin Cindric
#4 Kevin Harvick
#5 Kyle Larson
#6 Brad Keselowski
#9 Chase Elliott
#10 Aric Almirola
#11 Denny Hamlin
#12 Ryan Blaney
#14 Chase Briscoe
#15 AJ Allmendinger
#18 Kyle Busch
#19 Martin Truex Jr.
#20 Christopher Bell
#22 Joey Logano
#23 Bubba Wallace
#24 William Byron
#34 Michael McDowell
#45 Kurt Busch
#48 Alex Bowman


Pick any driver not on the above list and double any bonus points earned by that driver. You could get -10 points for an event win, -6 points for an event runner-up, -2 points for any stage win.
Not interested in any driver except for those already locked in, you say? Any of the drivers racing in the All-Star Open could easily win either the Monster Energy Open or the Fan Vote on Friday night. Pick a non-qualified driver and possibly earn double bonus points.
So, do you feel lucky? Well, do you?

Vote for your favorite driver if he's not already in the set field and try to get him in via the Sprint Fan Vote.

And of you just want to keep your already "locked in" picks...that's OK too.

Good luck all! Let me know if you have any questions.

 

[ocdart]

Finally! Here are the results from last weeks race at Kansas Speedway...

Nobody picked the race winner, #45 Kurt Busch, so no race winner bonus points awarded.
Congratulations to '44070dart' (FABO), 'Avispa' (FABO), 'Back in Time' (FABO), and 'Dart_Doctor' (FABO) for picking #5 Kyle Larson as the race runner-up of the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway and picking up -3 bonus points each.

Game point leader '44070dart' (FABO) had the low net score this week at -3.5 points.

#18 Kyle Busch was the race leader and #1 Ross Chastain was in 2nd place at the end of Stage 1.
#45 Kyle Busch was the race leader and #18 Kyle Busch was in 2nd place at the end of Stage 2.

Here are the game standings following the 2022 AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway:
44070dart (FABO) 118.5 P24 5 18 (S1-2)(S2-1) 2 3 -3 115.0
Back in Time (FABO) 118.5 LP12 9 5 29 2 -3 131.0
riverdawg (FBBO) 120.5 LP11 L19 L9 6 29 138.0
LocuMob (FABO) 123.0 P5 9 19 29 6 140.5
Dart_Doctor (FABO) 128.5 LP9 L9 L5 29 2 -3 141.0
Avispa (FABO) 141.5 P22 L9 L5 29 2 -3 154.0
memike (FABO) 141.0 (no Pole pick) L12 L22 12 17 155.5
fishmens67 (FABO) 156.5 LP18 L11 L12 4 12 164.5
cuda20 (FABO) 153.0 P5 9 18 (S1-2)(S2-1) 29 3 166.0
Yunick13 (FABO) 156.5 P24 1 L9 (S1-1) 7 29 173.5
ocdart (FABO) 186.0 P1 9 4 29 15 208.0
Sublime one (FABO) 215.0 LP22 L6 L18 (S1-2)(S2-1) 14 3 220.5

Please let me know if I show either your Pole or Race picks incorrectly or if you have any questions.

Please post your picks for the next race and let me know if you want to "lock" them in for future weeks. I will put an "L" before either your Pole pick or your race picks to show they've been "locked".
As always, you can always make different picks each week. Your "locked" picks will always be there should you forget to post your race picks, your computer malfunctions or the site should go down temporarily.

On to Texas Motor Speedway for the NASCAR All-Star Race. See Post #337 for all the details.

* No game bonus point for qualifying at the All-Star Race this year.

Qualifying for both the Open and All-Star Race will be on Fox Sports 1 on Saturday, May 21, starting at 7:30PM EDT (4:30PM PDT).

Get your picks posted before 5:00PM EDT (2:00PM PDT) Sunday, May 22, before the television coverage of both races starts on Fox Sports 1.

 

[44070dart]

Ok, OK ... I swear, now that I'm at the top, I will begin a new reign of honesty and open dialog with all e- body owners. .. I know that will be a "challenge(r)" but we shall find a path to let some air out of their heads. .. Oh yeah, and two chickens in every pot. Thank You, and God Bless America !

 

[LocuMob]

#9 Elliott & #19 Truex Jr

 

[fishmens67]

11 and 18 new locked picks.
5 for pole.

 

[ocdart]

11 and 18 new locked picks.
5 for pole.

OK, 'locked' your #11 and #18 race picks.
I did not 'lock' your Pole pick. Is this correct?

 

[fishmens67]

lock the 5 for the pole. thanks

 

[ocdart]

lock the 5 for the pole. thanks

Done

 

[Back in Time]

Ok, OK ... I swear, now that I'm at the top, I will begin a new reign of honesty and open dialog with all e- body owners. .. I know that will be a "challenge(r)" but we shall find a path to let some air out of their heads. .. Oh yeah, and two chickens in every pot. Thank You, and God Bless America !

Congratulations.

 

[memike]

12 for the pole, 22 car for the win, 12 car in the mix here also.

 

[ocdart]

As stated in Post #338: No game bonus point for qualifying at the All-Star Race this year.
After reading the description of All-Star Race qualifying I felt it was just too "gimmicky" with everything that was involved. Watching it confirmed it for me.
Did you see the huge (sarcasm) crowd in the stands to watch qualifying?

JMO: wasn't impressed.

I hope the decision makers at NHRA didn't watch NASCAR All-Star qualifying and get the "bright" idea to include a spark plug R&R as part of pro class qualifying for the U.S. Nationals.

 

[ocdart]

Almost forgot to post my picks for the All Star race!

#5 Kyle Larson
#18 Kyle Busch

The Kyle & Kyle Show!

 

[crackedback]

And na$Crap tries to find a way to F up a result as usual. Fix... manipulated, nah... I got a bridge in Brooklyn for sale. No reason for that last caution.

If I was blaney and lost that one, I'd have wrecked the F'ing pace car and anything else on the track. LOL

 

[Yunick13]

I could almost just give up.