Forum's Own "Pick 'Ems" Indy 500 Race Thread

[Tim Northcutt]

Originally posted by jhansen
Glad you and your family are OK Tim.

I'd rather be lucky than smart!!!!

[Tim Northcutt]

These were actual race results for these as reported by the INdy Star:

1. Winner -- Rice

2. Top 5
1. Rice
2. Kanaan
3. Wheldon
4. Herta
5. Junquiera

3. Fastest Lap of Race -- Vitor Meira (Lap 170 or 171)

4. Speed of Fastest Lap -- 218.401

5. Leaders at Race Milestones:
100 miles -- Rice
200 miles -- Rice
250 miles -- Wheldon
300 miles -- Kanaan
400 miles -- Rice
450 miles -- Rice (end of race at lap 180)

6. 1st Car Out: AJ Foyt IV...33rd place

7. Best "Mover": Herta -- 23rd start to 4th Finish

8. Backwards Fall: Mark Taylor - 14th start, 30th finish

Actual Average Speed for the Race: 138.518 (lots of Yellows)

I'll put up the scores in the next post

[Tim Northcutt]

Now for the "Results"

1. sqw2 -- 11 points
-- he picked 3 of the Top 5 (2 in actual spots), two of the Milestones and the "Mover" of the race....

2.A tie -- both with 8 pts each
gert
GP Racer
gert was 'Closest" to the fastest lap (.615 mph) and had the 1st car out (AJ IV)

GP Racer picked the "Backwards Fall" (Taylor) and had 2 Milestones on the mark

3. Down FOrce -- 7 pts.. He also picked two Milestones right

4. Rustyfan -- 6 pts. Rusty was closest on the TieBreaker...

(I gave him the pts...after all, God missed my house with a Tornado on Race Day...it's the least I can do...)

5. marcus -- 5 pts. He picked a Milestone and did well in Top 5

6. stmookeyj033 -- 2 pts...had two guys in top 5, but not right spot

7. Tie...bot with one point
drdisque
Yours truly -- Tim -- not exactly a stellar effort...

8. Bob Riebe....but he sure picked many of my "sentimental" choices...

Thanks...

I enjoyed it...and many made some excellent picks!!!!

[jhansen]

Can I submit my picks now???

[marcus]

LOL

Great Job Tim , I really enjoyed this little comp :0

Maybe we should do it for every round ?

well done to sqw2 as well

[Tim Northcutt]

Originally posted by jhansen
Can I submit my picks now???

Sure, jhansen....


Just cut & paste the Indy Star's list...

but they won't count....

[Tim Northcutt]

Originally posted by marcus
LOL

Great Job Tim , I really enjoyed this little comp :0

Maybe we should do it for every round ?

well done to sqw2 as well

I'll be glad to do it....

I'll just have to make sure that I track it closely to ensure that it is correct, and we can revise the "milestones" based on the distance of the event....

As an example, a 300 mile race can be don that the 50 mile marks, which also would include the halfway point at 150 miles....

The reason why I started this type of picks is because I think it makes one really think about many aspects of the race....beyond your Top Five or the winner...


I'll take a close look at our next race and get the ball rolling about five days to a week away from it...

[marcus]

excellent.

If you feel you want to spend your time and energy Tim I say go for it

[Tim Northcutt]

I'll certainly do it....

But before this weekend comes up, please give me some input on working it....

Since it is a one-weekend event, should I take a few basic "categories" from the "Pole Day" and a few from the "Race Day" to make "one" event "Pick'ems" or do separate ones...

Just one example....

One think I might do for the other events is make the "Milestones a little easier....

for a 300 miler, it could be "100 mi." "Halfway" "200 mi." and "Finish"....

I do like the "Mover" & "Backwards" fall....

But tell me which ones you like, which ones you don't and how you'd like to see it work....

I have no problems tracking it....

[marcus]

I'd say make it one big event Tim

I think the catergories you had for Indy were great and you should stick to them , depending on distance of course.

but it was just about perfect (not quite perfect cause I didnt win)

anyone else have any thoughts on this ?