2016 Bet 'Em IndyContest - round 9 Texas

[NaBUru38]

Hi, folks! Welcome to round 13 of the 2016 Bet 'Em IndyContest. The Texas race was suspended for rain and restarts this Saturday night.

You must pick 5 different drivers and a manufacturer:

o- Premium - 2x money; only top 5 finishes.
o- Regular - 1x money
o- Alternative - 1x money; no 10x drivers or under
o- Fresh - Rookies only ($ 20)
o- Belt Challenge - Power vs Pagenaud ($ 200)
o- Manufacturer - Race winner ($ 200)

Top 10 finishes award money as follows:

o- 1st - $ 1000
o- 2nd - $ 600
o- 3rd - $ 400
o- 4th - $ 300
o- 5th - $ 200
o- 6-10th - $ 100

The stakes for Texas are:

o- 3x: Pagenaud, Power.
o- 5x: Castroneves, Dixon, Kanaan
o- 10x: Hinchcliffe, Hunter-Reay.
o- 15x: Montoya, Muñoz.
o- 25x: Bourdais, Kimball, Rahal, Carpenter.
o- 40x: Andretti, Aleshin, Sato, Rossi (R).
o- 80x: Hawksworth, Chilton (R).

o- Chevrolet: 3 to 1.
o- Honda: 6 to 1.

Good luck!

[Yannick]

I'm surprised that past bets from the 1st try of holding that race seem to be deleted, which is different to the IndyCar rulebook that enforces a race re-start at 28% of the laps in the current running order.

What happens with the bets from 1st time around? Can they still score?

[NaBUru38]

As I said then, the old bets are cancelled and funds were returned (at least that's what I was told by a a Nigerian friend : )

[NaBUru38]

Actually, since nobody placed bets yet, the old bets still count, but you may change them until green flag.

My bets:

o- Premium - Castroneves
o- Regular - Montoya
o- Alternative - Kimball
o- Fresh - Rossi
o- Belt Challenge - Power
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet

[NaBUru38]

So, these are the results of the 2016 Firestone Texas 600:

o- 1st - Rahal ($ 25,000)
o- 2nd - Hinchcliffe ($ 6,000)
o- 3rd - Kanaan ($ 2,000)
o- 4th - Pagenaud ($ 900)
o- 5th - Castroneves ($ 1,000)
o- 6th - Kimball ($ 2,500)
o- 7th - Muñoz ($ 1,500)
o- 8th - Power ($ 300)
o- 9th - Montoya ($ 1,500)
o- 10th - Bourdais ($ 2,500)
o- Fresh - Rossi ($ 800)
o- Belt Challenge - Pagenaud ($ 600)
o- Manufacturer - Honda ($ 1,200)

Earnings of each better:

Mekola: $ 4,100

o- Premium - Pagenaud ($ 1,800)
o- Regular - Dixon ($ 0)
o- Alternative - Muñoz ($ 1,500)
o- Fresh - Rossi ($ 800)
o- Belt Challenge - Power ($ 0)
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet ($ 0)

Icemachine: $ 25,000

o- Premium - Dixon ($ 0)
o- Regular - Rahal ($ 25,000)
o- Alternative - Carpenter ($ 0)
o- Fresh - Daly ($ 0)
o- Belt Challenge - Power ($ 0)
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet ($ 0)

NaBUru38: $ 6,800

o- Premium - Castroneves ($ 2,000)
o- Regular - Montoya ($ 1,500)
o- Alternative - Kimball ($ 2,500)
o- Fresh - Rossi ($ 800)
o- Belt Challenge - Power ($ 0)
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet ($ 0)

Results of round 13 Texas:

1st - Icemachine: $ 25,000
2nd - NaBUru38: $ 6,800
3rd - Mekola: $ 4,100

Icemachine won big by hitting Rahal's win, and now almost doubles my season earnings.

Season earnings after round 13:

1st - Icemachine: $ 116,200
2nd - Mekola: $ 62,600
3rd - NaBUru38: $ 61,600
4th - Yannick: $ 49,700
5th - dmcga: $ 29,100
6th - Salamus: $ 25,600
7th - Richy: $ 17,300
8th - Gomick: $ 1,000

Round 14 Watkins Glen is next Sunday. Stay tuned!