Forum's Bombardier 500 "Pick Em" Contest

[Tim Northcutt]

Here is a "combo" Forum "Pick 'ems" Contest that we'll do for upcoming races, starting with this one....the Bombardier 500 at Texas

DEADLINE: Thursday, June 10, at 6 p.m. (GMT) or approx. Noon in Texas

We'll combine the Qualifying Picks and Race Picks into one "Texas-Sized" Contest....

BOMBARDIER 500 (km., not miles)

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:

NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, add 2 "Bonus Points"

3. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER Five drivers (in order) who will earn spots on the "First Three Rows": (2 pts for each Driver in correct spot, 1 pt. For correct Driver, but wrong spot)

ROW ONE:
1.
2.

ROW TWO:
1.
2.

ROW THREE:
1.
2.

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts)

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts)

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.)


RACE PICKS:

1. The 2004 Bombardier 500 Winner (2 pts.)

2. The Top Five: (Please Repeat your "Winner" from #1)
(2 pts for every Driver and Place Correct, 1 pt. for Top 5, but incorrect place)

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.)

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:


5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each correct at the actual Milestone):

75 Miles (50 laps):

150 Miles (100 laps):

225 Miles (150 laps):

300 miles (200 Laps):


4. First car out of Race (2 pts.)

5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): (2 pts.)

6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (fron highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.)

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth):



NOTE: Just like we did it for Indy.


PLEASE COPY this Template, them Paste it into the "Post Reply Box" and enter your guesses...

Thanks!

[marcus]

I think we should Hot topic this as it seems a more equal way of healthy competition within the forum

[marcus]

just thought I'd add to this thread a link to 'the official Indycar site top 5 pick em competition"

so if your looking for that thread it can be found here

[marcus]

ok so after Indy here are the way we line up in order of points.

1. sqw2 -- 11 points

2. gert -- 8 points
GP Racer -- 8 points

3. Down FOrce -- 7 points

4. Rustyfan -- 6 points.

5. marcus -- 5 points.

6. stmookeyj033 -- 2 points

7. drdisque -- 1 point
Tim Northcutt -- 1 point

8. Bob Riebe -- 0 points

Lets see if we can run down sqw2 at Texas

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are My Picks for This weekend:

BOMBARDIER 500 (km., not miles)

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)

Dan Wheldon

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)

211.476


3. "First Three Rows"

ROW ONE:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Tony Kanaan

ROW TWO:
1. Adrian Fernandez
2. Buddy Rice

ROW THREE:
1. Bryan Herta
2. Scott Dixon

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)
A.J Foyt IV

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts)
Dan Wheldon

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts)
Scott Dixon

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.)
Tomas Scheckter

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2004 Bombardier 500 Winner (2 pts.)
Ton Kanaan

2. The Top Five:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Dan Wheldon
3. Buddy Rice
4. Sam Hornish Jr.
5. Scott Dixon

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.)
Vitor Meira

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
208.196

5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each correct at the actual Milestone):

75 Miles (50 laps): Buddy Rice

150 Miles (100 laps): Adrian Fernandez

225 Miles (150 laps): Dan Wheldon

300 miles (200 Laps): Tony Kanaan

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.)
A.J Foyt IV

5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): (2 pts.)
Tora Takagi

6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (fron highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.)
Kasuke Matsuura

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth):
148.394

[marcus]

Im still thinking

[GP Racer]

Pole - Sam Hornish

Poles Fastest Lap 212.999

Row 1 -
Sam Hornish
Buddy Rice

Row 2 -
Tony Kannan
Scott Sharp

Row 3 -
Dan Wheldon
Helio Castroneves

Slowest Qualifier
Marty Roth

Top Honda - Buddy Rice

Top Toyota - Sam Hornish

Top Chevy - Ed Carpenter

Winner - Buddy Rice

Top 5
Buddy Rice
Sam Hornish
Dan Wheldon
Helio Castroneves
Scott Sharp (big race this weekend!)

Fastest Lap - Sam Hornish

Speed of Lap - 209.999

75 Miles - Buddy Rice
150 Miles - Scott Sharp
225 Miles - Sam Hornish
300 Miles - Buddy Rice

First Out - Marty Roth

Best Mover - Adrian Fernandez

Fall From Grace - Darren Manning

Average Speed - 150.500

If Roth doesn't race, replace with AJ FoytIV

So there you have it, the winners!

[Tim Northcutt]

Thanks for the last note....

I think I read that Roth is only running the 2 mile and more tracks the rest of the season, because he doesn't have the other wing package for the smaller ovals, etc.

BTW, GP Racer....

Are you still planning to come in for the USGP???

We'll have to hook up if you are....

Keep me apprised....

[marcus]

Here are My Picks for This weekend:

BOMBARDIER 500 (km., not miles)

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)

Buddy Rice

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)

212.000


3. "First Three Rows"

ROW ONE:
1. Buddy Rice
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. Adrian Fernandez
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW THREE:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Tony Kannan

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)
Marty Roth or AJ IV (Roth if he shows , if not AJ)

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts)
Buddy Rice

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts)
Helio Castroneves

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.)
Tomas Scheckter

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2004 Bombardier 500 Winner (2 pts.)
Dario Franchitti (as a long shot )

2. The Top Five:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Buddy Rice
3. Tony Kannan
4. Sam Hornish Jr.
5. Scott Sharp

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.)
Buddy Rice

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
210.515

5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each correct at the actual Milestone):

75 Miles (50 laps): Dan Wheldon

150 Miles (100 laps): Dan Wheldon

225 Miles (150 laps): Tony Kanaan

300 miles (200 Laps): Dario Franchitti

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.)
Al Unser Jnr

5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): (2 pts.)
Scott Sharp

6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (fron highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.)
Helio Castroneves

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth):
150.001
__________________

[Tim Northcutt]

Four Hours left to make your picks....

Looks kinda lonely in here....

[Down F0rce]

Pole: Rice

Pole Speed: 215.999

ROW ONE:
1. Rice
2. Kanaan

ROW TWO:
1. Wheldon
2. Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Herta
2. Meria

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)
Greg Ray

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts)
Buddy Rice

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts)
Castroneves

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.)
Scheckter

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2004 Bombardier 500 Winner (2 pts.)
Wheldon

2. The Top Five: (Please Repeat your "Winner" from #1)
(2 pts for every Driver and Place Correct, 1 pt. for Top 5, but incorrect place)
Wheldon
Kannan
Herta
Castoneves
Rice

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.)
Kanaan

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:
210.999


5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each correct at the actual Milestone):

75 Miles (50 laps): Kannan

150 Miles (100 laps): Kanaan

225 Miles (150 laps): Wheldon

300 miles (200 Laps): Wheldon


4. First car out of Race (2 pts.)
Ray

5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): (2 pts.)
Manning

6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (fron highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.)
Unser

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 175.999

[Tim Northcutt]

Please add your "Pole Speed" lap prediction...I know from your "Rows" that Buddy Rice is your driver predicted for the Pole itself

Feel free to add it, Down FOrce

[GP Racer]

Originally posted by Tim Northcutt
Four Hours left to make your picks....

Looks kinda lonely in here....

Amazing isn't it?!

It seems that there are more people who would rather talk silly season ****, instead of actually watching and enjoying races and making picks! They would rather fantasize about the "ultimate" series that doesn't, and never has, existed...

[Bob Riebe]

I am going to wait and see how things pan out at a track without the pressure of Indy before I start pidgeon holing who is good and who is not.
Bob

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are the "Results Thus Far" after Texas Qualifying:

1. GP Racer -- 8 points
2. Down FOrce -- 7 points
3. Tim Northcutt - 6 points
4. Marcus -- 5 points

A Few Notes:

1. No one picked Franchitti for the Pole

2. Tim N. was closest to the Pole Speed (only because I picked the lowest speed...none of us thought it would be under 210 mph)

3. GP Racer & Down FOrce kicked butt in this section...GP picked 3 of the 6 in the actual starting spots (Rice, Kanaan, & Helio) for 6 pts., followed by Downforce, who had 4 of the 6, but only 1 in the correct spot for 5 pts.

No one cgot the "slowest qualifier"...BTW, since Barron didn't set a time, and Sharp was the slowest, I would've credited both...'cause I'm a generous guy!!!

Down FOrce & Marcus both pickets the top Toyota Qualifier:

Helio Caastroneves

and GP Racer Picked the top "Chevy-worth":

Ed Carpenter



NOTE TO MARCUS....

Since we are going to do the other "Race Weekends like this, can we combine the "Indy 500" "Pole Day" Predictions points with the race results to give us a "Revised Standings"????


That way, we'll have "Apples to Apples" comparisons for the rest of the season....

Thanks, guys, and good luck on Saturday Night....

[sgw2]

(SGW2) Stuart's picks:

BOMBARDIER 500

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)
Buddy Rice

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
212.333


3. "First Three Rows"

ROW ONE:
1. Buddy Rice
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW THREE:
1. Bryan Herta
2. Sam Hornish

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)
A.J Foyt IV

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts)
Buddy Rice

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts)
Helio Castroneves

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.)
Tomas Scheckter

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2004 Bombardier 500 Winner (2 pts.)
Buddy Rice

2. The Top Five:
1. Buddy Rice
2. Sam Hornish Jr.
3. Tony Kanaan
4. Bryan Herta
5. Tomas Scheckter

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.)
Vitor Meira

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
210.222

5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each correct at the actual Milestone):

75 Miles (50 laps): Buddy Rice

150 Miles (100 laps): Bryan Herta

225 Miles (150 laps): Sam Hornish

300 miles (200 Laps): Buddy Rice

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.)
A.J Foyt IV

5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): (2 pts.)
Alex Barron

6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (fron highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.)
Darren Manning

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth):
166.555

[Tim Northcutt]

These picks were entered past the deadline, sqw2...

But from your picks, I'm certain that you were not aware that qualifying was last night, either.....

I'll let the mods and the other participants in the "Pick ems' on the Forum weigh in....I'll let you rule on this....

There are three options:

1. do not allow the picks

2. allow only the Race Picks

3. alow both, since from his picks, he apparently was not aware of last night's results....

If the Quals points are counted, sqw2 would have accumulated 8 pts...

2pts each for Kanaan & Herta in the "Rows", plus Castroneves as the "Top Toyota"

1 pt each for Rice & Castroneves in the "Rows" but not in the right spots....

I'm easy one way or another...he has participated in the past....

Just jot me PMs or replies here...whichever you prefer....

[GP Racer]

Did anybody playing the IndyCar Fantasy 5 game notice George Mack's name in there?! Whats up with that?

I picked him to win!

Tim, there is to much money riding on this forum game, sgw2 is out!

Just kidding, let him play all the way, we need the players!

[Tim Northcutt]

I bet the family jewels of my only son and heir to the Northcutt fortune!!!!

(sure wouldn't bet MINE...especially after my whopping 1 point from the "Indy 500 Race Thread!"...although my quals picks were pretty decent...)

I have no problem with it one way or another....it's just for fun among IRL friends anyway....

Thanks for your input, GP Racer...

[Bob Riebe]

Tim, over at the CART forum they are talking about RHR. WHo is RHR?
Bob

[Down F0rce]

I assume it's Ryan Hunter-Ray...

[Tim Northcutt]

It is...

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are the "Results Thus Far" after Texas Qualifying:

1. GP Racer -- 8 points
sqw2-- 8 points
2. Down FOrce -- 7 points
3. Tim Northcutt - 6 points
4. Marcus -- 5 points

Sqw2 picked Kanaan & Herta in the correct spots plus Rice & Castroneves, but in the wrong postiions and he had Helio as the Top Toyota....

Let's see how the racing goes!!!!

High banks under the lights!!!

Can I hera a big Texas-sized "Yee Haw???"

[marcus]

ok , I have no probs with letting sqw2 play

just as a side note Tim , I didnt understand totally what you meant by combining the "Indy picks" with this one , you mean merge the two threads right ?

sorry Im not quite with it today (had a big night )

[GP Racer]

Originally posted by Tim Northcutt
Here are the "Results Thus Far" after Texas Qualifying:

1. GP Racer -- 8 points
sqw2-- 8 points
2. Down FOrce -- 7 points
3. Tim Northcutt - 6 points
4. Marcus -- 5 points

Sqw2 picked Kanaan & Herta in the correct spots plus Rice & Castroneves, but in the wrong postiions and he had Helio as the Top Toyota....

Wait a minute, when I said let sgw2 play, I had no idea he was going to do so well, so I changed my mind, he can't play now!