2008 Forum Pick 'Em Contest - Australia

[Tim Northcutt]

Here is the final Pick 'Em Contest for 2008

As discussed in the Chicagoland Pick 'Em thread, I will post the teams that will make their selections. Since Captain Crunch has not been able to be reached, we'll do them as pairs.

2008 Surfers Paradise Indy Grand Prix “Pick ‘em” Contest
Surfers Paradise – Sun., October 26

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Thursday, October 23 at 4 p.m. (GMT)

PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline

--- The IRL makes its debut at Surfers Paradise in Australia. Hopefully, this will be the first of many races down under.

The event is 60 laps and 167.7 miles

Again…Please copy this template below and use it to place your Picks….

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)

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

3. Driver With Fastest Lap – Any Session (2 pts.)

4. Fast Lap Speed – Any Session (2 pts.)

NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, or #3 and #4 add 2 "Bonus Points"

5. 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.

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)

7. Slow Qualifier Speed (Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring
does:

8. Driver who will “Just Miss” the “Top Six”:

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Surfers Paradise Indy Grand Prix 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)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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):

20 laps:

40 laps:

60 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 (from highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.)

TIEBREAKER:

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

Good Luck!

[Tim Northcutt]

4 teams

Peno (1st)
ProRacer (8th)

ThePenguin (2nd)
drewdawg (7th)

drdisque (3rd)
OpenWheel (6th)

NAC (4th)
Daisy (5th)

That is an even 4-way split among 8 participants.

[drewdawg727]

Tim -

Do you think you can reiterate what exactly we are doing? Are we just deciding among the two of us what the pick ems are?

[Tim Northcutt]

Originally Posted by drewdawg727

Tim -

Do you think you can reiterate what exactly we are doing? Are we just deciding among the two of us what the pick ems are?

No...

You can consult your teammate on how each of you will select your picks to "Cover Your Bases." Then each of you will submit separate picks.

After the race has been run, I will add your total score for your picks to your teammate's total and the highest team combined score will win the contest.

[DanicaFan]

Wow! That is the most detailed pick'em list I have ever seen.

Since Im not in it, Im just going to say the winner is...

Danica Patrick.

[Tim Northcutt]

Originally Posted by DanicaFan

Wow! That is the most detailed pick'em list I have ever seen.

Since Im not in it, Im just going to say the winner is...

Danica Patrick.

The season-long competitors decided that they wanted to do "Team Picks" for this race since it is a non-points event for the Series.

Join us next year for the Pick 'Em contest. It really makes you consider pit strategy and other factors as part of the overall event, as opposed to just picking a top five or whatever.

[OpenWheel4ever]

Hi Tim,

Here are my picks. I don't know when drdisque, my teammate will post his picks and I won't be able to post my picks tomorrow. Hope I will not be the only one to play the game, cause nobody has picked yet.

Good luck to everyone!!

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: Helio Castroneves

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed – Firestone Fast Six Time (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 110.000

3. Driver With Fastest Lap – Any Session (2 pts.) Will Power

4. Fast Lap Speed – Any Session (2 pts.) 110.564

NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, or #3 and #4 add 2 "Bonus Points"

5. 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. Helio Castroneves
2. Will Power

ROW TWO:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Justin Wilson

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Jaime Camara

7. Slow Qualifier Speed (Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring
does: 104.564

8. Driver who will “Just Miss” the “Top Six”: Dan Wheldon

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Surfers Paradise Indy Grand Prix winner (2 pts.) Dario Franchitti

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)
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Scott Dixon
3. Helio Castroneves
4. Justin Wilson
5. Tony Kanaan

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 109.845

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

20 laps: Helio Castroneves

40 laps: Scott Dixon

60 Laps: Dario Franchitti

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

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 60.000

[Tim Northcutt]

I sent a PM to all of the competitors to remind them of the contest.

You may want to contact drdisque by e-mail as well, provided his account allows him to accept e-mails...

I suggested to others via the PM to e-mail their teammates about the picks to get them in.

I hope they do it, since everyone seemed interested in this in the Chicagoland thread.

[Peno]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: Will Power

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed – Firestone Fast Six Time (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 106.500

3. Driver With Fastest Lap – Any Session (2 pts.) Will Power

4. Fast Lap Speed – Any Session (2 pts.) 106.500

NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, or #3 and #4 add 2 "Bonus Points"

5. 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. Will Power
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW TWO:
1. Oriol Servia
2. Ryan Briscoe

ROW THREE:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Justin Wilson

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Jaime Camara

7. Slow Qualifier Speed (Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring
does: 100.000

8. Driver who will “Just Miss” the “Top Six”: Tony Kanaan

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Surfers Paradise Indy Grand Prix winner (2 pts.) Will Power

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)
1. Will Power
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Ryan Briscoe
4. Scott Dixon
5. Tony Kanaan

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 103.421

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

20 laps: Will Power

40 laps: Helio Castroneves

60 Laps: Helio Castroneves

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

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 75.123

[ThePenguin]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Helio Castroneves

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed – Firestone Fast Six Time (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 108.591

3. Driver With Fastest Lap – Any Session (2 pts.) Helio Castroneves

4. Fast Lap Speed – Any Session (2 pts.) 108.591

NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, or #3 and #4 add 2 "Bonus Points"

5. 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. Helio Castroneves
2. Scott Dixon

ROW TWO:
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Tony Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1. Will Power
2. Dario Franchitti

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Jaime Camara

7. Slow Qualifier Speed (Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 98.873

8. Driver who will “Just Miss” the “Top Six”: Dan Wheldon

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Surfers Paradise Indy Grand Prix winner (2 pts.) Helio Castroneves

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)
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Ryan Briscoe
3. Scott Dixon
4. Tony Kanaan
5. Will Power

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 106.724

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

20 laps: Helio Castroneves

40 laps: Scott Dixon

60 Laps: Helio Castroneves

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

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth):69.238

[NAC]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Scott Dixon

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed – Firestone Fast Six Time (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 111.555

3. Driver With Fastest Lap – Any Session (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. Fast Lap Speed – Any Session (2 pts.) 111.559

NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, or #3 and #4 add 2 "Bonus Points"

5. 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. Scott Dixon
2. Bruno Junqueira

ROW TWO:
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Justin Wilson
2. Tony Kanaan

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Mario Moraes

7. Slow Qualifier Speed (Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring
does: 101.555

8. Driver who will “Just Miss” the “Top Six”: Vitor Meira

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Surfers Paradise Indy Grand Prix winner (2 pts.) Scott Dixon


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)
1. Scott Dixon
2. Dario Franchitti
3. Alex Tagliani
4. Helio Castroneves
5. Ryan Briscoe

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 110.555

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

20 laps: Bruno Junqueira

40 laps: Scott Dixon

60 Laps: Scott Dixon

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

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 71.555


Come on Daisy !!!!!!!

[Tim Northcutt]

I just found out from tracksideonline.com that I will be able to extend our deadline for the contest by 8 hours.

IndyCars don't take to the track until 8 a.m. on Friday.

[Tim Northcutt]

If we don't get the full contingent of team members, we'll score it just like the other contests as individuals.

[drewdawg727]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Scott Dixon

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed – Firestone Fast Six Time (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 108.000

3. Driver With Fastest Lap – Any Session (2 pts.) Tony Kanaan

4. Fast Lap Speed – Any Session (2 pts.) 110.000

NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, or #3 and #4 add 2 "Bonus Points"

5. 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. Scott Dixon
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW TWO:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Will Power
2. Justin Wilson

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Mario Moraes

7. Slow Qualifier Speed (Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring
does: 100.000

8. Driver who will “Just Miss” the “Top Six”: Ryan Briscoe

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Surfers Paradise Indy Grand Prix winner (2 pts.) Dario Franchitti

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)
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Scott Dixon
3. Helio Castroneves
4. Justin Wilson
5. Marco Andretti

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 106.000

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

20 laps: Scott Dixon

40 laps: Scott Dixon

60 Laps: Dario Franchitti

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

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 85.000

[Pro Racer]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Will Power

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed – Firestone Fast Six Time (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 107.567

3. Driver With Fastest Lap – Any Session (2 pts.) Will Power

4. Fast Lap Speed – Any Session (2 pts.) 108.036

NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, or #3 and #4 add 2 "Bonus Points"

5. 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. Will Power
2. Ryan Briscoe

ROW TWO:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Tony Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Justin Wilson

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Mario Moreas

7. Slow Qualifier Speed (Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring
does: 99.984

8. Driver who will “Just Miss” the “Top Six”: Oriol servia

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Surfers Paradise Indy Grand Prix winner (2 pts.) Will Power

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)
1. Will Power
2. Ryan Briscoe
3. Scott Dixon
4. Justin wilson
5. Tony Kanaan

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 105.821

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

20 laps: Will Power

40 laps: Ryan Briscoe

60 Laps: Will Power

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

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 92.974

[Tim Northcutt]

Since the deadline has passed and not everyone got in, we have two options:

1. Play it straight up as singles or

2. Create 3 teams as follows:

Peno (1st)
ProRacer (8th)

ThePenguin (2nd)
Drewdawg (7th)

NAC (4th)
OpenWheel (6th)

Personally, I think that the three teams are pretty even...


Your Thoughts?

[ThePenguin]

The teams look good to me.

[Tim Northcutt]

I drew up a matrix of all of your quals picks as "teams" based on the new breakdown and side-by-side, they are very interesting, to say the least....

Depending on the results of qualifying, this could be a lot of fun for me to score.

I think that all three teams will do well, just from what I have seen and compared to the first two practice sessions.

Good Luck to:

Team Peno-Pro
Team Penguin-'dawg
Team NAC-OW

[drewdawg727]

Teams sound good to me - looking forward to seeing how this plays out.
Good luck to all!!

[OpenWheel4ever]

Sounds good to me too. Good luck to everyone!

[Tim Northcutt]

The matrix revealed one immediate thought to me yesterday:

If Power wins the pole, Team Peno-Pro is going to get a HUGE lead...It happened.

Both Peno and Pro Racer picked Power for the pole for two pts each. Try saying that sentence fast five times after drinking a couple of beers!

Both also picked Power for the fast lap and Peno was closest to the Firestone Fast 6 and Fast lap of any session speeds as well....With bonus points for picking all of those correct, he alone had 12 points from those first four picks and Pro Racer contributed his 4 pts with the selections of Power.

In the "Top Six," Penguin had 7 pts with 2 correct, OpenWheel had 6 pts with 1 correct, and all others had 5 pts each.

No one had Townsend Bell for "Slowest"

ThePenguin was closest to the speed: Actual-84.607 Penguin-98.873

Drewdawg got 1 pt. for picking Briscoe as the "Just Miss" when he made the top six...No one had Tagliani for that selection

Individual Scores:

1. Peno - 17 pts.
2. ThePenguin - 9 pts.
(tie) ProRacer - 9 pts.
4. OpenWheel - 8 pts.
5. drewdawg - 6 pts.
6. NAC - 5 pts.

Team Scores after Quals:

1. Team Peno-Pro: 26 pts.
2. Team Penguin-'dawg: 15 pts.
3. Team NAC-OW: 13 pts.

Nice picks Peno & Pro racer....a huge team effort.

Good Luck to all in the race later on...

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are your race results

No one picked Briscoe for the win

In the Top Five, NAC had 3 pts. and all others had 2 pts.

NAC had Dario for the fast lap

ProRacer was closest to the fast lap speed: Actual-105.743 ProRacer-105.821

drewdawg had Dixon leading at lap 20 for the only points in the Milestones

OpenWheel picked Moraes as the first out for 2 pts,

OpenWheel also had Buddy Rice as the "Mover" (22nd to 10th)

No one had Power as the "Fall" guy (1st to 22nd)

ProRacer was closest to the Avg. Speed: Actual-95.068 ProRacer-92.974

Individual Results:

1. Peno - 19 pts.
2. ProRacer - 15 pts.
3. OpenWheel - 14 pts.
4. ThePenguin - 11 pts.
5. NAC - 10 pts.
(tie) drewdawg - 10 pts.

Team Results:

1. Team Peno-Pro - 34 pts.
2. Team NAC-OW - 24 pts.
3. Team Penguin-'dawg - 21 pts.

That was pretty fun for me to score...You all had a tough race, but I enjoyed the entire season.

Great picks, and I'll do the contest again next spring.

Thanks for playing...I appreciate it.

[NAC]

Wow just goes to show you that with a great qualifying you can still win the race only picking up 2 points. Awesome qualifying Peno, you're race sucked though.

Nice times to Pro Racer

Thanks again Tim for running the show, I'll email you that spread sheet I've been playing with.

[OpenWheel4ever]

Thanks Tim for the picks and I wish everybody a great off-season.

[Pro Racer]

cheers Tim.