2011 Forum Pick 'Em Contest - Loudon

[Tim Northcutt]

2011 Loudon 225 Pick 'Em Contest
New Hampshire Speedway – Sun., Aug. 14

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Saturday, Aug.13, at 2 p.m. (GMT)..That is 9 a.m. in Loudon, when they hit the track for the 1st practice

Since they haven't raced here in years, I'm giving you a break. IndyCars will have a practice on Thursday afternoon, but your deadline isn't until Saturday so that you can get a feel for the picks since the series hasn't been there for years.

PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline

-- After many years, IndyCar returns to Loudon to the 1-mile oval, the third “Short Oval” event on this year’s schedule. This track has variable-degree banking from 2-7degrees and is different in its characteristics from Milwaukee.

The race is 225 laps and 225 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 two-lap average 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. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.)

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:

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. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:

7. Driver who will “Just Miss” the Top Three Rows (7th Fastest) – 2 pts.

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2011 Loudon 225 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):

50 laps:

100 laps:

150 laps:

200 laps:

225 laps:

6. Driver who will lead the Most Laps (2 pts.)

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

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

9. "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):

[marcostraz]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: Dario Franchitti

2. The Pole winner’s two-lap average speed: 211.600

3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap: Dario Franchitti

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed: 212.782

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER Five drivers (in order) who will earn spots on the "First Three Rows":

ROW ONE:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Scott Dixon

ROW TWO:
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW THREE:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Marco Andretti

6. Slowest Qualifier; James Jakes

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed: 190.440

7. Driver who will “Just Miss” the Top Three Rows (7th Fastest): Takuma Sato

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2011 Loudon 225 Winner: Ryan Briscoe

2. The Top Five:
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Tony Kanaan
3. Will Power
4. Dario Franchitti
5. EJ Viso

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race: Tony Kanaan

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap: 205.000

5. Leader at the following Race Milestones:

50 laps: Dario Franchitti

100 laps: Scott Dixon

150 laps: Dario Franchitti

200 laps: Ryan Briscoe

225 laps: Ryan Briscoe

6. Driver who will lead the Most Laps: Dario Franchitti

7. First car out of Race: Sebastian Saavedra

8. Best "Mover" of the Race: Graham Rahal

9. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race: Takuma Sato

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race": 124.200

[Daisy]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: Dario Franchitti
2. The Pole winner’s two-lap average speed: 171.555
3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap: Dario Franchitti
4. The Single Fast Lap Speed: 171.888

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER Five drivers (in order) who will earn spots on the "First Three Rows":

ROW ONE:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Takuma Sato

ROW TWO:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Tony Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1. Will Power
2. Graham Rahal

6. Slowest Qualifier: Pippa Mann
7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed: 159.232
7. Driver who will “Just Miss” the Top Three Rows (7th Fastest): Ryan Briscoe

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2011 Loudon 225 Winner: Dario Franchitti

2. The Top Five:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Graham Rahal
3. Will Power
4. Takuma Sato
5. Tony Kanaan

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race: Dario Franchitti
4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap: 169.991

5. Leader at the following Race Milestones:
50 laps: Dario Franchitti
100 laps: Takuma Sato
150 laps: Dario Franchitti
200 laps: Dario Franchitti
225 laps: Dario Franchitti

6. Driver who will lead the Most Laps: Dario Franchitti
7. First car out of Race: Sebastian Saavedra
8. Best "Mover" of the Race: Helio Castroneves
9. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race: Scott Dixon

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race": 133.006

[Yannick]

Tim, they had the 1st practise at Loudon already on Thursday: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93724

Will we all get our speeds disallowed? Are we still allowed to enter the contest until Saturday? Does it make sense to enlist speeds at all?

When is the race? Saturday?

[Deleted]

Originally Posted by Yannick

Tim, they had the 1st practise at Loudon already on Thursday: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93724

Will we all get our speeds disallowed? Are we still allowed to enter the contest until Saturday? Does it make sense to enlist speeds at all?

When is the race? Saturday?

You may wanna check the first post again.

Originally Posted by Tim Northcutt

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Saturday, Aug.13, at 2 p.m. (GMT) --
Since they haven't raced here in years, I'm giving you a break. IndyCars will have a practice on Thursday afternoon, but your deadline isn't until Saturday so that you can get a feel for the picks since the series hasn't been there for years.

[Deleted]

Sorry for not using Tim's own template again, but I find it way too confusing to look at...

QUALIFYING PICKS
1. The Pole Winner: Dario Franchitti
2. The Pole winner’s two-lap average speed: 171.200
3. The Driver With the Single Fastest Lap: Dario Franchitti
4. The Single Fast Lap Speed: 171.456
5. ROW ONE: 1) Dario Franchitti 2) Scott Dixon
5. ROW TWO: 3) Takuma Sato 4) Tony Kanaan
5. ROW THREE: 5) Graham Rahal 6) Oriol Servia
6. Slowest Qualifier: Sebastian Saavedra
7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed: 157.002
8. Driver who will “Just Miss” the Top Three Rows: Marco Andretti

RACE PICKS
1. The 2011 Loudon 225 Winner: Dario Franchitti
2. The Top Five: 1) Dario Franchitti 2) Scott Dixon 3) Graham Rahal 4) Marco Andretti 5) Tony Kanaan
3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap": Dario Franchitti
4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap: 170.400
5. Leader 50 Laps: Dario Franchitti
5. Leader 100 Laps: Dario Franchitti
5. Leader 150 Laps: Dario Franchitti
5. Leader 200 Laps: Dario Franchitti
5. Leader 225 Laps: Dario Franchitti
6. Driver who will lead the Most Laps: Dario Franchitti
7. First car out of Race: EJ Viso
8. Best "Mover" of the Race: JR Hildebrand
9. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race: Takuma Sato

TIEBREAKER
"Average Speed for the Race": 130.666

[Yannick]

Originally Posted by Chiana

You may wanna check the first post again.

Oh, thank you.

@ Tim: Regarding your template, I would recommend updating it with the term IZOD IndyCar Series in place of IRL.

[Yannick]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Dario Franchitti

2. The Pole winner’s two-lap average speed (2 pts.) 171.722
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. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 172.000

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. Dario Franchitti
2. Scott Dixon

ROW TWO:
1. Takuma Sato
2. Graham Rahal

ROW THREE:
1. Will Power
2. Tony Kanaan

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Sebastian Saavedra

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 162.358

7. Driver who will “Just Miss” the Top Three Rows (7th Fastest) – 2 pts. Marco Andretti

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2011 Loudon 225 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. Graham Rahal
3. Marco Andretti
4. Tony Kanaan
5. Scott Dixon

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 15.425


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

50 laps: Scott Dixon

100 laps: Scott Dixon

150 laps: Dario Franchitti

200 laps: Dario Franchitti

225 laps: Dario Franchitti

6. Driver who will lead the Most Laps (2 pts.) Dario Franchitti

7. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Bia Figuereido

8. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): (2 pts.) J.R. Hildebrand

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 140.222

[Tim Northcutt]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)

Dario Franchitti

2. The Pole winner’s two-lap average 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"

171.100

3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.)

Dario Franchitti

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:

171.312

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.Dario
2.Dixon

ROW TWO:
1.Rahal
2.Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1.Briscoe
2.Sato

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)

Saavedra

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:

156.823

7. Driver who will “Just Miss” the Top Three Rows (7th Fastest) – 2 pts.

Ryan Hunter-reay

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2011 Loudon 225 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
2. Dixon
3. Kanaan
4. Sato
5. 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:

169.122

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

50 laps: dario

100 laps:dario

150 laps:dario

200 laps:dario

225 laps:dario

6. Driver who will lead the Most Laps (2 pts.)

dario

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

Pippa mann

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

Vitor meira

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

Helio castroneves

TIEBREAKER:

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

130.122

[Tim Northcutt]

Contest is Closed.

Good Luck today and tomorrow!

[Tim Northcutt]

Usual Housekeeping:

Season Contest Standings after 13 of 19 events:

1. Daisy - 196 pts. (five wins)
2. marcostraz - 195.5 pts.
3. Tim N. - 189.5 pts. (six wins)
3. NaBUru38 - 146.5 pts. (one win)
5. Yannick - 119 pts.
6. drewdawg - 26 pts (one win)
7. Chiana - 24 pts.
8. Jaques -12 pts.
9. Victor - 10 pts.
(tie) Oreti - 10 pts.
11. Jahiegel - 9 pts.

Contest winners by event:

St. Pete - drewdawg
Barber - Daisy
Long Beach - Daisy
Sao Paulo - Daisy
Indy Pole - Tim N.
Indy Race - NaBUru38
Texas 1 - Tim N.
Texas 2 - Daisy
Milwaukee - Tim N.
Iowa - Daisy
Toronto - Tim N. (wins tiebreaker)
Edmonton - Tim N.
Mid-Ohio - Tim N.
New Hampshire - ?????
Sonoma - ?????

[Tim Northcutt]

I ran a golf tourney for my church this weekend that I handle by myself, so I'll be posting results sometime tonight or tomorrow.

Sorry for not getting to it sooner, but I was up to my eyeballs all weekend.

[Tim Northcutt]

Sorry for being so late...I was snowed under at work last week.

Here are Quals results:

Everyone had Dario on the pole for 2 pts.

Tim was closest to the spedd to get 2 plus bonus: Actual-170.843 Tim 171.100

All but Yannick had Dario for the fast lap for 2 pts.

Tim also was closest to the Fast lap Speed for 2 plus the Bonus.

In the Opt 6, Tim and marco had 4 pts and all others had 3 pts. each.

Chiana, Yannick and Tim had Saavedra for the slow speed for 2 pts.

Chiana was closest to the speed for 2 pts plus the Bonus

Daisy and Tim got 1 pt. each for having a Top Six driver as their "Just Miss"

Totals after Quals:

1. Tim N. - 19 pts.
2. Chiana - 13 pts.
3. marcostraz - 8 pts.
(tie) Daisy - 8 pts.
5. Yannick - 7 pts.

I have to wait until the 3-person board rules on the protests before I can score the race. That ruling comes tomorrow.

[Tim Northcutt]

If the protest goes through, Tim and Chiana will each pick up an extra point by selecting Dixon to get 2nd place, and no one else will be impacted points-wise, so I am going to go ahead and score it provisionally and then change the totals if needed following the ruling.

No on had RHR or Servia (if it goes through) for the win.

In the Top Five, all of us had 1 pt. each for Dixon or Power

No one had Dixon for the Fast Lap

Tim was closest to the speed: Actual-165.115 Tim-169.122

In the Milestones, Tim and Chiana had 4 pts. each and marco and Daisy had 2 pts. each.

Everyone had Dario for leading the most laps.

No one had Rahal for 1st Out, but Tim had Pippa Mann as a pick, and since she was technically "out" from her crash, Tim got 1 pt.

No one had Carpenter as the Mover (14 spots)

No one had Dario of Kanaan as the "Fall" (both dropped 19 spots)

marco was closest to the Avg. Speed: Actual-112.200 marco-124.200

Result from Loudon, subject to minor change from protest results:

1. Tim N. - 29 pts.
2. Chiana - 20 pts.
3. marcostraz - 15 pts.
4. Daisy - 13 pts.
5. Yannick - 10 pts.

I'll post season results in a minute or two.

[Tim Northcutt]

We have a new Pick 'Em Contest leader...

Season Contest Standings after 14 of 19 events:

1. Tim N. - 218.5 pts. (seven wins)
2. marcostraz - 210.5 pts.
3. Daisy - 209 pts. (five wins)
4. NaBUru38 - 146.5 pts. (one win)
5. Yannick - 129 pts.
6. Chiana - 44 pts.
7. drewdawg - 26 pts (one win)
8. Jaques -12 pts.
9. Victor - 10 pts.
(tie) Oreti - 10 pts.
11. Jahiegel - 9 pts.

Contest winners by event:

St. Pete - drewdawg
Barber - Daisy
Long Beach - Daisy
Sao Paulo - Daisy
Indy Pole - Tim N.
Indy Race - NaBUru38
Texas 1 - Tim N.
Texas 2 - Daisy
Milwaukee - Tim N.
Iowa - Daisy
Toronto - Tim N. (wins tiebreaker)
Edmonton - Tim N.
Mid-Ohio - Tim N.
Loudon - Tim N.
Infineon - ?????
Baltimore - ?????
Motegi RC - ?????
Kentucky - ?????
Las Vegas - ?????

This weekend's contest is already up.

Good Luck this week

[Tim Northcutt]

The protests by Newman Haas and Ganassi were not approved.

Thus the race results, and the results of our contest, will stand.

See you in the Sonoma Pick 'Em, which is already up.