2013 Bet 'Em IndyContest - round 9 Iowa

[NaBUru38]

Hi, folks! Welcome to the round 9 of the Bet 'Em IndyContest. This time Iowa is a Sunday afternoon race, where sunshine will add to the three heat races.

You must pick five different drivers and a manufacturer.

o- Polesitter ($ 300)
o- Heat race winner ($ 100)
o- Winner ($ 1,000)
o- Podium ($ 300)
o- Top 10 ($ 50)
o- Winning manufacturer ($ 100)

The stakes for Iowa are:

o- 4 to 1: Andretti, Castroneves, Hunter-Reay.
o- 6 to 1: Dixon, Kanaan, Hinchcliffe.
o- 10 to 1: Power, Franchitti, Sato.
o- 15 to 1: Pagenaud, Carpenter, Wilson.
o- 25 to 1: Kimball, Viso, Newgarden, De Silvestro.
o- 40 to 1: Rahal, Saavedra, Jakes, Serviá.
o- 80 to 1: Bourdais, Tagliani, Vautier, second Dale Coyne driver.

o- Chevy: 3 to 1.
o- Honda: 8 to 1.

If you place your bets after qualifying starts, you will get only a half the earnings. Good luck!

[NaBUru38]

My bets:

o- Polesitter ($ 300): Andretti
o- Heat race winner ($ 100): Power
o- Winner ($ 1,000): Dixon
o- Podium ($ 300): Castroneves
o- Top 10 ($ 50): Pagenaud
o- Winning manufacturer ($ 100): Chevrolet

[marcostraz]

o- Polesitter: Will Power
o- Heat race winner: Ryan Hunter-Reay
o- Winner: Scott Dixon
o- Podium: Dario Franchitti
o- Top 10: Helio Castroneves
o- Winning manufacturer: Honda

[Mekola]

o- Polesitter: Will Power
o- Heat race winner: Ryan Hunter-Reay
o- Winner: James Hinchcliffe
o- Podium: Scott Dixon
o- Top 10: Takuma Sato
o- Winning manufacturer: Chevrolet

[mythoughtsareracing]

o- Polesitter ($ 300) Marco Andretti
o- Heat race winner ($ 100) James Hinchcliffe
o- Winner ($ 1,000) Ryan Hunter-Reay
o- Podium ($ 300) Scott Dixon
o- Top 10 ($ 50) Tony Kanaan
o- Winning manufacturer ($ 100) Chevrolet

[NaBUru38]

So, here's the results of the 2013 Iowa Indy 250:

o- Polesitter ($ 300): Castroneves (4 to 1).
o- Heat race winner ($ 100): Castroneves (4 to 1), Dixon (6 to 1), Sato (10 to 1).
o- Winner ($ 1,000): Hinchcliffe (6 to 1).
o- Podium ($ 300): Hinchcliffe (6 to 1), Hunter-Reay (4 to 1), Kanaan (6 to 1).
o- Top 10 ($ 50): Hinchcliffe (6 to 1), Hunter-Reay (4 to 1), Kanaan (6 to 1), Carpenter (15 to 1), Rahal (40 to 1), Pagenaud (15 to 1), Serviá (40 to 1), Castroneves (4 to 1), Andretti (4 to 1), Viso (25 to 1).
o- Winning manufacturer ($ 100): Chevrolet (3 to 1).

Nobody picked Castroneves for the pole or any of the heat race winners. Mekola cashed $ 6,000 for choosing Hinchcliffe for the win. Nobody selected any of the podium finishers.

NaBUru38 earned $ 750 for picking Pagenaud for the top 10; Mythoughtsareracing got $ 300 for picking; and Marcostraz gained $ 200 for choosing Castroneves. Finally, all but Marcostraz got $ 300 for picking Chevrolet for the win.

Results of the round 9 Iowa:

1st - Mekola: 0 + 0 + 6,000 + 0 + 0 + 300 = 6,300.
2nd - NaBUru38: 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 750 + 300 = 1,050.
3rd - Mythoughtsareracing: 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 300 + 300 = 600.
4th - Marcostraz: 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 200 + 0 = 200.

Mekola bet and beat us brilliantly

Standings after round 9:

1st - Marcostraz: $ 32,400
2nd - Beetle: $ 22,690
3rd - NaBUru38: $ 20,390
4th - Mythoughtsareracing: $ 17,100
5th - Canada ALMS fan: $ 9,900
6th - WAT: $ 9,000
7th - Xpunk75: $ 7,600
8th - Mekola: $ 6,300.
9th - Gomick: $ 1,600
10th - Eizox: $ 1,200

At last there's a free weekend. See you in July!