2013 Bet 'Em IndyContest - Championship fight

[NaBUru38]

Hello, folks! Welcome to the Championship fight special stage of the 2013 Bet 'Em IndyContest. There's 5 races left, so it's time to bet on the championship final results.

You must pick five different drivers and a manufacturer.

o- Winner ($ 3,000)
o- Top 3 ($ 800)
o- Top 5 ($ 200)
o- Top 10 ($ 100)
o- Top 15 ($ 50)
o- Winning manufacturer ($ 200)

The winning manufacturer is the one with most wins in the season, per IndyCar rules.

The stakes are:

o- 3 to 1: Dixon.
o- 4 to 1: Castroneves.
o- 6 to 1: Andretti, Hunter-Reay, Franchitti.
o- 10 to 1: Pagenaud, Hinchcliffe, Kimball, Wilson.
o- 15 to 1: Power, Kanaan.
o- 20 to 1: Bourdais, Viso, Sato, Newgarden.
o- 40 to 1: Carpenter, Rahal, Jakes, De Silvestro.
o- 200 to 1: Rest of the grid.

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

Please place your bets before Sears Point qualifying (August 24). Good luck!

[Beetle]

o- Winner ($ 3,000) Helio Castroneves
o- Top 3 ($ 800) Scott Dixon
o- Top 5 ($ 200) James Hinchcliffe
o- Top 10 ($ 100) Charlie Kimball
o- Top 15 ($ 50) Sebastian Bourdais
o- Winning manufacturer ($ 200) Chevy

[Teretonga]

Winner: Castroneves
Top 3: Dixon
Top 5: Hunter-Reay
Top 10: Power
Top 15: Franchitti
Winning manufacturer: Honda

[NaBUru38]

My bets:

o- Winner ($ 3,000): Castroneves
o- Top 3 ($ 800): Hunter-Reay
o- Top 5 ($ 200): Franchitti
o- Top 10 ($ 100): Power
o- Top 15 ($ 50): Newgarden
o- Winning manufacturer ($ 200): Chevrolet

[marcostraz]

o- Winner: Helio Castroneves
o- Top 3: Scott Dixon
o- Top 5: Ryan Hunter-Reay
o- Top 10: Marco Andretti
o- Top 15: Tony Kanaan
o- Winning manufacturer: Chevrolet

[mythoughtsareracing]

o- Winner ($ 3,000) Helio Castroneves
o- Top 3 ($ 800) Scott Dixon
o- Top 5 ($ 200) Simon Pagenaud
o- Top 10 ($ 100) Takuma Sato
o- Top 15 ($ 50) Sebastian Bourdais
o- Winning manufacturer ($ 200) Honda

[NaBUru38]

So, here's the results of the Championship Fight special stage:

o- Winner ($ 3,000): Dixon (3 to 1).

o- Top 3 ($ 800): Dixon (3 to 1), Castroneves (4 to 1), Pagenaud (10 to 1).

o- Top 5 ($ 200): Dixon (3 to 1), Castroneves (4 to 1), Pagenaud (10 to 1), Power (15 to 1), Andretti (6 to 1).

o- Top 10 ($ 100): Dixon (3 to 1), Castroneves (4 to 1), Pagenaud (10 to 1), Power (15 to 1), Andretti (6 to 1), Wilson (10 to 1), Hunter-Reay (6 to 1), Hinchcliffe (10 to 1), Kimball (10 to 1), Franchitti (6 to 1).

o- Top 15 ($ 50): Dixon (3 to 1), Castroneves (4 to 1), Pagenaud (10 to 1), Power (15 to 1), Andretti (6 to 1), Wilson (10 to 1), Hunter-Reay (6 to 1), Hinchcliffe (10 to 1), Kimball (10 to 1), Franchitti (6 to 1), Kanaan (15 to 1), Bourdais (20 to 1), De Silvestro (40 to 1), Newgarden (20 to 1), Viso (20 to 1).

o- Winning manufacturer ($ 200): Chevrolet (3 to 1)

Nobody chose Dixon for the championship win. Beetle, Teretonga, marcostraz and Mythoughts chose Dixon for the top 3 and got $ 2,400. Mythoughtsalso got $ 2,000 for picking Pagenaud for the top 5.

For the top 10, Teretonga and NaBUru38 got $ 1,500 for picking Power, Beetle got $ 1,000 for picking Kimball, and Marcostraz $ 600 for picking Andretti.

For the top 15, Beetle and Mythoughts got $ 1,000 for choosing Bourdais, NaBUru38 also got $ 1,000 for choosing Newgarden, Marcostraz got $ 750 for choosing Kanaan, and Teretonga got $ 300 for choosing Franchitti.

Beetle, NaBUru38 and Marcostraz picked Chevrolet for the manufacturers championship, so they got $ 600.

So, here's the earnings of the Championship Fight special stage:

1st - Mythughtsareracing: 0 + 2,400 + 2,000 + 0 + 1,000 + 0 = $ 5,400
2nd - Beetle: 0 + 2,400 + 0 + 1,000 + 1,000 + 600 = $ 5,000
3rd - Marcostraz: 0 + 2,400 + 0 + 600 + 750 + 600 + $ 4,350
4th - Teretonga: 0 + 2,400 + 0 + 1,500 + 300 + 0 = $ 4,200
5th - NaBUru38: 0 + 0 + 0 + 1,500 + 1,000 + 600 = $ 3,100

Mythughtsareracing narrowly beat Beetle for the special stage win. The other three betters were very close to each other.

So, the 2013 Bet 'Em IndyContest final earnings list is...

[NaBUru38]

1st - Mythoughtsareracing: $ 64,050
2nd - NaBUru38: $ 49,190
3rd - Marcostraz: $ 43,350
4th - Beetle: $ 33,490
5th - Mekola: $ 15,600
6th - Canada ALMS fan: $ 9,900
7th - WAT: $ 9,000
8th - Teretonga: $ 8,200
9th - Xpunk75: $ 7,600
10th - Gomick: $ 1,600
11th - Eizox: $ 1,200

Congratulations to Mythoughtsareracing for winning the 2013 Bet 'Em IndyContest! You had resulted 3rd in 2012, so you again beat me

Thanks for all the competitors, I hope that you also enjoyed betting here at Ten-Tenths. See you in 2014!

[Beetle]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

1st - Mythoughtsareracing: $ 64,050
2nd - NaBUru38: $ 49,190
3rd - Marcostraz: $ 43,350
4th - Beetle: $ 33,490
5th - Mekola: $ 15,600
6th - Canada ALMS fan: $ 9,900
7th - WAT: $ 9,000
8th - Teretonga: $ 8,200
9th - Xpunk75: $ 7,600
10th - Gomick: $ 1,600
11th - Eizox: $ 1,200

Congratulations to Mythoughtsareracing for winning the 2013 Bet 'Em IndyContest! You had resulted 3rd in 2012, so you again beat me

Thanks for all the competitors, I hope that you also enjoyed betting here at Ten-Tenths. See you in 2014!

Great stuff, thanks for hosting!

[mythoughtsareracing]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

Congratulations to Mythoughtsareracing for winning the 2013 Bet 'Em IndyContest! You had resulted 3rd in 2012, so you again beat me

Thanks for all the competitors, I hope that you also enjoyed betting here at Ten-Tenths. See you in 2014!

I'm telling ya....
I was channeling Scott Dixon from Houston on.

A good spot of fun!