2012 Bet 'Em IndyContest - Milwaukee round 8

[NaBUru38]

Hello, folks! Welcome to the Milwaukee round 8 of the 2012 Bet 'Em IndyContest. As the world's oldest active purpose-built motorsport track and a classic of American open-wheel racing, this round will have special bets for pole, win and podium.

You must pick six different drivers for the six bets:

o- Polesitter ($ 500)
o- Fast Six ($ 100)
o- Win ($ 2,000)
o- Podium ($ 500)
o- Top 5 ($ 100)
o- Top 10 ($ 30)

The stakes for Milwaukee are:

o- 2 to 1: Briscoe, Castroneves, Dixon, Franchitti.
o- 5 to 1: Hunter-Reay, Hinchcliffe, Kanaan, Rahal.
o- 10 to 1: Hildebrand, Pagenaud, Power.
o- 20 to 1: Kimball, Tagliani, Sato, ServiÃ*, Wilson.
o- 50 to 1: Andretti, Barrichello, Carpenter, Newgarden, Viso.
o- 100 to 1: Conway, De Silvestro, Jakes, Legge.
(Bourdais is missing.)

Current standings after round 7:

1st - Daisy: $ 39,000
2nd - Mythoughtsareracing: $ 26,040
3rd - WAT: $ 23,000
4th - NaBUru38: $ 18,900
5th - Marcostraz: $ 14,670
6th - Chiana: $ 5,400
7th - Flyin Ryan: $ 2,900
8th - Barnett: $ 2,400
9th - Gameofguts21: $ 500
9th - HaydenFan: $ 500

Place your bets before the first practice on Friday 15 at 10:00 Eastern (14:00 UTC). Good luck!

[HaydenFan]

After being a disappointment is my late debut in the comp, I think we are past the question marks of picking results at Texas, to Milwaukee. IMO, the best oval on the schedule outside Indy.



o- Polesitter - James Hinchcliffe
o- Fast Six - Mike Conway
o- Win - Sato
o- Podium - Rahal
o- Top 5 - Hinchcliffe
o- Top 10 - Viso

Laugh, but if Taku doesn't miss a mark, he has probably the quickest car on ovals in race trim.

[NaBUru38]

That's some risky bets! You could cash in a lot of you hit them.

o- Polesitter: Dixon
o- Fast Six: Power
o- Win: Hinchcliffe
o- Podium: Castroneves
o- Top 5: Kanaan
o- Top 10: ServiÃ*

[marcostraz]

o- Polesitter: Scott Dixon
o- Fast Six: Will Power
o- Win: Dario Franchitti
o- Podium: Tony Kanaan
o- Top 5: James Hinchcliffe
o- Top 10: Mike Conway

[mythoughtsareracing]

o- Polesitter Will Power
o- Fast Six E.J. Viso
o- Win Ryan Briscoe
o- Podium James Hinchcliffe
o- Top 5 Simon Pagenaud
o- Top 10 Josef Newgarden

[NaBUru38]

Daisy's bets are:

o- Polesitter ($ 300) Briscoe
o- Fast Six ($ 100) Andretti
o- Win ($ 1,000) Franchitti
o- Podium ($ 300) Hinchcliffe
o- Top 5 ($ 100) Wilson
o- Top 10 ($ 30) Carpenter

Hurry up, there's few hours left!

[eizox]

o- Polesitter ($ 500) - Franchitti
o- Fast Six ($ 100) - Hinchcliffe
o- Win ($ 2,000) - Sato
o- Podium ($ 500) - Power
o- Top 5 ($ 100) - Barrichello
o- Top 10 ($ 30) - Conway

[W.A Trichlorostyrene]

o- Polesitter ($ 500): Power
o- Fast Six ($ 100): Tagliani
o- Win ($ 2,000): Briscoe
o- Podium ($ 500): Hinchcliffe
o- Top 5 ($ 100): Andretti
o- Top 10 ($ 30): Conway

[NaBUru38]

So, these are the results of the 2012 Milwaukee IndyFest:

o- Polesitter: Franchitti (2 to 1)
o- Fast Six: Franchitti (2 to 1), Wilson (20 to 1), Hunter-Reay (5 to 1), Power (10 to 1), Barrichello (50 to 1), Castroneves (2 to 1)
o- Win: Hunter-Reay (5 to 1)
o- Podium: Hunter-Reay (5 to 1), Kanaan (5 to 1), Hinchcliffe (5 to 1)
o- Top 5: Hunter-Reay (5 to 1), Kanaan (5 to 1), Hinchcliffe (5 to 1), ServiÃ* (20 to 1), Viso (50 to 1)
o- Top 10: Hunter-Reay (5 to 1), Kanaan (5 to 1), Hinchcliffe (5 to 1), ServiÃ* (20 to 1), Viso (50 to 1), Castroneves (2 to 1), Tagliani (20 to 1), Carpenter (50 to 1), Rahal (5 to 1), Barrichello (50 to 1)

The optimal bets were Franchitti for the pole and $ 1,000, Barrichello for the Fast Six and $ 5,000, Hunter-Reay for the win and $ 10,000, Kanaan or Hinchcliffe for the podium and 2,500, Viso for the top 5 and $ 5,000, and Carpenter for the top 10 and $ 1,500, for a maximum of $ 25,000.

Eizox earned $ 1,000 for picking Franchitti for the pole. NaBUru38 and Marcostraz went for Power for the Fast Six and cashed $ 1,000. Nobody picked Hunter-Reay for the win - or any finishing position. Marcostraz earned $ 2,500 for picking Kannan for the podium, whereas Mythoughtsareracing, Daisy and WAT also got $ 2,500 for choosing Hinchcliffe. NaBUru38 cashed $ 500 for choosing Kanaan for the top 5, HaydenFan and Marcostraz got $ 500 for choosing Hinchcliffe, but Eizox won $ 5,000 for selecting Barrichello for the top 5. HaydenFan got $ 1,500 for selecting Viso for the top 10; Daisy also cashed $ 1,500 for picking Carpenter, and NaBUru38 got 600 for choosing ServiÃ*.

So here's the 2012 Bet'Em IndyContest results at Milwaukee.

1st - Eizox: 1,000 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 5,000 + 0 = 6,000
2nd - Marcostraz: 0 + 1,000 + 0 + 2,500 + 500 + 0 = 4,000
2nd - Daisy: 0 + 0 + 0 + 2,500 + 0 + 1,500 = 4,000
4th - Mythoughtsareracing: 0 + 0 + 0 + 2,500 + 0 + 0 = 2,500
4th - WAT: 0 + 0 + 0 + 2,500 + 0 + 0 = 2,500
6th - NaBUru38: 0 + 1,000 + 0 + 0 + 500 + 600 = 2,100
7th - HaydenFan: 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 500 + 1,500 = 2,000

Eizox had an outstanding debut at the Bet 'Em IndyContest, winning with comfortable margin over veterans Marcostraz and Daisy. The rest didn't recover the $ 3,230 betted.

Current standings after Texas round 7:

1st - Daisy: $ 43,000
2nd - Mythoughtsareracing: $ 28,540
3rd - WAT: $ 25,500
4th - NaBUru38: $ 21,000
5th - Marcostraz: $ 18,670
6th - Eizox: 6,000
7th - Chiana: $ 5,400
8th - Flyin Ryan: $ 2,900
9th - HaydenFan: 2,500
10th - Barnett: $ 2,400
11th - Gameofguts21: 500

The round 8 and the AJ Foyt Oval Trophy special stage of the Bet 'Em IndyContest will be decided at Iowa. See you there next week!

[mythoughtsareracing]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

Current standings after Texas round 7:

Don't you mean after Milwaukee Round 8?

The round 8 and the AJ Foyt Oval Trophy special stage of the Bet 'Em IndyContest will be decided at Iowa. See you there next week!

What if the China race is replaced with an oval? The likely candidate is Pocono, but I've heard that others are under consideration as well.
Wouldn't that race also count toward the A.J.Foyt trophy?

Just thinking about the potentialities...

[HaydenFan]

Anyone who picked Sato for the win (I know right?) should be immediately disqualified though. He was pretty quick though. Up to tenth at one point.

But I know Viso was quick. He was fast in Texas, and if he press the gas pedal at the restart, he'd have had an even better run.

[eizox]

i look forward to the next round!

[NaBUru38]

Originally Posted by mythoughtsareracing

Don't you mean after Milwaukee Round 8?

Yeah, I'm dizzy with 225 laps at the Mile and 24 Hours at Le Mans.

Originally Posted by mythoughtsareracing

What if the China race is replaced with an oval?

Wouldn't that race also count toward the A.J.Foyt trophy?

Just thinking about the potentialities...

No, I've decided that Iowa will be the final race.

[mythoughtsareracing]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

No, I've decided that Iowa will be the final race.

Can we call you Randy?

[NaBUru38]

I'd rather be called Mark Plourde

[HaydenFan]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

I'd rather be called Mark Plourde

Let's leave it at that and never talk about it again.