Forum's Michigan 400 "Pick 'em" Contest

[Tim Northcutt]

Michigan 400 “Pick ‘em” Contest
Michigan International Speedway – Aug. 1

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Friday, July 30, at 3 p.m. (GMT) or approx. 9 a.m. in Michigan…this will be the first practice session

PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline

--- The IRL comes back to more familiar turf when they race on the 18-degree high banks of Michigan International Speedway this weekend….Chevy is bringing an updated engine to make a better showing in their own backyard….

In the past, this race has been a real shootout with cars running 3 and 4 wide at times....I think it is a wide-open race....

The race is 200 laps, and 400 miles long

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 (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. 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.

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts)

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts)

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.)


RACE PICKS:

NOTE: The “Milestones” this time are based on Laps

1. The 2004 Michigan 400 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:

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

TIEBREAKER:

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

GOOD LUCK!!!!!

[Down F0rce]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)
Vitor Meria

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:
210.999

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

3. 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. Vitor Meria
2. Buddy Rice

ROW TWO:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Tony Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Bryan Herta

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)
Tora Tagaki

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts)
Vitor Meria

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts)
Sam Hornish

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.)
Townsend Bell


RACE PICKS:

NOTE: The “Milestones” this time are based on Laps

1. The 2004 Michigan 400 Winner (2 pts.)
Buddy Rice

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. Buddy Rice
2. Tony Kanaan
3. Vitor Meria
4. Dan Wheldon
5. Dario Franchitti

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:
209.500

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

50 laps: Vitor Meria

100 laps: Tony Kanaan

150 laps: Tony Kanaan

200 Laps: Buddy Rice

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.)
AJ Foyt IV

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth):
208.456

[GP Racer]

Michigan 400 “Pick ‘em” Contest
Michigan International Speedway – Aug. 1

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Friday, July 30, at 3 p.m. (GMT) or approx. 9 a.m. in Michigan…this will be the first practice session

PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline

--- The IRL comes back to more familiar turf when they race on the 18-degree high banks of Michigan International Speedway this weekend….Chevy is bringing an updated engine to make a better showing in their own backyard….

In the past, this race has been a real shootout with cars running 3 and 4 wide at times....I think it is a wide-open race....

The race is 200 laps, and 400 miles long

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

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Tony Kannan

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.) 211.999
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. 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. Tony Kannan
2. Buddy Rice

ROW TWO:
1. Vitor Meira
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW THREE:
1. Sam Hornish
2. T Bell

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) AJ Foyt IV

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts) Tony Kannan

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts) Sam Hornish

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.) T Bell


RACE PICKS:

NOTE: The “Milestones” this time are based on Laps

1. The 2004 Michigan 400 Winner (2 pts.) Sam Hornish

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. Sam Hornish
2. Tony Kannan
3. Dan Wheldon
4. Buddy Rice
5. T Bell

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)... 210.999
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: Buddy Rice

100 laps: Sam Hornish

150 laps: Tony Kannan

200 Laps: Sam Hornish

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Jaque Lazier

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 171.000

GOOD LUCK!!!!!
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How's that for a "cut and paste"! I'll tell ya, I get better and better on these computers everyday!

Thanks marcus

[marcus]

lol

[marcus]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)

Buddy Rice

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

210.111

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

3. 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. Buddy Rice
2. Vitor Meira

ROW TWO:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Mark Taylor

ROW THREE:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Kosuke Matsuura

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)
Tora takagi

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts)
Buddy Rice

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts)
Helio Castroneves

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.)
Townsend bell

RACE PICKS:

NOTE: The “Milestones” this time are based on Laps

1. The 2004 Michigan 400 Winner (2 pts.)
Buddy Rice

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.Buddy Rice
2.Tony Kanaan
3.Dan Wheldon
4.Vitor meira
5.Bryan Herta

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

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

209.565


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

50 laps: Tony kanaan

100 laps: Dario Franchitti

150 laps: Dan Wheldon

200 Laps:Buddy Rice

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.)
Darren Manning

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

Dan Wheldon

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

Kosuke Matsuura

TIEBREAKER:

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

193.444

[Tim Northcutt]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)

Buddy Rice

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

213.497

3. 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. Buddy Rice
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW TWO:
1. Vitor Meira
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW THREE:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Adrian Fernandez

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)
Tora Takagi

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts)
Buddy Rice

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts)
Sam Hornish

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.)
Tomas Scheckter

RACE PICKS:

NOTE: The “Milestones” this time are based on Laps

1. The 2004 Michigan 400 Winner (2 pts.)
Vitor Meira

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. Vitor Meira
2. Tony Kanaan
3. Buddy Rice
4. Dario Franchitti
5. Bryan Herta

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:
211.655

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

50 laps: Buddy Rice

100 laps: Helio Castroneves

150 laps: Tony Kanaan

200 Laps: Vitor Meira

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.)
A.J. Foyt IV

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

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

162.183

[Tim Northcutt]

Since we've had two full practice sessions, and the third is ready to start, the picks are closed for this week....

sorry if you didn't get them in on time...

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are the "Pick 'Em" Results from This Week:

Qualifying:

GP Racer picked the Pole Winner (Kanaan)

Tim N. was closest to the Pole Speed

Actual: 215.817
Tim N: 213.497

GP Race & marcus picked four of the top six, with GP Racer having Kanaan in the proper place..

Tim N., DownF0rce & Marcus had Takagi as the slowest qualifier..

GP Racer & Marcus had two of the three engine maker top qualifiers as well...NOTE: I credited Marcus with Castroneves, because his actual qualifying speed was 2nd best overall...and that is what the pick entails...but I would have counted Dixon as well if anyone had picked him...

Totals after qualifying:

1. GP Racer -- 11 pts.
2. Marcus -- 10 pts.
3. Down F0rce -- 7 pts.
4. Tim N. -- 7 pts.

Now for the Race:

Marcus & Down F0rce both had the correct winner (Rice)

GP Racer, Down F0rce and Marcus all had 4 of the Top Five....

Marcus that the top three correct and in order and Down F0rce had the top two in order...GP Racer and Tim N. picked one driver in the correct spot each...

No one had Manning with the fastest lap...

Tim N. was closest to the Fast Lap speed.

Down F0rce picked three of the four Milestone leaders and Marcus picked two of them...Tim N. and GP Racer had one each.

No one had Franchitti as the 1st (and only) car out...

No one had Castroneves as the "best Mover" - 20th to 10th

Marcus had Matsuura as the "Fall From Grace" - 2nd to 17th

and GP Racer was closest to the average speed of the race by just 3/10th of a mph.

Total Combined Points for this Race:

Marcus won the Contest with a great showing!!!!

1. Marcus -- 25 pts.
2 (tie) GP Racer -- 21 pts.
Down F0rce -- 21 pts.
3. Tim N. -- 17 pts.

I'll post the Season Standings in my next post...

Next Race: Belterra Casino 300 at Kentucky Speedway...

I'll be there!!!

25 rows up....close to the finish line!!!!

Good Luck on August 15th!!!!

[Tim Northcutt]

Season Totals after Seven Races:

1. Tim N. -- 105 pts.
2. GP Racer -- 91 pts.
3. Down F0rce -- 88 pts.
4. Marcus -- 85 pts.
5. Flavinha -- 65 pts.
6. sqw2 -- 44 pts
7. Bob Reibe -- 19 pts.
8. gert -- 16 points
9. rustyfan -- 15 points
10. Refutation -- 9 pts.
11. sile -- 6 points
12. stmookeyj033 -- 2 points
13.dr. disque -- 1 point


I'll post the Kentucky Pick 'Em Contest sometime this week...

Be sure to entor on time, and GOOD LUCK....

[Kicking-back]

Tim winning his own competition?

Stewards enquiry, surely!

[Tim Northcutt]

They kicked my butt yesterday!!!!!

Especially Marcus!!!!!

I better focus on my picks for Kentucky, because I'm really looking over my shoulder after yesterday....

[GP Racer]

Very impressive fella's! We scored alot of points on this one.

Man, only 3/10ths of a second off on the average speed? 3/10ths!? That deserves an extra point or 2, don't you think?

That new Indy 500 TagHeuer watch I got is really paying off, wouldn't you agree? Ummm, I did tell you guys about my new watch, didn't I?

[marcus]

No never heard about it at all ????


unbelievable , Ive been away for a day or so and was thinking what a shocker I had at Michigan in the pick ems contest , Log back on and amazingly Ive won the round

Kudos to me

Im hoping Kentucky is even better , making my charge for the crown

[Tim Northcutt]

Originally posted by GP Racer
Very impressive fella's! We scored alot of points on this one.

Man, only 3/10ths of a second off on the average speed? 3/10ths!? That deserves an extra point or 2, don't you think?

That new Indy 500 TagHeuer watch I got is really paying off, wouldn't you agree? Ummm, I did tell you guys about my new watch, didn't I?

Sorry for the confusion....

Actually, GP's pick was 11.1 mph off the actual avg. speed, and Marcus missed it by 11.4 mph....

So the difference between the two of you was 3/10ths....

Maybe you need to wind that watch.....

[Tim Northcutt]

Now that Toyota and Chevy have improved their power (Scheckter & Bell were quick this weekend anyway)we really have an even more competitive outlook than we had before...

Kentucky is going to be very tough to pick....