2007 Forum Pick 'Em Contest - Michigan

[Tim Northcutt]

2007 Firestone Indy 400 “Pick ‘em” Contest
Michigan International Speedway – Sun., Aug. 5

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Saturday, August 4 , at 4 p.m. (GMT)..That is approx. 10 a.m. on Friday in Nashville, when the first practice session begins

PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline

-- The IRL races on the high-banked 2-mile oval in the Irish Hills of Michigan at Michigan International Speedway in what could be their last race there since they will not return for the 2008 season. It is a shame, because this track has provided exciting racing over the years.

The event is 200 laps and 400 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 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. 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 2007 Firestone Indy 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 (from highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.)

TIEBREAKER:

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

Good Luck To All!!!

[Alwaysfirst]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Helio Castroneves

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 224.835

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. Helio Castroneves
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Tomas Scheckter
2. Sam Hornish Jr

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Milka Duno

6. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 213.837

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2007 Firestone Indy 400 Winner (2 pts.) Dan Wheldon

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. Dan Wheldon
2. Viton Meira
3. Scott Dixon
4. Tomas Schecker
5. Dario Franchitti

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 224.638


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

50 laps: Helio Castroneves

100 laps: Dan Wheldon

150 laps: Scott Dixon

200 laps: Dan Wheldon

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Milka Duno

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

6. "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):168.365

[OpenWheel4ever]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) HELIO CASTRONEVES

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does : 217.256

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. CASTRONEVES
2. DIXON

ROW TWO:
1. KANAAN
2. FRANCHITTI

ROW THREE:
1. HORNISH JR
2. SCHECKTER

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) MILKA DUNO

6. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 208.654

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2007 Firestone Indy 400 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. FRANCHITTI
2. CASTRONEVES
3. HORNISH JR
4. DIXON
5. SCHECKTER

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 216.948


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

50 laps: CASTRONEVES

100 laps: HORNISH JR

150 laps: FRANCHITTI

200 laps: FRANCHITTI

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) HERB

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 190.568

[Flavinha]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts): Sam Hornish Jr.

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 217.210

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. Sam Hornish Jr.
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW TWO:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Scott Dixon

ROW THREE:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Tomas Scheckter

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.): Jon Herb

6. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 209.933

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2007 Firestone Indy 400 Winner (2 pts.): Dan Wheldon

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. Dan Wheldon
2. Sam Hornish Jr.
3. Scott Dixon
4. Dario Franchitti
5. Tony Kanaan

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.): Scott Dixon

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 216.998


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

50 laps: Sam Hornish Jr.

100 laps: Sam Hornish Jr.

150 laps: Dan Wheldon

200 laps: Dan Wheldon

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.): Milka Duno

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth):215.943

[Peno]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts): Sam Hornish Jr.

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 217.912

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. Sam Hornish Jr.
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW TWO:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Scott Dixon

ROW THREE:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Danica Patrick

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.): Jon Herb

6. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 211.212

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

1. The 2007 Firestone Indy 400 Winner (2 pts.): Scott Dixon

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. Scott Dixon
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Sa, Hornish Jr.
4. Dario Franchitti
5. Tony Kanaan

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 216.767


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

50 laps: Sam Hornish Jr.

100 laps: Helio Castroneves

150 laps: Helio Castroneves

200 laps: Scott Dixon

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.): Jon Herb

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

6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (from highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.): Ryan Hunter-Reay
TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 195.131

[NAC]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Scott Dixon

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.) 214.555

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. Scott Dixon
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Sam Hornish Jr.

ROW THREE:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Helio Castroneves

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Milka Duno

6. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.) 209.855

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2007 Firestone Indy 400 Winner (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

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. Scott Dixon
2. Sam Hornish Jr.
3. Dan Wheldon
4. Dario Franchitti
5. Marco Andretti

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)... 214.555

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: Sam Hornish Jr.

200 laps: Scott Dixon

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Ed Carpenter

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 191.948

[drewdawg727]

Good luck this weekend everyone....
Here are my picks:

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Helio Castroneves

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 217.211

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. Helio Castroneves
2. Scott Dixon

ROW TWO:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW THREE:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Sam Hornish, Jr.

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Milka Duno

6. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 207.541

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2007 Firestone Indy 400 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. Sam Hornish, Jr.
3. Tony Kanaan
4. Scott Dixon
5. Vitor Meira

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.441


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

50 laps: Helio Castroneves

100 laps: Helio Castroneves

150 laps: Dario Franchitti

200 laps: Dario Franchitti

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.) Sarah Fisher

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 180.000

[drdisque]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: Helio Castroneves

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 218.218

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. Helio Castroneves
2. Tony Kanaan

ROW TWO:
1. Sam Hornish Jr.
2. Scott Dixon

ROW THREE:
1. Ed Carpenter
2. Scott Sharp

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.): Milka Duno

6. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 212.456

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2007 Firestone Indy 400 Winner (2 pts.): Helio Castroneves

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. Helio Castroneves
2. Tony Kanaan
3. Sam Hornish jr.
4. Dario Franchitti
5. Scott Dixon

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.): Tony Kanaan

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 216.700


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

50 laps: Helio Castroneves

100 laps: Tony Kanaan

150 laps: Tony Kanaan

200 laps: Helio Castroneves

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.): Milka Duno

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

6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (from highest starting spot to worst finish): Tomas Scheckter

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 178.706

[Tim Northcutt]

Contest is closed for this weekend.

Good Luck!

[Tim Northcutt]

My usual housekeeping...

Season Totals after 13 of 18 Pick 'Em Contests:

1. drdisque - 221 pts. - Entered - 13 -Avg/Race - 17.0 - Wins - 4
2. Alwaysfirst - 171 -Entered - 10 - Avg./Race - 17.1 - Wins - 1
3. marcus - 170 pts. - Entered - 11 - Avg./Race - 15.4 - Wins - 3
4. Peno - 169 pts. - Entered- 13 -Avg./Race - 13.0 - Wins - 0
5. drewdawg - 163 pts. - Entered - 13 Avg./Race - 12.5 - Wins - 2
6. Flavinha - 157 pts. - Entered - 12 -Avg./Race - 13.9 - Wins - 1
7. NAC - 104 pts. - Entered - 7 - Avg./Race - 14.8 - Wins - 2
8. OpenWheel - 93 pts. - Entered - 7 - Avg./Race - 13.3 - Wins - 0
9. Dylan14 - 43 pts. - Entered - 4 - Avg./Race - 10.7 - Wins - 0
10. Chaos81 - 14 pts. - Entered - 1 - Avg./Race - 14.0 - Wins - 0
10. Bluewolf - 11 pts. - Entered - 1 - Avg./Race - 11.0 - Wins - 0
11. rcarr - 6 pts. - Entered - 1 - Avg./Race - 6.0 - Wins -0

Winners of Each Event:

Homestead - drdisque
St. Pete - drewdawg
Motegi - Flavinha
Kansas - drdisque
Indy Pole - NAC
Indy Race - Marcus
Milwaukee - drdisque (won on tiebreaker)
Texas - marcus
Iowa - marcus
Richmond - AlwaysFirst
Watkins Glen - drdisque
Nashville - NAC
Mid-Ohio - drewdawg
Michigan - ?????

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are your Qualifying results:

No one had Dario on the pole

drdisque was closest to the speed: Actual - 218.308 dr - 218.218
(Nice Pick!)

in the "Top Six," Flavinha had 6 pts. with 2 correct; Alwaysfirst, OpenWheel & Peno had 5 pts each; NAC and drewdawg had 4 pts each, and drdisque had 3 pts.

Everyone but Flavinha and Peon had Duno as the slow qualifier for 2 pts., but I gave those two 1 pt. for Jon Herb....

drdisque also won the slow speed; Actual - 212-901 dr - 212.456

Since he has both Milka and the speed, he gets 2 bonus pts.

All of you got 1 pt. for having Dixon in the Top Six when he was the "Just Miss"...at least I'm consistent...


After Quals, here are your results:

1. dr.disque - 11 pts.
2. AlwaysFirst - 8 pts.
(tie) Flavinha - 8 pts.
(tie) OpenWheel - 8 pts.
5. peno - 7 pts.
(tie) drewdawg - 7 pts.
(tie) NAC - 7 pts.

Enjoy tomorrow's race!!!!!

Personally, I'm sad that this may be the last Michigan race....

[NAC]

This pick em is going to be interesting now

[drdisque]

I believe all of us got a whopping 1 point for top five

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are your Race Results:

No one had Kanaan for the win

In the "Top Five," Flavinha, Peno, NAC, Drew and drdisque had 1 pt each.

No one had Danica for the Fast Lap

Flavinha was closest to the speed: Actual - 218.800; Flavinha - 216.998

NAC was the only one to get 2 "Milestones" points for Dixon leading lap 50

OpenWheel and Peno had Herb as 1st out for 2 pts.

No one had Rice as the "Mover" - 17th to 5th

AlwaysFirst had Helio as the "Fall" - 5th to 17th

AlwaysFirst was closest to the Avg. Speed: Actual - 141.481; AlwaysFirst - 168.365

1. AlwaysFirst - 12 pts. (wins tiebreaker)
2. drdisque - 12 pts.
3. Flavinha - 11 pts.
4. Peno - 10 pts
(tie) NAC - 10 pts.
(tie) OpenWheel - 10 pts.
7. drewdawg - 8 pts.

I'll post the Kentucky Pick 'Em either this afternoon or tomorrow.

[Tim Northcutt]

Season Totals after 14 of 18 Pick 'Em Contests:

1. drdisque - 233 pts. - Entered - 14 -Avg/Race - 16.6 - Wins - 4
2. Alwaysfirst - 183 -Entered - 11 - Avg./Race - 16.6 - Wins - 2
3. Peno - 179 pts. - Entered- 14 -Avg./Race - 12.7 - Wins - 0
4. drewdawg - 171 pts. - Entered - 14 Avg./Race - 12.2 - Wins - 2
5. marcus - 170 pts. - Entered - 11 - Avg./Race - 15.4 - Wins - 3
6. Flavinha - 168 pts. - Entered - 13 -Avg./Race - 12.9 - Wins - 1
7. NAC - 114 pts. - Entered - 8 - Avg./Race - 14.2 - Wins - 2
8. OpenWheel - 103 pts. - Entered - 8 - Avg./Race - 12.8 - Wins - 0
9. Dylan14 - 43 pts. - Entered - 4 - Avg./Race - 10.7 - Wins - 0
10. Chaos81 - 14 pts. - Entered - 1 - Avg./Race - 14.0 - Wins - 0
10. Bluewolf - 11 pts. - Entered - 1 - Avg./Race - 11.0 - Wins - 0
11. rcarr - 6 pts. - Entered - 1 - Avg./Race - 6.0 - Wins -0

Winners of Each Event:

Homestead - drdisque
St. Pete - drewdawg
Motegi - Flavinha
Kansas - drdisque
Indy Pole - NAC
Indy Race - Marcus
Milwaukee - drdisque (won on tiebreaker)
Texas - marcus
Iowa - marcus
Richmond - AlwaysFirst
Watkins Glen - drdisque
Nashville - NAC
Mid-Ohio - drewdawg
Michigan - AlwaysFirst (Tiebreaker)

Good Luck at Kentucky!

[drewdawg727]

That was horrendous...and so was that race, what a disappointing twist in those middle stages.

[Tim Northcutt]

The racing was actually very, very good until the "Big One" happened....the top ten cars were all over each other running 4-wide at times down the straights.

[Alwaysfirst]

Yay! My seond win! Would have been much better without the crash though.

[marcus]

I went away for the weekend and missed it completely

[NAC]

Originally Posted by Alwaysfirst

Yay! My seond win! Would have been much better without the crash though.

Isn't that what Tony said.

Well done all the same Alwaysfirst.

I bet the bookies came away from that weekend well ahead