2006 Forum Pick 'Em Contest - Nashville

[Tim Northcutt]

2006 Nashville 200 “Pick ‘em” Contest
Nashville Superspeedway – Sat., July 15

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Friday, July 14, at 3 p.m. (GMT)..That is approx. 10 a.m. on Friday, July 14…That is the first practice time for the IRL

PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline

-- The IRL races on the only concrete oval on their schedule this weekend at Nashville Superspeedway. The 1.33 mile oval always places a premium on handling, and the drivers must take care of their tires there…

The event is 200 laps and 266 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 2006 Nashville 200 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):

[Alwaysfirst]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

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

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 199.673

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 Jnr
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Marco Andretti

ROW THREE:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Vitor Meira

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Jeff Simmons

6. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 189.398

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2006 Nashville 200 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 Jnr
3. Vitor Meira
4. Helio Castroneves
5. Scott Sharp

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 198.284


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

50 laps: Sam Hornish Jnr

100 laps: Helio Castroneves

150 laps: Sam Hornish Jnr

200 laps: Dan Wheldon

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Buddy Rice

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

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): 136.752

[Alwaysfirst]

As Giaffone isn't racing for Foyt any more can I change my slowest quali pick to Jeff Simmons please?

Thank You!

[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: 199.172

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. Scott Dixon

ROW TWO:
1. Marco Andretti
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW THREE:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Scott Sharp

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.): Jeff Bucknumn

6. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 188.791

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2006 Nashville 200 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. Helio Castroneves
4. Scott Dixon
5. Tony Kanaan

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 198.782


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: Sam Hornish Jr.

200 laps: Dan Wheldon

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.): Jeff Bucknumn

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 157.912

[Tim Northcutt]

I'm assuming that Bucknum is the new Foyt driver?

Any word on whether Cheever will compete?

[marcus]

here is the entry list thats on the Indycar site http://www.indycar.com/news/2006/nas..._entrylist.pdf

it seems Bucknum has stepped into the Foyt car but no car from Cheever included

[drdisque]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: 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: 200.887

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. Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. Vitor Meira
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW THREE:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Dario Franchitti

5. Slowest Qualifier: Jeff Bucknum

6. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 193.505

7. Driver who will “Just Miss” the Top Three Rows (7th Fastest) – Scott Sharp

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2006 Nashville 200 Winner: Sam Hornish Jr.

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 Jr.
2. Vitor Meira
3. Scott Dixon
4. Dan Wheldon
5. Scott Sharp

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.) Sam Hornish, Jr.

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 196.484


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

50 laps: Sam Hornish Jr.

100 laps: Dan Wheldon

150 laps: Dan Wheldon

200 laps: Sam Hornish, Jr.

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Jeff Simmons

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 149.909

[Tim Northcutt]

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:

201.103


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
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW TWO:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Scott Sharp

ROW THREE:
1. Marco Andretti
2. Vitor Meira

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)

Jeff Bucknum

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

193.899

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

Tony Kanaan

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2006 Nashville 200 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. Dan Wheldon
3. Vitor Meira
4. Marco Andretti
5. Scott Sharp

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:

199.001

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

50 laps: Sam Hornish

100 laps: Sam Hornish

150 laps: Dan Wheldon

200 laps: Sam Hornish

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

Jeff Simmons

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.)

Tomas Scheckter

TIEBREAKER:

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

143.109

[Tim Northcutt]

Contest for this weekend is closed

[Tim Northcutt]

Season Totals Heading into the Nashville Weekend:

1. Tim -- 183 pts.
2. DrDisque - 178 pts.
3. Flavinha - 135 pts.
4. AlwaysFirst - 114 pts.
5. Marcus - 54 pts.
6. OpenWheel4Ever - 52 pts.
7. Drewdawg - 40 pts.
8. Stmookey - 13 pts.
9. knowlsey - 6 pts.

[marcus]

thanks to my ISP which has been down for the last 30 hours or so I missed it

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are your results:

No one had Wheldon on the Pole

Tim was cosest to the Pole speed for 2 pts.

DrDisque did the best in the Top Three Rows" with 5 of 6 and helio correct for 6 pts.

Flavinha had 4 of 6 with Helio correct for 5 pts.

AlwaysFirst had 4 of 6 with none correct for 4 pts., and I trailed the pack with 3 of 6 for 3 pts.

No one had marco as the slowest.

Tim had the closest to the "Slowest Speed" for 2 pts.

No one had Meira as the "Just Missed,' but Tim, Flavinha and AlwaysFirst got 1 pt. (as we did when this new parameter was introduced) for having kanaan as the "Just Missed," but he was in the Top Six.

Points after Qualifying:

We all had problems in certain areas....If it weren't for the speed picks, I'd be in last instead of first at this tage of the weekend...and my race picks have more than a few holes in them, based on the qualifying, and how this track usually races...

Totals:

1. Tim - 8 pts.
2. DrDisque - 6 pts.
(tie) Flavinha - 6 pts.
4. AlwaysFirst - 5 pts.

Not a good start for any of us thus far....

Frankly, based on quals, Flavinha & DrDisque seem to be looking fairly good for the Top 5...but there are 266 miles to race and lots of things happen at Nashville...

Let's see how it plays out...

But I'm not that confident in my selections right now....

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are your race results:

No one had Dixon as the winner.

AlwaysFirst had 3 of the Top Five with Meira correct, and Tim had 2 of the Top Five with Wheldon and Meira in the correct spots for 4 pts. each.

Flavinha and DrDisque had 3 of 5 with none in correct spots for 3 pts. each.

No one had Wheldon with the fastest lap.

Tim Was closest to the speed: Actual - 202.411 Tim - 199.001

DrDisque was the only peson to pick a "Milestone" correct...Wheldon in front at lap 100.

Flavinha picked Jeff Bucknum as 1st Out for 2 pts.

No one had Marco as the "mover (18th -8th)

No one had Hornish as the "Fall from Grace" (2nd - 14th)

FLavinha also was closest to the Avg. Speed: Actual - 162+ Flavinha - 157.912

Final Nashville Results:

1. Tim - 14 pts.
2. Flavinha - 13 pts.
3. DrDisque - 11 pts.
4. AlwaysFirst - 10 pts.

In a nutshell...as a group, our picks were terrible....Wheldon getting past Meira in the final laps was the only thing that saved my bacon

It is a shame that Whelldon ran out of laps...he was the fastest car on the track, and it cost Flavinha 5 pts.

Her picks were really the best of the bunch this weekend.

I was lucky...and very disappointed in my selections overall.

[Tim Northcutt]

Season Totals After 9 of 14 races:

1. Tim -- 197 pts.
2. DrDisque - 189 pts.
3. Flavinha - 148 pts.
4. AlwaysFirst - 124 pts.
5. Marcus - 54 pts.
6. OpenWheel4Ever - 52 pts.
7. Drewdawg - 40 pts.
8. Stmookey - 13 pts.
9. knowlsey - 6 pts.

[Alwaysfirst]

Not exactly a great weekend for me was it? I'm safe in my current position but I just can't seem to close the gap to Flavinha. Roll on Milwaukee!

[Flavinha]

Originally Posted by Alwaysfirst

Not exactly a great weekend for me was it? I'm safe in my current position but I just can't seem to close the gap to Flavinha. Roll on Milwaukee!

I guess you can because Wheldon is working against me this season...

I really hope he win some races because he deserves that. It was a shame what happened in Nashville.