2009 Forum Pick 'Em Contest - Indy 500 Pole Day

[Tim Northcutt]

2009 Indy 500 “Pole Day” Pick ‘Em Contest
May 9, 2009

DEADLINE: Saturday, May 9, at Noon (GMT), which is 6 a.m. In “The Racing Capital of the World”

NOTE: These are for “Pole Day” only…and read them carefully.

Also, there will be a lot of cars “at speed” that will have to come back on Day Two to Qualify, because they won’t be in the Top 11 average speeds on Pole Day…This format won’t even fill four rows on Pole Day

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)

2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average) (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.The Driver who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap” (2 pts.)

4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap” (2 pts.)

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

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER TEN drivers (in order) who will earn the 11 total spots available in the Field on "Pole Day”: (2 pts for each Driver in correct spot, 1 pt. For correct Driver, but wrong spot)

ROW ONE:
1.
2.
3.

ROW TWO:
1.
2.
3.

ROW THREE:
1.
2.
3.

ROW FOUR:
1.
2.

6. Slowest “Pole Day” Qualifier To Earn a Spot on the “Pole Day” Grid -- 11th Fastest – should be the same as your “Row 4, #2” name - (2 pts.)

7. The Final Driver who gets “Bumped” from 11th Spot on Pole Day (2 pts.)
(He/she will have the 12th fastest 4-lap average on “Pole Day”)

IMPORTANT NOTE:

If Saturday gets rained out, we will use these same picks for the Day Two session.

The Top 11 will be counted as normal.

The "Bump Pick" will be the 12th car on the grid.

If BOTH Saturday AND Sunday are washed out, WE WILL DO A NEW CONTEST for the Following Weekend, Just like we did two years ago

Watch the weather and the results, and if disaster strikes again for the first two days, the contest will be very different than this one.

Good Luck!!!

[brucelok2003]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Helio Castro-neves

2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average) (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 226.0453

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

3.The Driver who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap” (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap” (2 pts.) 227.1222

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

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER TEN drivers (in order) who will earn the 11 total spots available in the Field on "Pole Day”: (2 pts for each Driver in correct spot, 1 pt. For correct Driver, but wrong spot)

ROW ONE:
1. Helio Castro-neves
2. Scott Dixon
3. Dario Franchitti

ROW TWO:
1. Marco Andretti
2. Danica Patrick
3. Tony Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1. Paul Tracy
2. Dan Wheldon
3. Will Power

ROW FOUR:
1. Justin Wilson
2. Graham Rahal

6. Slowest “Pole Day” Qualifier To Earn a Spot on the “Pole Day” Grid -- 11th Fastest – should be the same as your “Row 4, #2” name - (2 pts.) Graham Rahal

7. The Final Driver who gets “Bumped” from 11th Spot on Pole Day (2 pts.)
(He/she will have the 12th fastest 4-lap average on “Pole Day”) Alex Lloyd

[drewdawg727]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

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

2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average) (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 227.421

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

3.The Driver who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap” (2 pts.) Dario Franchitti

4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap” (2 pts.) 228.415

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

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER TEN drivers (in order) who will earn the 11 total spots available in the Field on "Pole Day”: (2 pts for each Driver in correct spot, 1 pt. For correct Driver, but wrong spot)

ROW ONE:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Dario Franchitti
3. Scott Dixon

ROW TWO:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Graham Rahal
3. Danica Patrick

ROW THREE:
1. Ed Carpenter
2. Ryan Briscoe
3. Marco Andretti

ROW FOUR:
1. Paul Tracy
2. Dan Wheldon

6. Slowest “Pole Day” Qualifier To Earn a Spot on the “Pole Day” Grid -- 11th Fastest – should be the same as your “Row 4, #2” name - (2 pts.) Dan Wheldon

7. The Final Driver who gets “Bumped” from 11th Spot on Pole Day (2 pts.)
(He/she will have the 12th fastest 4-lap average on “Pole Day”) Scott Sharp

[OpenWheel4ever]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: Scott Dixon

2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average) (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 226.999

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

3.The Driver who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap” (2 pts.)
Marco Andretti
4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap” (2 pts.) 227.000

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

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER TEN drivers (in order) who will earn the 11 total spots available in the Field on "Pole Day”: (2 pts for each Driver in correct spot, 1 pt. For correct Driver, but wrong spot)

ROW ONE:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Marco Andretti
3. Ryan Briscoe

ROW TWO:
1. Danica Patrick
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Dario Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Robert Doornbos
2. Tony Kanaan
3. Graham Rahal

ROW FOUR:
1. Will Power
2. Davey Hamilton

6. Slowest “Pole Day” Qualifier To Earn a Spot on the “Pole Day” Grid -- 11th Fastest – should be the same as your “Row 4, #2” name - (2 pts.) Davey Hamilton

7. The Final Driver who gets “Bumped” from 11th Spot on Pole Day (2 pts.)
(He/she will have the 12th fastest 4-lap average on “Pole Day”)
John Andretti

[Flyin Ryan]

I'm going to take a bet that some of the top runners are not potentially sandbagging.

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Marco Andretti

2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average): Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 225.6700

3.The Driver who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap”: Marco Andretti

4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap” (2 pts.) 226.0000

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER TEN drivers (in order) who will earn the 11 total spots available in the Field on "Pole Day”:

ROW ONE:
1. Marco Andretti
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Tony Kanaan

ROW TWO:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Dan Wheldon
3. Danica Patrick

ROW THREE:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Ed Carpenter
3. Will Power

ROW FOUR:
1. Scott Sharp
2. Paul Tracy

6. Slowest “Pole Day” Qualifier To Earn a Spot on the “Pole Day” Grid: Paul Tracy

7. The Final Driver who gets “Bumped” from 11th Spot on Pole Day: Graham Rahal

[Alwaysfirst]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Ryan Briscoe

2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average) (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 225.835

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

3.The Driver who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap” (2 pts.) Helio Castroneves

4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap” (2 pts.) 226.010

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

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER TEN drivers (in order) who will earn the 11 total spots available in the Field on "Pole Day”: (2 pts for each Driver in correct spot, 1 pt. For correct Driver, but wrong spot)

ROW ONE:
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Marco Andretti

ROW TWO:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Scott Dixon
3. Tony Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1. Danica Patrick
2. Dan Wheldon
3. Paul Tracy

ROW FOUR:
1. Robert Doornbos
2. Will Power

6. Slowest “Pole Day” Qualifier To Earn a Spot on the “Pole Day” Grid -- 11th Fastest – should be the same as your “Row 4, #2” name - (2 pts.) Will Power

7. The Final Driver who gets “Bumped” from 11th Spot on Pole Day (2 pts.)
(He/she will have the 12th fastest 4-lap average on “Pole Day”) Ed Carpenter

[drdisque]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: Helio Castroneves

2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average) (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 226.105

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

3.The Driver who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap”: Ryan Briscoe

4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap”: 226.289

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

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER TEN drivers (in order) who will earn the 11 total spots available in the Field on "Pole Day”: (2 pts for each Driver in correct spot, 1 pt. For correct Driver, but wrong spot)

ROW ONE:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Ryan Briscoe
3. Scott Dixon

ROW TWO:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Will Power
3. Marco Andretti

ROW THREE:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Danica Patrick
3. Dan Wheldon

ROW FOUR:
1. Hideki Mutoh
2. Graham Rahal

6. Slowest “Pole Day” Qualifier To Earn a Spot on the “Pole Day” Grid -- 11th Fastest – should be the same as your “Row 4, #2” name - (2 pts.): Graham Rahal

7. The Final Driver who gets “Bumped” from 11th Spot on Pole Day (2 pts.)
(He/she will have the 12th fastest 4-lap average on “Pole Day”): Paul Tracy

[Dylan14]

Pole Winner:Ryan Briscoe
Pole winner's avg qualifying speed:229.126
Driver with the Fastest Qualifying lap:Ryan Hunter-Reay
Fast Lap speed:230.000
Row 1
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Scott Dixon
3. Dan Wheldon
Row 2
1. Ryan Hunter-Reay
2. Will Power
3. Tony Kannan
Row 3:
1. Danica Patrick
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Dario Franchitti
Row 4:
1. Justin Wilson
2. Robert Doornbos
Slowest Pole Day Qualifer to get a spot on Pole Day Grid: Robert Doornbos
Driver who gets bumped from Pole Day Grid: Alex Tagliani

[boom boom]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Dario Franchitti

2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average) 226.321
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.The Driver who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap” (2 pts.) Ryan Briscoe

4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap” (2 pts.) 227.123

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

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER TEN drivers (in order) who will earn the 11 total spots available in the Field on "Pole Day”: (2 pts for each Driver in correct spot, 1 pt. For correct Driver, but wrong spot)

ROW ONE:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Scott Dixon
3. Ryan Briscoe

ROW TWO:
1. Helio Castro Neves
2. Graham Rahal
3. Marco Andredtti

ROW THREE:
1. Dan Weldon
2. Will Power
3. Danica Patrick

ROW FOUR:
1. Paul Tracy
2. Tony Kanaan

6. Slowest “Pole Day” Qualifier To Earn a Spot on the “Pole Day” Grid -- 11th Fastest – should be the same as your “Row 4, #2” name - (2 pts.) Tony Kanaan

7. The Final Driver who gets “Bumped” from 11th Spot on Pole Day (2 pts.) Alex Llyod
(He/she will have the 12th fastest 4-lap average on “Pole Day”)

[NAC]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

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

2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average) (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 226.555

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

3.The Driver who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap” (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap” (2 pts.) 225.555

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

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER TEN drivers (in order) who will earn the 11 total spots available in the Field on "Pole Day”: (2 pts for each Driver in correct spot, 1 pt. For correct Driver, but wrong spot)

ROW ONE:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Tony Kanaan
3. Dario Franchitti

ROW TWO:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Ryan Briscoe
3. Graham Rahal

ROW THREE:
1. Paul Tracy
2. Marco Andretti
3. Justin Wilson

ROW FOUR:
1. Danica Patrick
2. Will Power

6. Slowest “Pole Day” Qualifier To Earn a Spot on the “Pole Day” Grid -- 11th Fastest– should be the same as your “Row 4, #2” name - (2 pts.) Will Power

7. The Final Driver who gets “Bumped” from 11th Spot on Pole Day (2 pts.)
(He/she will have the 12th fastest 4-lap average on “Pole Day”) Alex Lloyd

[Peno]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Helio Castroneves
2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average) (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 227.000
NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, add 2 "Bonus Points"

3.The Driver who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap” (2 pts.) Helio Castroneves
4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap” (2 pts.) 227. 232
NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, add 2 "Bonus Points"

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER TEN drivers (in order) who will earn the 11 total spots available in the Field on "Pole Day”: (2 pts for each Driver in correct spot, 1 pt. For correct Driver, but wrong spot)

ROW ONE:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Ryan Briscoe
3. Dario Franchitti

ROW TWO:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Marco Andretti
3. Graham Rahal

ROW THREE:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Danica Patrick
3. Dan Wheldon

ROW FOUR:
1. Will Power
2. Hideki Mutoh

6. Slowest “Pole Day” Qualifier To Earn a Spot on the “Pole Day” Grid -- 11th Fastest– should be the same as your “Row 4, #2” name - (2 pts.) Hideki Mutoh

7. The Final Driver who gets “Bumped” from 11th Spot on Pole Day (2 pts.)
(He/she will have the 12th fastest 4-lap average on “Pole Day”) Alex Lloyd

[Tim Northcutt]

Contest Is Closed for Pole Day Picks.

I'm heading out to the Speedway to watch qualifying.

Good Luck!

[Tim Northcutt]

The usual housekeeping:


Season Totals After 3 of 17 Races leading into the Indy Pole Contest:

1. Alwaysfirst - 43 pts. - 1 win
2. drdisque - 42 pts. - 1 win
(tie) OpenWheel - 42 pts. - 1 win
4. Peno - 37 pts.
5. NAC - 34 pts.
6. bruce - 30 pts.
7. Flyin Ryan - 23 pts.
(tie) Inin0 - 23 pts.
9. drewdawg - 21 pts.
10. boom boom - 10 pts.
11. RichardRenes - 7 pts.
(tie) Boom Boom - 7 pts.

Forum Contest Winners:

St. Pete - drdisque
Long Beach - OpenWheel
Kansas - Alwaysfirst
Indy Pole - ?????
Indy Race - ?????

[NAC]

Hi Tim

Hey I oppsed and got my "Average Qualifying Speed" & “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap” around the wrong way.

If you can swap they around that would be great. If it's to late then OK I live with it.

Ta NAC

[Tim Northcutt]

I switched them, NAC...It did not affect the points either way for your or for Flyin' Ryan, who won those categories...If scored as origially written, you would have just switched results, but 2 points is 2 points.

Here are your Pole Day Results:

bruce, drdisque and Peno all had helio on the Pole for 2 pts.

NAC was closest to the 4-lap average: Actual-224.864 NAC-225.555

Alwaysfirst and Peno both had Helio for the fast lap for 2 pts.

Flyin' Ryan was closest to the Fast Lap Speed; Actual 225.405 FR-226.000

In the "Top 11," Peno NAC and bruce all had 12 pts., drdisque had 11, Alwaysfirst had 10OpenWheel & boom boom had 9 each, and drewdawg, Flyin' Ryan and Dylan14 had 8 pts.

No one had Alex Lloyd as the slowest qualifier to make the pole day field and although no one picked Mutoh for the Bump or Just Miss, bruce, Flyin' Ryan, boom boom, NAC and Peno all picked a driver who made the Top 11 to get credit for one point.

Final Results:

1. Peno - 17 pts.
2. NAC - 15 pts.
(tie) bruce - 15 pts.
4. drdisque - 13 pts.
5. Alwaysfirst - 12 pts.
6. Flyin' Ryan - 11 pts.
7. boom boom - 10 pts.
8. OpenWheel - 9 pts.
9. drewdawg - 8 pts.
(tie) Dylan14 - 8 pts.

[Tim Northcutt]

Season Totals After 3 of 17 Races plus the Indy Pole Contest:

1. Alwaysfirst - 55 pts. - 1 win
(tie) drdisque - 55 pts. - 1 win
3. Peno - 54 pts. - 1 win
4. OpenWheel - 51 pts. - 1 win
5. NAC - 49 pts.
6. bruce - 45 pts.
7. Flyin Ryan - 34 pts.
8. drewdawg - 29 pts.
9. Inin0 - 23 pts.
10. boom boom - 20 pts.
11. Dylan14 - 8 pts.
12. RichardRenes - 7 pts.

Forum Contest Winners:

St. Pete - drdisque
Long Beach - OpenWheel
Kansas - Alwaysfirst
Indy Pole - Peno
Indy Race - ?????

Nice job, Peno...we couldn't be any closer at the front of the field than we are right now, with 6 people within 10 points of each other and a tie for the season championship.

I'll post the Indy Race Day contest after the field of 33 is set.

Good Luck on your 500 picks!

[NAC]

Well done for qualifying Peno - congrats

I always seam to do well here though, for some reason.

Won qualifying 2 years ago, 3rd = last year (qual)
WON last years race
Going to win this years race also

Please keep an eye on your rear vision mirror - I'm coming through

[drewdawg727]

..........there was one point in the past few years that I was good at this, not so much anymore :\