2012 Bet 'Em IndyContest - Mario Andretti Road Trophy

[NaBUru38]

Hello, folks! Welcome to the Mario Andretti Road Trophy special stage of the 2012 Bet 'Em IndyContest. Results will be determined by the points collected by the drivers in the 10 road/street courses of the season, ending at Baltimore.

You must pick four different drivers for the four bets:
o- Winner ($ 2,000)
o- Top 3 ($ 500)
o- Top 5 ($ 150)
o- Top 10 ($ 50)

The stakes are:

o- 2 to 1: Power.
o- 4 to 1: Dixon.
o- 6 to 1: Castroneves, Hunter-Reay, Pagenaud.
o- 10 to 1: Hinchcliffe, Franchitti.
o- 15 to 1: Briscoe, Kanaan.
o- 20 to 1: Barrichello, Hildebrand, Rahal, ServiÃ*.
o- 40 to 1: Bourdais, Kimball, Sato, Viso, Wilson.
o- 100 to 1: Andretti, Conway, Newgarden, Tagliani.
o- 200 to 1: Carpenter, De Silvestro, Jakes, Legge.
(Bourdais is missing.)

Place your bets before Friday 6 July, 12:00 Eastern (16:00 UTC). Good luck!

[W.A Trichlorostyrene]

o- Winner ($ 2,000): Power
o- Top 3 ($ 500): Dixon
o- Top 5 ($ 150): Hinchcliffe
o- Top 10 ($ 50): Servia

[Daisy]

o- Winner ($ 2,000): Power
o- Top 3 ($ 500): Pagenaud
o- Top 5 ($ 150): Briscoe
o- Top 10 ($ 50): Newgarden

[eizox]

o- Winner ($ 2,000) - Hunter-Reay
o- Top 3 ($ 500) - Pagenaud
o- Top 5 ($ 150) - Bourdais
o- Top 10 ($ 50) - Conway

Thought I'd take a risk with my bets!

[mythoughtsareracing]

o- Winner ($ 2,000) Power
o- Top 3 ($ 500) Pagenaud
o- Top 5 ($ 150) Hinchcliffe
o- Top 10 ($ 50) Hildebrand

[NaBUru38]

My bets:

o- Winner: Power
o- Top 3: Castroneves
o- Top 5: Pagenaud
o- Top 10: Kanaan

[NaBUru38]

Chiana, Marcostraz, haydenfan, everyone else, hurry up!

[NaBUru38]

These are the 2012 Mario Road Trophy final standings:

o- Winner: Power (2 to 1)
o- Top 3: Power (2 to 1), Hunter-Reay (6 to 1), Dixon (4 to 1)
o- Top 5: Power (2 to 1), Hunter-Reay (6 to 1), Dixon (4 to 1), Castroneves (6 to 1), Pagenaud (6 to 1),
o- Top 10: Power (2 to 1), Hunter-Reay (6 to 1), Dixon (4 to 1), Castroneves (6 to 1), Pagenaud (6 to 1), Briscoe (15 to 1), Franchitti (10 to 1), Hinchcliffe (10 to 1), Kanaan (15 to 1), Barrichello (20 to 1)

Everyone but Eizox got $ 4,000 for picking Poweras the winner. WAT got $ 2,000 for picking Dixon for the top 3. NaBUru38 got $ 900 for picking Pagenaud for the top 5, plus $ 7580 for picking Kanaan for the top 10.

1st - WAT: 4,000 + 2,000 + 0 + 0 = 6,000
2nd - NaBUru38: 4,000 + 0 + 900 + 750 = 5,650
3rd - Daisy: 4,000 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 4,000
4th - Mythoughts: 4,000 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 4,000
5th - Eizox: 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0

WAT won the special stage with two major hits. I was second with two small hits. Only Eizox missed the $ 4,000 that Power clamied by 79 points.

Current standings after Baltimore round 14 and the Mario Andretti Road Trophy special stage:

1st - Daisy: $ 63,900
2nd - WAT: $ 63,550
3rd - Mythoughts: $ 49,990
4th - NaBUru38: $ 36,550
5th - Marcostraz: $ 25,170
6th - Eizox: $ 11,800
7th - Chiana: $ 6,000
8th - Beetle: $ 5,800
9th - Flyin Ryan: $ 2,900
10th - HaydenFan: $ 2,500
11th - Barnett: $ 2,400
12th - Gameofguts21: $ 500

The 2012 Bet 'Em IndyContest title is a dead heat between Daisy and WAT. There will be high stakes at Fontana, and it's also the deciding race the championship fight extra stage. Have fun at California!

[Daisy]

Nice close battle! I have to bett early on the final race (next weekend) due to a short trip, will it be the regular bets, just with extra high stakes?