2010 Forum "Pick 'Em" Contest - Sao Paulo

[Tim Northcutt]

It's Baaaack!!!!

Time again to test your skills in the annual Ten-Tenths IRL "Pick 'Em" Contest!

As you'll see below, I will make you think...This isn't a "Pole Winner" and "Pick Five" gig...

Give it a shot...People who have done it in the past have enjoyed it.

2010 Sao Paulo Indy 300 “Pick ‘em” Contest
Sao Paulo Streets – Sun. March 14

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Saturday, March 13, at 1 p.m. (GMT). That is 9 a.m. in Sao Paulo, when the IRL's 1st Practice Session Begins!

WAIT Until an Official Entry List is Posted…It’ll Affect Your Picks if You Miss Someone and it Causes Me To Do A Lot of Edits To Your Picks!!!

Only 22 drivers have been named this far, but according to the IRL, there will be 24 competitors there...Coyne is expected to name a second driver next week.

PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline

-- The IRL’s first race in Brazil on the 2.6 mi. 11-turn street course in Sao Paulo. Qualifying will feature three progressive qualifying sessions to select the “Firestone Fast Six,” who will all go back out together to run for 10 minutes to try to improve their speeds to determine the pole.

The event is 75 laps and 195 miles

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:

3.The Driver With The Fastest Single Lap in Any Session (2 pts.)

4. The Speed of that Fast Lap in Any Session (2 pts.)

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

Same Applies for Picking #3 and #4 Correctly/Closest

5. 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.

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)

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

NOTE: This driver may not be the last car on the grid!! I'm looking for "Slowest Driver" and "Slow Speed"

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2010 Sao Paulo Indy 300 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):

15 laps:

30 laps:

45 laps:

60 laps:

75 laps:

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

FYI: If your "1st Out" pick is not "1st Out," but does end up with a "DNF," you'll get 1 pt.

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!!!