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13 May 2008, 19:23 (Ref:2201472) | #1 | ||
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2008 Forum Pick 'Em Contest - Indy Race Day
2008 Indianapolis 500 “Pick ‘em” Contest
Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Sun., May 25 DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Sunday, May 25, at Noon (GMT)..That is 6 a.m. on Race Day in the “Racing Capital of the World” PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline -- This is the 92nd running of the Indy 500 on the famed 2.5-mile oval in Speedway, Indiana…The most famous open wheel race in the world. This year’s event should be superb…If it doesn’t rain. The race is 200 laps and 500 miles Again…Please copy this template below and use it to place your Picks…. 1. The 2008 Indianapolis 500 Winner (2 pts.) 2. The Top Ten: (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. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 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): |
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21 May 2008, 21:28 (Ref:2208634) | #2 | |
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1. The 2008 Indianapolis 500 Winner (2 pts.) TONY KANAAN
2. The Top Ten: (Please Repeat your "Winner" from #1) (2 pts for every Driver and Place Correct, 1 pt. for Top 5, but incorrect place) 1. TONY KANAAN 2. SCOTT DIXON 3. DANICA PATRICK 4. ED CARPENTER 5. HELIO CASTRONEVES 6. RYAN BRISCOE 7. MARCO ANDRETTI 8. BUDDY RICE 9. DAVEY HAMILTON 10. VITOR MEIRA 3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.) GRAHAM RAHAL 4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)... Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 223.156 5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each correct at the actual Milestone): 50 laps: SCOTT DIXON 100 laps: DAN WHELDON 150 laps: TONY KANAAN 200 laps: TONY KANAAN 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.) BUDDY LAZIER 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): 150.000 |
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21 May 2008, 23:07 (Ref:2208678) | #3 | ||
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1. The 2008 Indianapolis 500 Winner (2 pts.): Scott Dixon
2. The Top Ten: (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. Tony Kanaan 4. Dan Wheldon 5. Danica Patrick 6. Ryan Briscoe 7. Marco Andretti 8. Ed Carpenter 9. Davey Hamilton 10. Oriol Servia 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: 222.790 5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each correct at the actual Milestone): 50 laps: Dan Wheldon 100 laps: Tony Kanaan 150 laps: Tony Kanaan 200 laps: Scott Dixon 4. First car out of Race (2 pts.): Jaime Camara 5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): AJ Foyt IV 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): 157.085 |
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22 May 2008, 02:58 (Ref:2208751) | #4 | ||
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1. The 2008 Indianapolis 500 Winner (2 pts.) Scott Dixon
2. The Top Ten: (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. Ryan Briscoe 4. Dan Wheldon 5. Tony Kanaan 6. Marco Andretti 7. Danica Patrick 8. Ed Carpenter 9. Davey Hamilton 10. Buddy Rice 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: 220.371 5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each correct at the actual Milestone): 50 laps: Scott dixon 100 laps: Helio Castoneves 150 laps: Scott dixon 200 laps: Scott dixon 4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Milka Dunno 5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): (2 pts.) Will Power 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): 153.594 |
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22 May 2008, 23:09 (Ref:2209431) | #5 | ||
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1. The 2008 Indianapolis 500 Winner (2 pts.) Scott Dixon
2. The Top Ten: (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. Tony Kanaan 4. Danica Patrick 5. Ryan Briscoe 6. Ed Carpenter 7. Dan Wheldon 8. Vitor Meira 9. Tomas Scheckter 10. A.J Foyt IV 3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.) Marco Andretti 4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)... Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 223.697 5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each correct at the actual Milestone): 50 laps: Scott Dixon 100 laps: Helio Castroneves 150 laps: Tony Kanaan 200 laps: Scott Dixon 4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Marty Roth 5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): (2 pts.) A.J. Foyt IV 6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (from highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.) Marco Andretti TIEBREAKER: Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 161.118 |
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24 May 2008, 08:31 (Ref:2210219) | #6 | |
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1. The 2008 Indianapolis 500 Winner (2 pts.) Scott Dixon
2. The Top Ten: (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. Tony Kanaan 4. Dan Wheldon 5. Marco Andretti 6. Danica Patrick 7. Ryan Briscoe 8. Tomas Scheckter 9. Vitor Meira 10. A.J Foyt IV 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: 224.136 5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each correct at the actual Milestone): 50 laps: Scott Dixon 100 laps: Helio Castroneves 150 laps: Scott Dixon 200 laps: Scott Dixon 4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Jaime Camara 5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): (2 pts.) A.J. Foyt IV 6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (from highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.) Townsend Bell TIEBREAKER: Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 163.123 |
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24 May 2008, 16:06 (Ref:2210569) | #7 | |
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1. The 2008 Indianapolis 500 Winner (2 pts.) Tony Kanaan
2. The Top Ten: (Please Repeat your "Winner" from #1) (2 pts for every Driver and Place Correct, 1 pt. for Top 5, but incorrect place) 1. Tony Kanaan 2. Scott Dixon 3. Danica Patrick 4. Tomas Scheckter 5. Ed Carpenter 6. Marco Andretti 7. Ryan Hunter-Reay 8. Alex Lloyd 9. Justin Wilson 10. Ryan Briscoe 3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.) Marco Andretti 4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)... 224.036 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: Helio Castroneves 100 laps: Tomas Scheckter 150 laps: Tomas Scheckter 200 laps: Tony Kanaan 4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Jaime Camara 5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): (2 pts.) Ryan Hunter-Reay 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): 178.324 |
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24 May 2008, 19:02 (Ref:2210696) | #8 | ||
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1. The 2008 Indianapolis 500 Winner (2 pts.) Scott Dixon
2. The Top Ten: (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.Dan Wheldon 3.Tony Kanaan 4.Helio Castroneves 5.Tomas Scheckter 6.Danica Patrick 7.Hideki Mutoh 8.Marco Andretti 9.Graham Rahal 10.Townsend Bell 3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.) Dan Wheldon 4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)... Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 225.893 5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each correct at the actual Milestone): 50 laps:Scott Dixon 100 laps:Ryan Briscoe 150 laps:Tony Kanaan 200 laps:Scott Dixon 4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Jaime Camara 5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): (2 pts.) AJ Foyt IV 6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (from highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.) Darren Manning TIEBREAKER: Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 164.385 |
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24 May 2008, 22:57 (Ref:2210858) | #9 | ||
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1. The 2008 Indianapolis 500 Winner (2 pts.) Scott Dixon
2. The Top Ten: (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. Dan Wheldon 3. Tony Kanaan 4. Helio Castroneves 5. Marco Andretti 6. Ryan Briscoe 7. Danica Patrick 8. Ryan Hunter-Reay 9. Hideki Mutoh 10. Alex Lloyd 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: 226.555 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: Ryan Briscoe 200 laps: Scott Dixon 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.) Ryan Hunter-Reay 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): 140.555 |
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25 May 2008, 00:05 (Ref:2210913) | #10 | ||
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1. The 2008 Indianapolis 500 Winner - John Andretti
2. The Top Ten: 1. John Andretti 2. Graham Rahal 3. Scott Dixon 4. Vitor Meira 5. RHR 6. Justin Wilson 7. Tony Kannan 8. Thomas Schekter 9. Townsend Bell 10. Oriol Servia 3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race - Wheldon 4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap - 223.915 5. Leader at the following Race Milestones 50 laps: Wheldon 100 laps: Schekter 150 laps: Briscoe 200 laps: John Andretti 4. First car out of Race - Roth 5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish) - Will Power 6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race - Wheldon TIEBREAKER: Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" - 159.875 |
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25 May 2008, 04:11 (Ref:2210980) | #11 | ||
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1. The 2008 Indianapolis 500 Winner (2 pts.) Scott Dixon
2. The Top Ten: (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. Dan Wheldon 3. Helio Castroneves 4. Tony Kanaan 5. Marco Andretti 6. Ryan Briscoe 7. Danica Patrick 8. Ed Carpenter 9. Vitor Meira 10. Tomas Scheckter 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: 224.765 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: Scott Dixon 200 laps: Scott Dixon 4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Jaime Camara 5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): (2 pts.) Ryan Hunter-Reay 6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (from highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.) Hideki Mutoh TIEBREAKER: Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 158.324 |
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25 May 2008, 07:46 (Ref:2211025) | #12 | ||
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1. The 2008 Indianapolis 500 Winner (2 pts.) Tony Kanaan
2. The Top Ten: (Please Repeat your "Winner" from #1) (2 pts for every Driver and Place Correct, 1 pt. for Top 5, but incorrect place) 1. Tony Kanaan 2. Scott Dixon 3. Helio Castroneves 4. Tomas Scheckter 5. Ryan Briscoe 6. Dan Wheldon 7. Will Power 8. Ryan Hunter-Rhey 9. Graham Rahal 10. Danica Patrick 3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.) Ryan Briscoe 4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)... 225.616 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: Scott Dixon 100 laps: Scott Dixon 150 laps: Helio Castroneves 200 laps: Tony Kanaan 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.) Will Power 6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (from highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.) Marco Andretti TIEBREAKER: Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 185.221 |
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27 May 2008, 02:03 (Ref:2212686) | #13 | ||
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Drewdawg sent me his picks for the next 6 races (he coes on a voyage every spring and summer), and he sent these on May 6th via PM:
1. The 2007 Indianapolis 500 Winner (2 pts.) Tony Kanaan 2. The Top Ten: (Please Repeat your "Winner" from #1) (2 pts for every Driver and Place Correct, 1 pt. for Top 10, but incorrect place) 1. Tony Kanaan 2. Helio Castroneves 3. Vitor Meira 4. Scott Dixon 5. Danica Patrick 6. EJ Viso 7. Graham Rahal 8. Ryan Briscoe 9. Dan Wheldon 10. Marco Andretti 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: 224.105 5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each correct at the actual Milestone): 50 laps: Tony Kanaan 100 laps: Tony Kanaan 150 laps: Tony Kanaan 200 laps: Tony Kanaan 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.) Davey Hamilton 6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (from highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.) Hideki Mutoh Avg. Speed; 150.000 |
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27 May 2008, 02:18 (Ref:2212689) | #14 | ||
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Here are your race results:
drdisque, ProRacer, Daisy, Peno, Alwaysfirst, NAC and ThePenguin all picked Dixon for 2 pts. in the "Top Ten," Alwaysfirst had 9 pts with four correct selections; OpenWheel and NAC had 7 pts. each; ProRacer and ThePenguin had 6 pts each; drdisque, Daisy, Peno, and captainCrunch had 5 pts. each;DRT and drewdawg had 4 each and matttcat had 3 pts. Daisy and captainCrunch both had Marco for the fast lap for 2 pts. captainCrunch also was closest to the fat lap speed: actual - 224.037 Captain - 224.036!!!! That's two pts, plus a 2 pt. bonus NICE PICK! In the Milestones," ProRacer, Penoand ThePenguin all had 6 pts.; Daisy, Alwaysfirstand NAC had 4 pts. each; while OpenWheel, drdisque and mattcat had 2 pts. each No one had Graham Rahal as 1st out. OpenWheel had lazier (32nd to 17th) as the "Mover" for 2 pts. No one had Kanaan (he dropped 23 spots) as the "Fall from Grace" NAC was closest to the average speed: Actual-143.567 NAC- 140.555 Here are your Indy Race points: 1. NAC - 15 pts. 2. ProRacer - 14 pts. (tie) ThePenguin - 14 pts. 4. Peno - 13 pts. (tie) Daisy - 13 pts. (tie) Alwaysfirst - 13 pts. 7. OpenWheel - 11 pts. (tie) captainCrunch - 11 pts. 9. drdisque - 9 pts. 10. mattcat - 5 pts. 11. drewdawg - 4 pts. (tie) DRT - 4 pts. I'll post Milwaukee picks first thing on Tuesday morning. Last edited by Tim Northcutt; 27 May 2008 at 16:36. |
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27 May 2008, 02:26 (Ref:2212690) | #15 | ||
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Season results after Indy Quals and five races:
1. ThePenguin - 91 pts. (1 win) 2. Peno - 89 pts (1 win) 3. NAC - 85 pts - (1 win) (tie) Daisy - 85 pts. ( 1 win) 5. drdisque - 80 pts. 6. drewdawg - 78 pts. (1 win) 7. ProRacer - 77 pts. (1 win) 8. Alwaysfirst - 74 pts. 9. captainCrunch - 63 pts. 10. OpenWheel - 60 pts. 11. mattcat - 57 pts. 12. RedBulldog - 37 pts. 13. saleen - 15 pts. 14. icemachine - 11 pts. 15. georgeboi - 4 pts. 16. stmookey - 11 pts. 17. DRT - 4 pts. Good Luck at Milwaukee this weekend!!!!! Last edited by Tim Northcutt; 27 May 2008 at 16:37. |
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27 May 2008, 07:02 (Ref:2212755) | #16 | ||
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Yahooooooo a win
Well it's only fitting that a fellow Kiwi take the Indy PicK Em as well |
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Congratulations NAC! I'm pretty happy with my score, didn't think it would be only 2 points of the highest score.
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