2008 Forum Pick 'Em Contest - Texas

[Tim Northcutt]

MY Apologies to All for Posting This So Late...

I wanted to do it Tuesday, but Indianapolis has had terrible storms over the past few days and I've spent the past wo away from work soaking up water from my basement and drying it out.

Here is this week's contest:

2008 Texas 550 “Pick ‘em” Contest
Kansas Motor Speedway – Sat., June 7

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Friday, June 6, at 8 p.m. (GMT)..That is approx.
2 p.m. on Friday afternoon in Texas, when the second practice session begins

PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline

-- The IRL’s next stop is Texas Motor Speedway’s 1.5-mile oval. This place has multiple racing lines and in the past has provided non-stop action, with competitors running two and three-wide at times during the event.

The race is 228 laps and 342 miles (550 km.)

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 four-lap average 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. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.)

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:

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:

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Texas 550 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:

228 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):


Sorry for the short notice, but at least you will have the first practice session in which to gauge your selections.

Good Luck!

[Daisy]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Helio Castroneves

2. The Pole winner’s four-lap average speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.097

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.) Marco Andretti

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.238

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. Helio Castroneves
2. Scott Dixon

ROW TWO:
1. Marco Andretti
2. Tony Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Ed Carpenter

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Mario Dominguez

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 205.889

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Texas 550 Winner (2 pts.) Helio Castroneves

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. Helio Castroneves
2. Tony Kanaan
3. Scott Dixon
4. Dan Wheldon
5. Ryan Briscoe

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)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 214.563


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

50 laps: Tony Kanaan

100 laps: Helio Castroneves

150 laps: Helio Castroneves

200 laps: Scott Dixon

228 laps: Helio Castroneves

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) A.J. Foyt IV

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

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): 163.118

[Peno]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Scott Dixon
2. The Pole winner’s four-lap average speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.131

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.238

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. Scott Dixon
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Tony Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1. Danica Patrick
2. Ed Carpenter

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Mario Dominguez

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 204.998

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Texas 550 Winner (2 pts.) Helio Castroneves

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. Helio Castroneves
2. Scott Dixon
3. Tony Kanaan
4. Dan Wheldon
5. Marco Andretti

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: 214.011


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: Helio Castroneves

228 laps: Helio Castroneves

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.) Vitor Meira

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): 165.781

[captain crunch]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Helio Castroneves

2. The Pole winner’s four-lap average speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 214.873

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.) Dan Wheldon

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.210

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.Helio Castroneves
2.Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1.Scott Dixon
2.Tony Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1.Tomas Scheckter
2.Danica Patrick

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Mario Dominguez

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:208.352

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Texas 550 Winner (2 pts.) Tony Kanaan

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. Tony Kanaan
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Tomas Scheckter
4. Scott Dixon
5. Ed Carpenter

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: 213.879


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

50 laps: Helio Castroneves

100 laps:Helio Castroneves

150 lapsan Wheldon

200 lapsan Wheldon

228 laps Tony Kanaan

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

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

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

168.249 I added it so tat I can score it easier...)

[Dylan14]

Pole Winner: Helio Castroneves
Pole winner's avg. speed: 214.417
Driver with the fastest lap: Will Power
Fastest Lap speed: 214.987
Row 1:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Tony Kannan
Row 2:
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Will Power
Row 3:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Justin Wilson
Slowest Qualifier: Buddy Rice
Slowest Qualifer's speed: 201.250
Driver who just missed the top 3 rows: Danica Patrick

2008 Texas 550 Winner: Tony Kannan
Top 5:
1. Tony Kannan
2. Helio Castroeves
3. Ryan Briscoe
4. Justin Wilson
5. Danica Patrick
Fastest lap of the race: Helio Castroeves
Fastest lap speed: 214.575
Milestones:
50 laps: Helio Castroeves
100 laps: Dan Wheldon
150 laps: Dan Wheldon
200 laps: Danica Patrick
228 laps: Tony Kannan
First out of the race: Milka Duno
Mover of the race: Ryan Hunter-Reay
"Backwards Fall of Grace": Will Power

Avg Speed of the race: 174.891

[drdisque]

Firstly, check the local time deadline as it doesn't match up with the GMT one.

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: Scott Dixon

2. The Pole winner’s four-lap average speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.302

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.): Scott Dixon

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.782

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. Scott dixon
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Danica Patrick

ROW THREE:
1. Ed Carpenter
2. Tony Kanaan

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.): Mario Dominguez

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 207.988

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Texas 550 Winner (2 pts.): Scott Dixon

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. Scott Dixon
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Tony Kanaan
4. Dan Wheldon
5. Hideki Mutoh

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: 215.005


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

228 laps: Scott Dixon

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.): Mario Dominguez

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 171.404

[Pro Racer]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Helio Castroneves

2. The Pole winner’s four-lap average speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 214.914

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.593

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. Helio Castroneves
2. Scott Dixon

ROW TWO:
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW THREE:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Danica Patrick

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Mario Dominguez

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 210.842

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Texas 550 Winner (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

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. Scott Dixon
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Ryan Briscoe
4. Dan Wheldon
5. Will Power

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: 215.034


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

50 laps: Helio Castroneves

100 laps: Scott Dixon

150 laps: Helio Castroneves

200 laps: Scott dixon

228 laps: Scott Dixon

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

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

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): 175.375

[ThePenguin]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Helio Castroneves

2. The Pole winner’s four-lap average speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 214.764

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.) Helio Castroneves

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.327

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. Helio Castroneves
2. Scott Dixon

ROW TWO:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Ryan Briscoe

ROW THREE:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Marco Andretti

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Mario Dominguez

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 209.831

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Texas 550 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. Helio Castroneves
2. Scott Dixon
3. Tony Kanaan
4. Dan Wheldon
5. Ryan Briscoe

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: 214.587


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

50 laps: Helio Castroneves

100 laps: Helio Castroneves

150 laps: Helio Castroneves

200 laps: Helio Castroneves

228 laps: Helio Castroneves

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

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 169.340

[Alwaysfirst]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

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

2. The Pole winner’s four-lap average speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 214.348

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.192

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. Scott Dixon
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW TWO:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Tomas Scheckter

ROW THREE:
1. Marco Andretti
2. AJ Foyt IV

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Mario Dominguez

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 208.472

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Texas 550 Winner (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

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. Scott Dixon
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Dan Wheldon
4. Tomas Scheckter
5. AJ Foyt IV

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: 214.264


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: Tomas Scheckter

200 laps: Dan Wheldon

228 laps Scott Dixon

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

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 146.285

[NAC]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

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

2. The Pole winner’s four-lap average speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.355

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

3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.555

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. Scott Dixon
2. Ryan Briscoe

ROW TWO:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Tony Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1. Marco Andretti
2. Dan Wheldon


6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Mario Dominguez

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 207.555

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Texas 550 Winner (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

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. Scott Dixon
2. Dan Wheldon
3. Marco Andretti
4. Will Power
5.Hideki Mutoh

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: 215.000

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

50 laps: Ryan Briscoe

100 laps: Scott Dixon

150 laps: Will Power

200 laps: Scott Dixon

228 laps Scott Dixon

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

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 155.555

[NAC]

Originally Posted by captain crunch

TIEBREAKER:

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

crunchie - you got no pic for the above

[Tim Northcutt]

Originally Posted by drdisque

Firstly, check the local time deadline as it doesn't match up with the GMT one.

Sorry again, gang...

I'm pretty tired andjust used the Kansas template to create Texas with a few edits, and that is an edit that I missed.

The Deadline is today at 2 p.m. Friday afternoon in Texas

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are the Picks that drewdawg e-mailed to me:

Drewdawg's Picks:

QUALIFYING PICKS:

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

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.144

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. Scott Dixon
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Tony Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1. Ed Carpenter
2. Danica Patrick

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Mario Moraes

6. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 211.415

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Texas 550 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. Tony Kanaan
3. Scott Dixon
4. Helio Castroneves
5. Ryan Briscoe

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: 214.152


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

50 laps: Dan Wheldon

100 laps: Dan Wheldon

150 laps: Dan Wheldon

200 laps: Dan Wheldon

228 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.) Ryan Hunter-Reay

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): 194.152

[Tim Northcutt]

A little houskeeping for scoring purposes:

Season results after Indy Quals and six races as we head into Texas:

1. ThePenguin - 114 pts. (1 win)
2. ProRacer - 102 pts (2 wins)
3. NAC - 99 pts (1 win)
4. Daisy - 95 pts - (1 win)
5. Peno - 93 pts. ( 1 win)
6. drdisque - 92 pts.
7. drewdawg - 85 pts. (1 win)
8. Alwaysfirst - 84 pts.
9. captainCrunch - 76 pts.
10. OpenWheel - 60 pts.
11. mattcat - 57 pts.
12. RedBulldog - 37 pts.
13. saleen - 15 pts.
14. icemachine - 11 pts.
15. stmookey - 11 pts.
16. georgeboi - 4 pts.
17. boom boom - 7 pts.
18. DRT - 4 pts.

[OpenWheel4ever]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: Scott Dixon

2. The Pole winner’s four-lap average speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.849

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap : Dan Wheldon

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 216.265

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. Scott Dixon
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. John Andretti
2. Tomas Scheckter

ROW THREE:
1. Marco Andretti
2. Helio Castroneves

6. Slowest Qualifier : Mario Dominguez

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 208.567

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2008 Texas 550 Winner : Helio Castroneves

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. Helio Castroneves
2. Scott Dixon
3. Dan Wheldon
4. Ed Carpenter
5. Ryan Briscoe

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race : AJ Foyt IV

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 212.265


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: Dan Wheldon

200 laps: Helio Castroneves

228 laps : Helio Castroneves

4. First car out of Race : Mario Dominguez

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 168.948

[captain crunch]

Originally Posted by NAC

crunchie - you got no pic for the above

Indeed i don't, so i'll go for..say... 168.249 mph?

And those emoticons are an annoyance, aren't they? Does Wheldon have a sister called An? First I've heard of it...

[Tim Northcutt]

Again, Indiana had record flooding today ( might be the worst in 100 years!) and I had my sump pump give put for good in the ehight of the storms that trained over us all night and morning....I'm on soak up and mop detail again in the past 5 days!!!

It sucks!!!!!

Here are your Quals Results:

Peno, drdisque, Alwaysfirst, NAC Drewdawg and OpenWheel all had Dixon for the Pole.

Captain was closest to the Pole avg.: actual- 214.878 Captain-214.873 (Sweet Pick!)

Alwaysfirst had the Fast lap: Actual-215.143 AF-215.192 (also Great!)

In the "Top Six," Peno, drdisque, ProRacer, and Alwaysfirst all had 5 pts each.The penguin and Dylan14 both had 3 and Daisy had 2...all others got 4

No one had EJ Viso for the slowest qualifier....

ThePenguin was closest to the avg.: actual-209.313 Penguin-209.831

In the "just mis," no one had John Andretti, but everyone except ProRacer, Alwaysfirst, NAC and drewdawg had someone who was in the top six, so you all got 1 pt. each.

Totals thus far as the race approaches just a few hours away:

1. drdisque - 8 pts
(tie) ThePenguin - 8 pts.
(tie) Peno - 8 pts.
4. CaptainCrunch - 7 pts.
(tie) Alwaysfirst - 7 pts.
(tie) OpenWheel - 7 pts.
7. NAC - 6 pts.
(tie) drewdawg - 6 pts.
9. ProRacer - 5 pts.
10. Dylan14 - 4 pts.
11. Daisy - 3 pts.

Good Luck Tonight!!!!!

[NAC]

Hi Tim have we got a winner yet??

Ta

NAC

[Tim Northcutt]

I'm still cleaning out my basement from the flooding.

I'm going to ttry to score the rest of the weekend sometime later today when I take a break from the cleanup.

[NAC]

Of cause, you live in Indy. Saw it on the news the other day. Doh, and just read your previous post.

Hope it's not to bad. Good luck with that clean up.

How is the track??

[Tim Northcutt]

Sorry I didn't do this sooner, but I just got my house back in order from last week's floods.

Here are your race results:

drdisque, ProRacer, Alwaysfirst and NAC all had Dixon as the winner for 2 pts.

Drdisque had 7 pts in the Top Five, ProRacer had 6 pts., Peno, the Penguin and Alwaysfirst had 5 each, drewdawg and CaptainCrunch had 4 each and all others had 3 pts.

No one had wheldon as the fast lap

ProRacer was closest to the speed: Actual-216.073 ProRacer - 215.034

In the Milestones, ProRacer had 4 pts and Captial, Dylan, drdusque, ThePenguin, Alwaysfirst and NAC had 2 pts. each

drdisque, ProRacer, ThePenguin and OpenWheel all had Domingues as 1st out for 2 pts.

OpenWheel was the only person to pick Rice as the Mover

No one had Scheckter as the fall from grace
Daisy was closest to the average speed: Actual-159.740 Daisy-163.118

Herre are the final results:

1. drdisque - 21 pts.
2. ProRacer - 19 pts.
3. ThePenguin - 17 pts.
4. Alwaysfirst - 16 pts.
5. OpenWheel - 14 pts.
6. NAC - 13 pts.
(tie) CaptainCrunch - 13 pts.
(tie) Peno - 13 pts.
9. Daisy - 11 pts.
10. drewdawg - 10 pts.
11. Dylan14 - 9 pts.

I'll post Iowa's contest tomorrow.

Good Luck!!!

[Tim Northcutt]

Season results after Indy Quals and seven races:

1. ThePenguin - 131 pts. (1 win)
2. ProRacer - 121 pts (2 wins)
3. drdisque - 113 pts. (1 win)
3. NAC - 112 pts (1 win)
4. Daisy - 106 pts - (1 win)
(tie) Peno - 106 pts. ( 1 win)
6. Alwaysfirst - 100 pts.
7. drewdawg - 95 pts. (1 win)
8. captainCrunch - 89 pts.
10. OpenWheel - 74 pts.
11. mattcat - 57 pts.
12. RedBulldog - 37 pts.
13. saleen - 15 pts.
14. icemachine - 11 pts.
15. stmookey - 11 pts.
16. georgeboi - 4 pts.
17. Dylan14 - 9 pts.
18. boom boom - 7 pts.
19. DRT - 4 pts.

Nice job, drdisque...your first win of the year!

[Daisy]

Not last, suprises me.

General question, can I send my predictions for Richmond by Private Message to you? I'm going on holiday for a week on thursday and I might not be back in time to send in my predictions for that race. The time of the return flight has already been changed 3 times, so I'm not gonna take any risk...

[Tim Northcutt]

Please do send your picks via PM, Daisy....Drewdawg goes on a cruise for weeks every summer and he sent me his picks from Ind through Richmond before he left in May

[drdisque]

hmm, first race I missed all season and I won it. Maybe I should not watch more races.

On second thought, no, I like the racing too much.