2017 Bet 'Em IndyContest - round1 St Pete

[NaBUru38]

Hi, folks! Welcome back to the sixth season of the Bet 'Em IndyContest.

As in 2016, each race you have to pick 5 different drivers and a manufacturer.

o- For the Premium pick, you get money for any top 5 finish.
o- For the Regular and Alternative picks, you get money for any top 10 finish.
o- For the Fresh pick, you get money for the best finishing rookie.
o- For the Belt Challenge, you get for the best finisher of the two drivers.
o- For the Manufacturer, you get money for the race winner.

Top 10 finishing drivers award money as follows:

o- 1st - $ 1000
o- 2nd - $ 600
o- 3rd - $ 400
o- 4th - $ 300
o- 5th - $ 200
o- 6-10th - $ 100

[NaBUru38]

Now, only one rookie will enter St Pete, Ed Jones.
Therefore, I will add Chilton, Daly and Pigot to the new Apprentice class.

The six picks for St Pete are:

o- Premium - 2x money; only top 5 finishes.
o- Regular - 1x money.
o- Alternative - 1x money; no 10x drivers or under.
o- Fresh - Apprentices only ($ 20)
o- Belt Challenge - Pagenaud vs Power ($ 200)
o- Manufacturer - Race winner ($ 200)

The stakes for St Pete are:

o- 3x: Pagenaud, Power, Dixon.
o- 5x: Castroneves, Kanaan, Newgarden.
o- 10x: Hinchcliffe, Hunter-Reay, Rahal.
o- 20x: Kimball, Bourdais, Muñoz.
o- 30x: Rossi, Aleshin.
o- 50x: Hildebrand, Andretti, Sato.
o- 80x: Daly (A), Chilton (A), Pigot (A), Jones (A).

o- Chevrolet: 3 to 1.
o- Honda: 5 to 1.

Please place you bets before qualifying, or you will only get half the stakes. Have fun!

[Yannick]

Will Power - Premium - 2x money; only top 5 finishes.
Josef Newgarden - Regular - 1x money.
JR Hildebrand - Alternative - 1x money; no 10x drivers or under.
Conor Daly - Fresh - Apprentices only ($ 20)
Simon Pagenaud - Belt Challenge - Pagenaud vs Power ($ 200)
(Gaston Chevrolet, erm, no, just) Chevrolet - Manufacturer - Race winner ($ 200)


I might run a road/street course-only schedule this season. ;-)

[NaBUru38]

My bets:

o- Premium - Power
o- Regular - Newgarden
o- Alternative - Muñoz
o- Fresh - Pigot
o- Belt Challenge - Pagenaud
o- Manufacturer - Honda

[D.R.T.]

o- Premium - Power
o- Regular - Rossi
o- Alternative - Hildebrand
o- Fresh - Daly
o- Belt Challenge - Pagenaud
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet

[richy01908]

My bets:

o- Premium - Rahal
o- Regular - Newgarden
o- Alternative - Bourdais
o- Fresh - Chilton
o- Belt Challenge - Pagenaud
o- Manufacturer - Honda

Thanks

[NaBUru38]

Hurry up, folks!

[NaBUru38]

So, these are the results of the 2017 Grand Prix of St Petersburg:

o- 1st - Bourdais ($ 20,000)
o- 2nd - Pagenaud ($ 1,800)
o- 3rd - Dixon ($ 1,200)
o- 4th - Hunter-Reay ($ 3,000)
o- 5th - Sato ($ 10,000)
o- 6th - Castroneves ($ 500)
o- 7th - Andretti ($ 5,000)
o- 8th - Newgarden ($ 500)
o- 9th - Hinchcliffe ($ 1,000)
o- 10th - Jones ($ 8,000)
o- Fresh - Jones ($ 1,600)
o- Belt Challenge - Pagenaud ($ 600)
o- Manufacturer - Honda ($ 1,000)

Here's the earnings for each better:

Yannick: $ 1,100

o- Premium - Power ($ 0)
o- Regular - Newgarden ($ 500)
o- Alternative - Hildebrand ($ 0)
o- Fresh - Daly ($ 0)
o- Belt Challenge - Pagenaud ($ 600)
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet ($ 0)

NaBUru38: $ 2,100

o- Premium - Power ($ 0)
o- Regular - Newgarden ($ 500)
o- Alternative - Muñoz ($ 0)
o- Fresh - Pigot ($ 0)
o- Belt Challenge - Pagenaud ($ 600)
o- Manufacturer - Honda ($ 1,000)

DRT: $ 600

o- Premium - Power ($ 0)
o- Regular - Rossi ($ 0)
o- Alternative - Hildebrand ($ 0)
o- Fresh - Daly ($ 0)
o- Belt Challenge - Pagenaud ($ 600)
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet ($ 0)

Richy: $ 22,100

o- Premium - Rahal ($ 0)
o- Regular - Newgarden ($ 500)
o- Alternative - Bourdais ($ 20,000)
o- Fresh - Chilton ($ 0)
o- Belt Challenge - Pagenaud ($ 600)
o- Manufacturer - Honda ($ 1,000)

Results of round 1 St Pete:

1st - Richy: $ 22,100
2nd - NaBUru38: $ 2,100
3rd - Yannick: $ 1,100
4th - DRT: $ 600

Congratulations to richy01908! With just three appearances, he got a big check, equivalent to a sixth of the 2016 Bet 'Em IndyContest winner.

Round 2 Long Beach is in early April. Have fun!