2007 Forum "Pick 'Em" Contest - St. Pete

[Tim Northcutt]

2007 Honda Grand Prix of St. Pete “Pick ‘em” Contest
St. Petersburg, FL – Sunday, April 1, 2:30 p.m.

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Friday, March 30, at 3:30 p.m. (GMT)..That is approx. 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 30, in Florida

PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline

-- The IRL returns to the 1.8 mile, 14-turn circuit on the airport runway and streets for St. Petersburg for the second race of the 2007 season. This course is one of the best street tracks conceived and it provides excellent racing.

The event is 100 laps and 180 miles

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 Fast Lap 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. 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.

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)

6. 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 2007 Honda Grand Prix of St. Pete 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):

25 laps:

50 laps:

75 laps:

100 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):



GOOD LUCK!

[drewdawg727]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

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

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 102.551

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. Helio Castroneves
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW TWO:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Marco Andretti

ROW THREE:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Scott Dixon

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Sarah Fisher

6. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 95.415

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2007 Honda Grand Prix of St. Pete Winner (2 pts.) Dario Franchitti

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. Dario Franchitti
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Marco Andretti
4. Scott Dixon
5. Tony Kanaan

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: 101.461


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

25 laps: Dario Franchitti

50 laps: Dario Franchitti

75 laps: Dario Franchitti

100 laps: Dario Franchitti

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

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

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): 90.411

[Peno]

QUALIFYING PICKS
Pole Winner: Dan Wheldon

Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed: 100.103

Row One
1-Dan Wheldon
2-Tony Kanaan

Row Two
3-Scott Dixon
4-Marco Andretti

Row Three
5-Dario Franchitti
6-Helio Castroneves

Slowest Qualifier: Sarah Fisher

Slowest Qualifier's speed: 94.923

Driver Who will just miss out on first three rows-Sam Hornish Jr.

RACE PICKS
1. The 2007 Honda Grand Prix of St. Pete Winner-Scott Dixon

The Top 5
1-Scott Dixon
2-Dan Wheldon
3-Tony Kanaan
4-Helio Castroneves
5-Sam Hornish Jr.

Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race-Scott Dixon

The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap-99.761

Leader at the following Race Milestones
25 Laps-Dan Wheldon

50 Laps-Scott Dixon

75 Laps-Scott Dixon

100 Laps-Scott Dixon

First car out of Race-Tomas Scheckter

Best "Mover" of the Race-Darren Manning

"Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race-Marco Andretti


TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" -85.891

[Flavinha]

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: 101.371

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. Hélio Castroneves

ROW TWO:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Vitor Meira

ROW THREE:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Dario Franchitti

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.): Marty Roth

6. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 99.649

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2007 Honda Grand Prix of St. Pete 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. Scott Dixon
3. Hélio Castroneves
4. Tony Kanaan
5. Vitor Meira

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: 100.371


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

25 laps: Scott Dixon

50 laps: Scott Dixon

75 laps: Dan Wheldon

100 laps: Dan Wheldon

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.): Scott Sharp

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth):100.971

[Alwaysfirst]

Interesting Flavinha. Your fastest lap of the race is slower than your average race speed, as well as the fact that Marty Roth is not racing at St Pete!

[drdisque]

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Dario Franchitti

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 104.555

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. Dario Franchitti
2. Scott Dixon

ROW TWO:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW THREE:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Marco Andretti

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.): AJ Foyt IV

6. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 98.737

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2007 Honda Grand Prix of St. Pete 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. Scott Dixon
2. Dario Franchitti
3. Helio Castroneves
4. Tony Kanaan
5. Dan Wheldon

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: 102.750


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

25 laps: Dario Franchitti

50 laps: Dan Wheldon

75 laps: Scott Dixon

100 laps: Scott Dixon

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.): Sarah Fisher

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 77.777

[marcus]

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:

103.000


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. Dario Franchitti

ROW TWO:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW THREE:
1. Marco Andretti
2. Tony Kanaan

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)

Sarah Fisher

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

98.345

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

Tomas Scheckter

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2007 Honda Grand Prix of St. Pete 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. Dario Franchitti
3. Helio Castroneves
4. Tomas Scheckter
5. Tony Kanaan

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:

103.333


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

25 laps: Scott Dixon

50 laps: Helio Castroneves

75 laps: Scott Dixon

100 laps: Scott Dixon

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.)

Ed Carpenter

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):

95.222

[Tim Northcutt]

Contest is closed...GOOD LUCK!!!

[Tim Northcutt]

A little housekeeping, so I can do season totals on Sunday evening:

Final Results from Homestead:

1. drdisque - 29 pts.
2. Alwaysfirst - 24 pts.
3. Peno - 14 pts.
4. Flavinha - 13 pts.
5. drewdawg - 12 pts.
6. Marcus - 8 pts.

[Tim Northcutt]

Unfortunately, since kanaan banged the wall hard in the "Firestone Final Six" this afternoon, I can't do a "Quals" summary until I know whether or not AGR can repair the car...

I will tell you this....

Since Kanaan cannot be counted as the pole winner per IRL rules for the Fast 6, I cannot give points for that...the best he can start is 6th, and if the backup car is needed, I'll count Sarah and/or Tony as the slowest.

I have to count Tony's speed, because he had the fastest lap, so whoever is closest to that will get the two points.

Hornish or Scheckter will get the Just Miss, and I might just count both...after all, this is for fun, so the fate of the republic is not at stake and I want everyone to get asmany points as possible for the event...

I'll post the prelim results tomorrow, unless any of you have other ideas...

I'm easy when it comes to this, but I want to be sure that people get he proper points....

The "Just Missed" and 6th spots in particular are up for grabs right now, so I can't really determine how the pick add up.

Thanks for your understanding in this matter... I appreciate it.

[Tim Northcutt]

From the official IRL grid, it looks like Kanaan will start sixth, so here are your Qualifying Results:

Drewdawg picked Helio for the pole for 2 pts.

DrDisque was closest to the fastest speed: Actual 105.202 Dr's pick: 104.555

In th top ^Marcus & drewdawg had 6 pts, Peno & DrDisque had 5 each and Falvinha had 4 pts. No one picked manning for the top 3 rows, and drewdawg picked Helio correct, marcus picked Kanaan correct.

Drewdawg, peno & marcus all had Sarah Fisher as the slowest qualifier.

Marcus wasalso closest to the speed: Actual: 97.218 marcus: 98.345

In keeping with the contest rules that date back 3 years, marcus also gets two Bonus Points for getting both of those correct.

Drew & Peno both had Hornish as the "Just Miss, and Flavinha got 1 pt here, because she piced a driver who qualified in the top 6 for this selection.

Points Thus Far after Quals:

1. Marcus - 12 pts.
(tie) drewdawg - 12 pts.
3. Peno - 9 pts.
4. DrDisque - 7 pts.
5. Flavinha - 5 pts.

Sorry to see that you did not pick, Alwaysfirst....

Good Luck this afternoon.

If it turns out that Kanaan does have to go back in the filed, I will keep the points as they are, but will count any other changes, which I believe someone picked Scheckter as "Just Miss," and if anyone had Sam in the top Three Rows, you will get the points for him.

[drewdawg727]

Wow Marcus and I are on top! WTG, Marcus!

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are your results:

No one had Helio as the winner

drewdawg had all five, but not in proper places for 5 pts., all others had 4 pts, with Flavinha picking Dixon correctly and Pero picking Kanaan correctly.

No one had Marco Andretti with the fast lap

DrDisque was closest to teh fast lap speed: Actual - 102.914 Dr's pick: 102.750

Helio led at every milestone...only Marcus had him leading in one (at lap 50) for 2 pts.

No one had carpenter as 1st out

No one had Wheldon as the "Mover": 14th to 9th

DrDisque had manning as one of three "Fall From Grace" picks (5th-12th), but meira fell from 9th - 16th and matsuura fell from 10th -17th and would have been counted.

Drew also won the Average Speed: Actual - 89.116 Drew - 90.411

Final Points for St. Pete:
1. DrewDawg - 19 pts.
2. Marcus - 18 pts.
3. DrDisque - 15 pts.
4. Peno - 13 pts.
5. Flavinha - 9 pts.

[Tim Northcutt]

After two of 17 races, here are your season totals;

1. DrDisque - 44 pts.
2. drewdawg - 31 pts.
3. Peno - 27 pts.
4. marcus - 26 pts.
5. Alwaysfirst - 24 pts.
6. Flavinha - 22 pts.

Next race...Motegi....Good Luck!!!

[marcus]

wow a Much better round for me (well qualifying at least

[Alwaysfirst]

Damn! I missed it! I don't know how that happened! Oh well. There's always next race..................

[drewdawg727]

Wow, i'm at a place i don't normally find myself..