2017 Bet 'Em IndyContest - round 2 Long Beach

[NaBUru38]

Hi, folks! Welcome to round 2 of the 2017 Bet 'Em IndyContest.

Long Beach can be a hard place to overtake, but chaos will make sure that sure bets are off the table.

Please pick 5 different drivers and a manufacturer.

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 Bourdais ($ 200)
o- Manufacturer - Race winner ($ 200)

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

The stakes for Long Beach are:

o- 3x: Pagenaud, Power, Dixon.
o- 5x: Castroneves, Newgarden, Hunter-Reay.
o- 10x: Hinchcliffe, Kanaan, Rahal, Bourdais.
o- 20x: Kimball, Muñoz, Sato.
o- 40x: Rossi, Aleshin, Andretti, Hildebrand.
o- 80x: Daly (A), Chilton (A), Pigot (A), Jones (A).

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

Please place your bets before qualifying, or you will get only half the stakes. Good luck!

[richy01908]

Hi, sticking with same as round 1:
o- Premium - Rahal
o- Regular - Newgarden
o- Alternative - Bourdais
o- Fresh - Chilton
o- Belt Challenge - Pagenaud
o- Manufacturer - Honda
Thanks

[richy01908]

Oops, just seen Bourdais now 10x,
Revised predictions:
o- Premium - Rahal
o- Regular - Newgarden
o- Alternative - Andretti
o- Fresh - Chilton
o- Belt Challenge - Pagenaud
o- Manufacturer - Honda

Thanks, Rich

[NaBUru38]

As a new rule, previous bets will be carried over automatically for the next weekend, and of course you may place new bets as usual. If for some reason any carried bet is invalid, I will change or cancel it at discretion.

My bets:

o- Premium - Power
o- Regular - Rahal
o- Alternative - Muñoz
o- Fresh - Chilton
o- Belt Challenge - Bourdais
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet

[Yannick]

o- Premium - Josef Newgarden
o- Regular - Scott Dixon
o- Alternative - Alexander Rossi
o- Fresh - Ed Jones
o- Belt Challenge - Simon Pagenaud
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet

[NaBUru38]

Hurry up, folks!

[NaBUru38]

So, these are the results of the 2017 Grand Prix of Long Beach:


o- 1st - Hinchcliffe ($ 10,000)
o- 2nd - Bourdais ($ 6,000)
o- 3rd - Newgarden ($ 2,000)
o- 4th - Dixon ($ 900)
o- 5th - Pagenaud ($ 600)
o- 6th - Jones ($ 800)
o- 7th - Muñoz ($ 2,000)
o- 8th - Pigot ($ 800)
o- 9th - Castroneves ($ 500)
o- 10th - Rahal ($ 1,000)
o- Fresh - Jones ($ 160)
o- Belt Challenge - Bourdais ($ 2,000)
o- Manufacturer - Honda ($ 600)

Here's the earnings for each better:

Richy: 2,600

o- Premium - Rahal ($ 0)
o- Regular - Newgarden ($ 2,000)
o- Alternative - Andretti ($ 0)
o- Fresh - Chilton ($ 0)
o- Belt Challenge - Pagenaud ($ 0)
o- Manufacturer - Honda ($ 600)

NaBUru38: $ 5,000

o- Premium - Power ($ 0)
o- Regular - Rahal ($ 1,000)
o- Alternative - Muñoz ($ 2,000)
o- Fresh - Chilton ($ 0)
o- Belt Challenge - Bourdais ($ 2,000)
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet ($ 0)

Yannick: $ 5,060

o- Premium - Newgarden ($ 4,000)
o- Regular - Dixon ($ 900)
o- Alternative - Rossi ($ 0)
o- Fresh - Jones ($ 160)
o- Belt Challenge - Pagenaud ($ 0)
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet ($ 0)

DRT: $ 0

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

Results of round 2 Long Beach:

1st - Yannick: $ 5,060
2nd - NaBUru38: $ 5,000
3rd - Richy: 2,600
4th - DRT: $ 0

Congratulations to Yannick, who bet big on Newgarden and beat me by the tiniest margin I remember in the IndyContest.

Round 3 is next in two weeks at the Barber country club in Alabama. Have fun!