Forum's Pick 'Em Contest -- Chicagoland

[Tim Northcutt]

Delphi Indy 300 “Pick ‘em” Contest
Chicagoland Speedway– Sept. 12

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Friday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. (GMT) or approx. Noon in Chicago…this will be the first practice session

PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline

--- Back to the high banks for the Series, at Chicagoland Speedway, where some of the closest finishes in IRL history have taken place….18 degree banks with multiple racing lines make this one of the most exciting…and unpredictable races on the schedule

The race is 200 laps, and 300 miles long

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. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts)

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts)

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.)


RACE PICKS:

1. The 2004 Delphi Indy 300 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:

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 to all....I think we're going to need it when it comes to making correct selections...this race is always a wide open shootout.

[drewdawg727]

Delphi Indy 300 “Pick ‘em” Contest
Chicagoland Speedway– Sept. 12

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Kanaan

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.) 188.533
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. Kanaan
2. Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. Rice
2. Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Castroneves
2. Hornish

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Takagi

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts) Kanaan

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts) Castroneves

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.) mmm...Scheckter


RACE PICKS:

1. The 2004 Delphi Indy 300 Winner (2 pts.) 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. Kanaan
2. Wheldon
3. Rice
4. Franchitti
5. Fernandez

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.) Wheldon

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 184.332


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

50 laps: Kanaan

100 laps: Wheldon

150 laps: Kanaan

200 Laps: Kanaan

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Carrrrrpenter

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 176.433

[Tim Northcutt]

Here they go....Let's see if I can recover from the bad outings the last two races...

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)

Buddy Rice

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)

216.038

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. Buddy Rice
2. Kanaan

ROW TWO:
1. Fernandez
2. Hornish

ROW THREE:
1. Franchitti
2. Castroneves

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)

Tora Takagi (with Sharp a very close 2nd)

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts)

Buddy Rice

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts)

Sam Hornish

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.)

Tomas Scheckter

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2004 Delphi Indy 300 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. Franchitti
2. Rice
3. Kanaan
4. Wheldon
5. Fernandez

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.)

Vitor Meira

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

216.517

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

50 laps: Rice

100 laps: Rice

150 laps: Kanaan

200 Laps: Franchitti

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

Scott Sharp

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.)

Townsend Bell

TIEBREAKER:

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

178.548


I don't have a lot of confidence in these picks....but I'm VERY BUSY later in the week, and I won't have time to do them on Thursday or Friday....

(fingers crossed!!!!)

[GP Racer]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Dan Wheldon

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 212.999

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. Dan Wheldon
2. Tony Kannan

ROW TWO:
1. Buddy Rice
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Adrian Fernandez

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Scott Sharp

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts) Dan Wheldon

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts) Helio Castroneves

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.) T Bell


RACE PICKS:

1. The 2004 Delphi Indy 300 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. Adrian Fernandez
3. Vitor Meira
4. Buddy Rice
5. Tony Kannan

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.) Vitor Meira

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.999


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: Vitor Meira

200 Laps: Dan Wheldon

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Tora Takagi

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 180.001

[marcus]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)

Dan Wheldon

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

213,444

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. Dan Wheldon
2. Tony Kanaan

ROW TWO:
1. Vitor Meira
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Adrian Fernandez
2. Buddy Rice

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)

Ed Carpenter

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts)

Dan Wheldon

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts)

Helio Castroneves

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.)

Tomas Scheckter


RACE PICKS:

1. The 2004 Delphi Indy 300 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. Adrian Fernandez
3. Dario Franchitti
4. Vitor Meira
5. Buddy Rice

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:

215.000


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

50 laps: Dan Wheldon

100 laps: Buddy Rice

150 laps: Tony kanaan

200 Laps: Tony Kanaan

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

Felipe Giaffone

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

Helio Castroneves

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

Dario Franchitti

TIEBREAKER:

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

194.444

[Flavinha]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts): Tony Kanaan

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 216.027

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. Tony Kanaan
2. Vitor Meira

ROW TWO:
1. Buddy Rice
2. Sam Hornish Jr.

ROW THREE:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Dan Wheldon

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.): Tora Takagi

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts): Tony Kanaan

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts): Sam Hornish Jr.

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.): Tomas Scheckter


RACE PICKS:

1. The 2004 Delphi Indy 300 Winner (2 pts.): Buddy Rice

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. Buddy Rice
2. Tony Kanaan
3. Vitor Meira
4. Dario Franchitti
5. Adrian Fernandez

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.): Vitor Meira

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 216.792


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: Buddy Rice

200 Laps: Buddy Rice

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.): Tora Takagi

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

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): 179.359

[Down F0rce]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)
Tony Kanaan

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:
214.663

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. Kanaan
2. Rice

ROW TWO:
1. Wheldon
2. Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1.Herta
2. Scheckter

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

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts)
Kanaan

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts)
Castroneves

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.)
Scheckter


RACE PICKS:

1. The 2004 Delphi Indy 300 Winner (2 pts.)

Rice

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. Rice
2. Wheldon
3. Franchitti
4. Kanaan
5. Meria

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.)
Meria

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

217.511

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

50 laps: Rice

100 laps: Kanaan

150 laps: Kanaan

200 Laps: Rice

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.)
Bell

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

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

210.558

[Tim Northcutt]

Practice has begun at Chicagoland, so the deadline for your Picks has passed...

Sorry if you didn't get in this time...

[sgw2]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

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: 187.777

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. Tony Kanaan

ROW TWO:
1. Danny Wheldon
2. Buddy Rice

ROW THREE:
1. Tomas Scheckter
2. Sam Hornish Jr.

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Tora Takagi

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts) Dario Franchitti

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts) Sam Hornish Jr.

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.) Tomas Scheckter


RACE PICKS:

1. The 2004 Delphi Indy 300 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. Buddy Rice
3. Danny Wheldon
4. Sam Hornish
5. Adrian Fernandez

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.) Vitor Meira

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 186.888


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

50 laps: Dario Franchitti

100 laps: Buddy Rice

150 laps: Adrian Fernandez

200 Laps: Tony Kanaan

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.) Townsend Bell

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 151.454

[Tim Northcutt]

My apologies to all for the post that incorrectly closed the Pick 'Ems
before the deadline that I had posted at the beginning of the thread....

You're in and entered, sqw2....


GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are the results:

No one Had Helio on the Pole and no one had AJ IV in the top six....

But many of us picked well in the top three rows..GP Racer had 5 of the 6 with three in the correct spots to have the best resiult in that category...

Down F0rce was closets to the Pole speed..missed it by less than 2 tenths of an mph.

Tim Drewdawg and sqw2 all had Tora as the slowest, and no one picked schedkter but I would have counted him, too...

GP, Down F0rce and drewdawg had 2 of the three top engine qualifiers....

GP also had 4 of the top five for the race, but none in the correct spots...Tim picked Kanaan and Wheldon in the right spots plus Fernandez in the top five for the most pointe sin that section.

Five of us had Meira for the fastest lap and Down F0rce was closets to the speed (missed that boy onely 2 tenths as well...)

GP picked the most mielstone leaders...wheldon at 50 and 100 miles

Down F)rce had Bell as 1st car out

GP and Marcus had Franchiit at the "Fall from grace" (4th-17th)

No One had Giaffone as the Best Mover (18th to 8th)

sqw2 was closest to the race speed of 163 mph...

Points for the weekend

1. GP Racer --24
2. Down F0rce -- 20
3. Drewdawg -- 18
4. sqw2 --16
5. Tim -- 15
(tie) Marcus --15
7. Flavinha --14

Totals for the Season:

1. Tim N. -- 169 pts.
2. GP Racer -- 150 pts.
3. Marcus -- 149 pts.
4. Down F0rce -- 148 pts.
5. Flavinha -- 121 pts.
6. sqw2 -- 84 pts
7. Drewdawg727 -- 65 pts.
8. stmookeyj033 -- 36 pts.
9. Seven grain -- 31 pts.
10. Bob Reibe -- 19 pts.
11. gert -- 16 points
12. rustyfan -- 15 points
13. Refutation -- 9 pts.
14. sile -- 6 points
15.dr. disque -- 1 point

Congrats GP and Down F0rce...great picks!!!!

Next race: Fontana on Oct. 3...

Good Luck!!!!

[marcus]

hmmmmmmmm , not a very good weekend , I didnt do so well , but im still in there with a shout , so Im hoping for better luck at the next one

[Tim Northcutt]

The only thing that is saving me right now is that GP Racer, Down Force and Marcus are racing 3-wide to catch me and the aero drag from side-by-side racing is keeping them from making up big, BIG chinks of ground....

GP and Down Force both picked up point margins on me, but in the overall totals I only surrendered one point from my lead...

I'm really looking over my shoulder now.....

Let's see what happens at Fontana in two weeks...

[GP Racer]

Now thats the race I've been waiting for fellas!

Now look, the only way we're going to catch Tim, is if DF and marcus get in line, behind me of course, and start drafting. This way, I can pick up the speed that I need to sling shot past Tim, and win this damn thing! Afterall, you guys do want to see ME win this thing, don't you? :confused:

Now cmon on guys, lets get some clean air!

[drewdawg727]

we just don't want to have GP and Tim to get side by side, crash and send GP into the wall as well as DF from the lack of clean air..

(referring to meira, lazier, scheckter crash)

i did eh on this race

[marcus]

yes we do , because that would allow me to sail straight on through to victory Lane.

I like the way your mind works Drewdawg

[Tim Northcutt]

Based on the results of the last two races, I'm doing a pretty good job of crashing and burning all by myself....

without taking anyone else out....or getting taken out by others....

I have a feeling that our "Pick 'Em's" Championship will DEFINITELY go to the final race weekend at Texas.....

Especially now that GP Racer, Marcus and Down F0rce all are close together as a pack....

any points I surrender at Fontana will close the gap considerably between me and the rest of you before the Texas race....

I could be holding on by my fingernails by the season finale....


BTW....you also had a vey good weekend, Drewdawg....nice picks!!!

[drewdawg727]

i did? lol
last weekend with the AGR 1-2-3 was better