2017 Bet 'Em IndyContest - round 15 Gateway

[NaBUru38]

Hi, folks! Welcome to round 14 of the 2017 Bet 'Em IndyContest. IndyCar is back Gateway for the first time since 2013. Be it an oversized New Hampshire or a shrunk Homestead, the new pavement makes it unpredictable.

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 - Power vs Newgarden ($ 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 Pocono are:

o- 3x: Newgarden, Power, Castroneves.
o- 6x: Dixon, Pagenaud, Rahal.
o- 10x: Hunter-Reay, Kanaan, Rossi.
o- 20x: Hinchcliffe, Sato, Muñoz.
o- 30x: Carpenter, Hildebrand.
o- 50x: Andretti, Kimball, Chilton (A), Jones (A).
o- 100x: Aleshin, Daly (A), Harvey (A).

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

Yo may place your bets after qualifying. Good luck!

[Yannick]

o- Premium - Helio Castroneves
o- Regular - Josef Newgarden
o- Alternative - Ed Carpenter
o- Fresh - Max Chilton
o- Belt Challenge - Will Power
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet

[NaBUru38]

My bets:

o- Premium - Dixon
o- Regular - Kanaan
o- Alternative - Hildebrand
o- Fresh - Chilton
o- Belt Challenge - Newgarden
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet

[NaBUru38]

So, these are the results of the 2017 Gateway 500:

o- 1st - Newgarden ($ 3,000)
o- 2nd - Dixon ($ 3,600)
o- 3rd - Pagenaud ($ 2,400)
o- 4th - Castroneves ($ 900)
o- 5th - Daly ($ 20,000)
o- 6th - Rossi ($ 1,000)
o- 7th - Kimball ($ 5,000)
o- 8th - Hinchcliffe ($ 2,000)
o- 9th - Muñoz ($ 2,000)
o- 10th - Bourdais ($ ???)
o- Fresh - Daly ($ 2,000)
o- Belt Challenge - Newgarden ($ 600)
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet ($ 600)

Yannick: $ 5,400

o- Premium - Castroneves ($ 1,800)
o- Regular - Newgarden ($ 3,000)
o- Alternative - Carpenter ($ 0)
o- Fresh - Chilton ($ 0)
o- Belt Challenge - Power ($ 0)
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet ($ 600)

NaBUru38: $ 8,400

o- Premium - Dixon ($ 7,200)
o- Regular - Kanaan ($ 0)
o- Alternative - Hildebrand ($ 0)
o- Fresh - Chilton ($ 0)
o- Belt Challenge - Newgarden ($ 600)
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet ($ 600)

Richy: $ 20,000

o- Premium - Hunter-Reay ($ 0)
o- Regular - Daly ($ 20,000)
o- Alternative - Chilton ($ 0)
o- Fresh - Gutiérrez ($ 0)
o- Belt Challenge - Power ($ 0)
o- Manufacturer - Honda ($ 0)

DRT: $ 3,600

o- Premium - Power ($ 0)
o- Regular - Rossi ($ 1,000)
o- Alternative - Hildebrand ($ 0)
o- Fresh - Daly ($ 2,000)
o- Belt Challenge - Pagenaud ($ 0)
o- Manufacturer - Chevrolet ($ 600)

Results of round 14 Gateway:

1st - Richy: $ 20,000
2nd - NaBUru38: $ 8,400
3rd - Yannick: $ 5,400
4th - DRT: $ 3,600

Congratulations to Richy, who cashed bigly with Daly's fifth place finish.

Standings after round 14:

1st - DRT: $ 164,200
2nd - Yannick: $ 158,460
3rd - NaBUru38: $ 116,600
4th - Richy: $ 109,100

Despite finishing last last weekend, DRT has climbed to the top of the season earnings.

Round 15 is next at Watkins Glen. Stay tuned!