Forum's "Pick 'Em" Contest - 2005 Kansas 300

[Tim Northcutt]

2005 Argent Mortgage Indy 300 “Pick ‘em” Contest
Kansas Speedway – Sun., July 3

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Friday, July 1, at 7 p.m. (GMT) or approx. Noon on Friday, July 1, in Kansas City…The first practice session for the teams begins on Saturday morning, but I prepare my score sheets at the office, so this will give me time to square them away before the Holiday weekend here in the USA.

PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline

--- The IRL returns to the high-speed 1.5 mile ovals again…this time, on the 15-degree-banked Tri-Oval at Kansas Speedway….one of the top racing venues for the fans, and the teams in North America (a great place to watch a race!)

The event is 300 miles and 200 laps

Last year, it produced the ultra-close finish between Buddy Rice and Vitor Meira (the closest finish of 2004?), and this race is always a shoot-out, with cars racing 2 and 3 wide…

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 2005 Argent Mortgage 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 Everyone!!!

[drdisque]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: Vitor Meira

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 212.985

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. Vitor Meira
2. Danica Patrick

ROW TWO:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Tomas Scheckter
2. Buddy Rice

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

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts) Vitor Meira

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

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


RACE PICKS:

1. The 2005 Argent Mortgage 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. Bryan Herta
3. Tony Kanaan
4. Dan Wheldon
5. Vitor Meira

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 211.478


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

50 laps: Danica Patrick

100 laps: Vitor Meira

150 laps: Bryan Herta

200 laps: Buddy Rice

4. First car out of Race: Darren Manning

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 162.755

[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: 212.500

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. Helio Castroneves
2. Tomas Scheckter

ROW THREE:
1. Bryan Herta
2. Danica Patrick

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Jimmy Kite

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 2005 Argent Mortgage 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. Tony Kannan
3. Helio Castroneves
4. Tomas Scheckter
5. Scott Sharp

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: 213.001


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

50 laps: Dan Wheldon

100 laps: Tony Kannan

150 laps: Helio Castroneves

200 laps: Dan Wheldon

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

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.) Danica Patrick

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 170.001

[marcus]

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:

211.115

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. Tont Kanaan
2. sam Hornish Jnr

ROW TWO:
1. Scott Sharp
2. dario Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Helio castroneves
2. tomas enge

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)

Ed Carpenter

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts)

Tony Kanaan

7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts)

Sam Hornish Jnr

8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.)

Tomas Enge

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2005 Argent Mortgage 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. Dario Franchitti
2. Helio Castroneves
3. dan wheldon
4. Tomas schekter
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:

212.345


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

50 laps: Tony Kanaan

100 laps: scott sharp

150 laps: dario franchitti

200 laps: dario franchitti

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

Alex barron

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

vitor meira

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

sam hornish jnr

TIEBREAKER:

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

180.444

[Flavinha]

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: 212.597

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. Tomas Scheckter

ROW TWO:
1. Sam Hornish Jr.
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW THREE:
1. Tomas Enge
2. Helio Castroneves

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.): Ed Carpenter

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 2005 Argent Mortgage 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. Sam Hornish Jr.
3. Dario Franchitti
4. Helio Castroneves
5. Tony Kanaan

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 213.679


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

50 laps: Sam Hornish Jr.

100 laps: Tomas Scheckter

150 laps: Dan Wheldon

200 laps: Dan Wheldon

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.): Ed Carpenter

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.): Scott Dixon

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 169.271

[drewdawg727]

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: 219.421

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. Sam Hornish, Jr.

ROW TWO:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Buddy Rice

ROW THREE:
1. Tomas Scheckter
2. Helio Castroneves

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

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts) Wheldon

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

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


RACE PICKS:

1. The 2005 Argent Mortgage Indy 300 winner (2 pts.) Tomas Scheckter

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. Tomas Scheckter
2. Dan Wheldon
3. Dario Franchitti
4. Tony Kanaan
5. Helio Castroneves

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 221.214


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

50 laps: Helio Castroneves

100 laps: Tony Kanaan

150 laps: Dan Wheldon

200 laps: Tomas Scheckter

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

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 199.321

[Tim Northcutt]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)
Tomas Scheckter

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:
213.796


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. Tomas Schekter
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW TWO:
1. Sam Hornish
2. Danica Patrick

ROW THREE:
1. Tomas Enge
2. Helio Castroneves

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)
Ed Carpenter

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

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

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2005 Argent Mortgage 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. Tony Kanaan
3. Sam Hornish
4. Scott Sharp
5. Helio Castroneves

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:
213. 901

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

50 laps: Helio Castroneves

100 laps: Tomas Scheckter

150 laps: Dan Wheldon

200 laps: Dan Wheldon

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.)
Scott Sharp

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth):
172.141

[jock25]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Vitor Meira

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 212.101mph

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. Vitor Meira
2. Tomas Enge

ROW TWO:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Tomas Scheckter

ROW THREE:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Helio Castroneves

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

6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts) Vitor Meira

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

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


RACE PICKS:

1. The 2005 Argent Mortgage 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. Dario Franchitti
2. Tomas Scheckter
3. Sam Hornish Jnr
4. Vitor Meira
5. Dan Wheldon

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: 214.750mph


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

50 laps: Meira

100 laps: Kanaan

150 laps: Scheckter

200 laps: Franchitti

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

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 165.001mph

[Tim Northcutt]

Contest for this Race is Closed!!!

Season Totals After Seven Races:

1. Tim N. - 122 pts.
2. Jock25 - 120 pts.
3. GP Racer - 100 pts.
4. Marcus - 86 pts.
5. Flavinha - 80 pts.
6. Drewdawg - 60 pts.
7. Luke - 58 pts.
8. stmookey - 51 pts.
9. Daisy - 44 pts.
10. DrDisque - 36 pts.
11. sgw2 - 15 pts.
12. trow - 12 pts.
13. Raven - 11 pts.


Good Luck to Everyone.....and Enjoy the Race on Sunday!!!

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are the results from Qualifying:

No on e had Danica on the Pole

Tim N. was closest to the Pole Speed: Actual - 214-668 Tim N. - 213.796

Of the "Top 3 Rows, Dr.Disque picked 5 of the 6 but none in the right spot for 5 pts.
Jock25 scored 4 with Schekter in the correct spot
Tim and Drewdawg had 3 pts. each

Jock25, Dr.Disque & Drewdawg had Aj IV as the slowest car

No one had Danica as the top Honda

No one Had Manning as the top Toyota

All but Jock 25 and Marcus had Scheckter as the top Chevy

Totals thus far:

1. Dr.Disque - 9 pts.
2. Tim N. - 7 pts
(tie) Drewdawg - 7 pts.
4. Jock25 - 6 pts.
5. GP Racer - 5 pts.
6. Flavinha - 4 pts.
7. Marcus - 1 pt.

Boy..we all sucked...let's hope our race picks are better

[drewdawg727]

Not off to a bad start...
Well, at least in my case

[Tim Northcutt]

You finished even stronger, Drewdawg....

Here are your results:

No on had Kanaan to win

In the "Top Five," Drewdawg picked four of them, with Wheldon in 2nd for 5 pts.
Marcus & Jock 25 had 4 of the 5, but none in order for 4 pts each
GP Racer and Flavinha had 3 pts each

No one had Briscoe for the fast lap

Flavinha was closest to the speed: Actual - 231.398 Flavinha - 213.672

In the Milestones, Tin, Drewdawg and Flavinha had Wheldon leading at lap 150

No one had Scheckter at 50, Wheldon at 100 or Kanaan at 200

DrDisque had Wheldon as the "Mover" - 13th to 2nd

Drewdawg and Flavinha had dixon as the Fall: 7th to 18th

No one had Yasukawa as the 1st out

Marcus was closest tothe Avg. Speed: Marcus - 180.444 Actual - 180.504

Totals for the Kansas Contest:

1. Drewdawg - 16 pts.
2. Dr.Disque - 14 pts.
3. Flavinha - 13 pts.
4. Tim N. - 11 pts.
5. Jock25 - 10 pts.
6. GP Racer - 8 pts.
7. Marcus - 7 pts.

[Tim Northcutt]

Season Totals After Eight Races:

1. Tim N. - 133 pts.
2. Jock25 - 130 pts.
3. GP Racer - 108 pts.
4. Marcus - 93 pts.
(Tie) Flavinha - 93 pts.
6. Drewdawg - 76 pts.
7. Luke - 58 pts.
8. stmookey - 51 pts.
9. DrDisque - 50 pts.
10. Daisy - 44 pts..
11. sgw2 - 15 pts.
12. trow - 12 pts.
13. Raven - 11 pts.


Next Race: Nashville on July 16th...a tough race track...concrete 1.3 mi. Oval....

Good Luck!!!

and Nice Job, Drewdawg!!!!!

[marcus]

oh dear god !!!!!!!!!!!!!

what the heck am I doing LOL , Ive hit the wall big time and Im sure its not the safer barrier


Tim I do have a question.

I got 1 point (yes go on count it 1) for qualifying , what did i get that for ?

[drewdawg727]

drinks for everyone!!!!!!

[Tim Northcutt]

Originally Posted by marcus

oh dear god !!!!!!!!!!!!!

what the heck am I doing LOL , Ive hit the wall big time and Im sure its not the safer barrier


Tim I do have a question.

I got 1 point (yes go on count it 1) for qualifying , what did i get that for ?

You selected Dario in the 4th spot on the grid, and he was 6th, on the outside of the 3rd Row...


To be honest, I felt pretty good about my picks as the race progressed....

Hornish was very competitive until he killed the car on a pit stop and Penske tried a gamble of pit strategy that did not pay off...

Soctt Sharp charged to 3rd and challenged Kanaan and Scheckter for position, but got sandwiched in a 3-wide and had to let off the throttle...fell to 12th, fought his way back up and just missed the Top 5....

and Wheldon ran a superb race....Tony just got a great run off 3 and 4 on that last lap.....

Just shows you how competitive the Series is this year....

I feel that this year's contest is much harder to select than last year's, because there are so many fast and strong teams....

[marcus]

Cheers Tim