2010 Forum "Pick 'Em" Contest - Sao Paulo

[Tim Northcutt]

It's Baaaack!!!!

Time again to test your skills in the annual Ten-Tenths IRL "Pick 'Em" Contest!

As you'll see below, I will make you think...This isn't a "Pole Winner" and "Pick Five" gig...

Give it a shot...People who have done it in the past have enjoyed it.

2010 Sao Paulo Indy 300 “Pick ‘em” Contest
Sao Paulo Streets – Sun. March 14

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Saturday, March 13, at 1 p.m. (GMT). That is 9 a.m. in Sao Paulo, when the IRL's 1st Practice Session Begins!

WAIT Until an Official Entry List is Posted…It’ll Affect Your Picks if You Miss Someone and it Causes Me To Do A Lot of Edits To Your Picks!!!

Only 22 drivers have been named this far, but according to the IRL, there will be 24 competitors there...Coyne is expected to name a second driver next week.

PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline

-- The IRL’s first race in Brazil on the 2.6 mi. 11-turn street course in Sao Paulo. Qualifying will feature three progressive qualifying sessions to select the “Firestone Fast Six,” who will all go back out together to run for 10 minutes to try to improve their speeds to determine the pole.

The event is 75 laps and 195 miles

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:

3.The Driver With The Fastest Single Lap in Any Session (2 pts.)

4. The Speed of that Fast Lap in Any Session (2 pts.)

NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, add 2 "Bonus Points"

Same Applies for Picking #3 and #4 Correctly/Closest

5. 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.

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)

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

NOTE: This driver may not be the last car on the grid!! I'm looking for "Slowest Driver" and "Slow Speed"

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2010 Sao Paulo 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):

15 laps:

30 laps:

45 laps:

60 laps:

75 laps:

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

FYI: If your "1st Out" pick is not "1st Out," but does end up with a "DNF," you'll get 1 pt.

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!!!

[NAC]

Love it - I'm back this year

[instant classic]

nice to see it back again, not sure if i will join the pick'em this year i get busy with my music tour it's hard to be online much, if not good luck to some of you, and NAC your my pick to win the whole thing

[NaBUru38]

Ouch, that's long. I'd do the whole prediction, but I'd welcome a shorter chart.

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. Pole Winner: Justin Wilson (2 pts)
2. Pole winner’s fast lap speed 111.111 (2 pts.)
3. Driver With The Fastest Single Lap in Any Session Justin Wilson (2 pts.)
4. Speed of that Fast Lap in Any Session 111.111 (2 pts.)

5. "First Three Rows": (2 pts for each Driver in correct spot, 1 pt. For correct Driver, but wrong spot)
1. Justin Wilson
2. Hélio Castrneves
3. Scott Dixon
4. Will Power
5. Dan Wheldon
6. Tony Kanaan

6. Slowest Qualifier: Milka Duno (2 pts.)
7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed 99.999 (2 pts.)
8. Driver who will “Just Miss” the Top Three Rows (7th Fastest): Dario Franchitti – 2 pts.

RACE PICKS:

1. 2010 Sao Paulo Indy 300 Winner: Hélio Castroneves (2 pts.)
2. Top Five Finishers: (2 pts for every Driver and Place Correct, 1 pt. for Top 5, but incorrect place)
1. Hélio Castroneves
2. Will Power
3. Justin Wilson
4. Dario Franchitti
5. Scott Dixon

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race: Will Power (2 pts.)
4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap:101.010 (2 pts)

5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each):
15 laps: Will Power
30 laps: Hélio Castroneves
45 laps: Will Power
60 laps: Dario Franchitti
75 laps: Hélio Castroneves

4. First car out of Race: Mario Romancini (2 pts., 1 pt. if DNF)
5. Best "Mover": Simona de Silvestro (2 pts.)
6. "Backwards Fall from Grace": Hideki Mutoh (2 pts.)

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race": 88.888

[Tim Northcutt]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

Ouch, that's long. I'd do the whole prediction, but I'd welcome a shorter chart.

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. Pole Winner:

Justin Wilson (2 pts)

2. Pole winner’s fast lap speed (2 pts.)

111.111

3. Driver With The Fastest Single Lap in Any Session (2 pts.)

Justin Wilson

4. Speed of that Fast Lap in Any Session (2 pts.)

111.111

5. "First Three Rows": (2 pts for each Driver in correct spot, 1 pt. For correct Driver, but wrong spot)
1. Justin Wilson
2. Hélio Castrneves
3. Scott Dixon
4. Will Power
5. Dan Wheldon
6. Tony Kanaan

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)

Milka Duno

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)

99.999

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

Dario Franchitti

RACE PICKS:

1. 2010 Sao Paulo Indy 300 Winner (2 pts.)

Hélio Castroneves

2. Top Five Finishers: (2 pts for every Driver and Place Correct, 1 pt. for Top 5, but incorrect place)
1. Hélio Castroneves
2. Will Power
3. Justin Wilson
4. Dario Franchitti
5. Scott Dixon

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race

Will Power

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts.)

101.010

5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each):
15 laps: Will Power

30 laps: Hélio Castroneves

45 laps: Will Power

60 laps: Dario Franchitti

75 laps: Hélio Castroneves

4. First car out of Race(2 pts., 1 pt. if DNF)

Mario Romancini

5. Best "Mover" (2 pts.)

Simona de Silvestro

6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" (2 pts.)

Hideki Mutoh

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race":


88.888

Milka Duno isn't even "officially" entered into the race,
NaBUru38...

She probably will be there, but it is much better to wait until the "OFFICIAL Entry List" comes out...

This type of contest makes you consider pit strategy (Milestones), how many yellow flags there might be (average race speed), and on courses where they have raced before, you have to look into how fast the track is, who has a history of runnign well there from past seasons, etc.

This isn't long...once you get the feel for it, you can do it fairly quickly and you'll get good at it.

[marcostraz]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. Pole Winner: Dario Franchitti (2 pts)
2. Pole winner’s fast lap speed: 111.487 (2 pts.)
3. Driver With The Fastest Single Lap in Any Session: Ryan Briscoe (2 pts.)
4. Speed of that Fast Lap in Any Session: 111.625 (2 pts.)

5. "First Three Rows": (2 pts for each Driver in correct spot, 1 pt. For correct Driver, but wrong spot)
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Ryan Briscoe
3. Scott Dixon
4. Will Power
5. Justin Wilson
6. Tony Kanaan

6. Slowest Qualifier: Milka Duno (2 pts.)
7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed 106.849 (2 pts.)
8. Driver who will “Just Miss” the Top Three Rows (7th Fastest): Helio Castroneves – 2 pts.

RACE PICKS:

1. 2010 Sao Paulo Indy 300 Winner: Ryan Briscoe (2 pts.)
2. Top Five Finishers: (2 pts for every Driver and Place Correct, 1 pt. for Top 5, but incorrect place)
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Scott Dixon
4. Will Power
5. Ryan Hunter-Reay

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race: Will Power (2 pts.)
4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap:108.388 (2 pts)

5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each):
15 laps: Dario Franchitti
30 laps: Dario Franchitti
45 laps: Ryan Briscoe
60 laps: Ryan Briscoe
75 laps: Ryan Briscoe

4. First car out of Race: Danica Patrick (2 pts., 1 pt. if DNF)
5. Best "Mover": Alex Tagliani (2 pts.)
6. "Backwards Fall from Grace": Marco Andretti (2 pts.)

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race": 97.563

[NAC]

Originally Posted by instant classic

nice to see it back again, not sure if i will join the pick'em this year i get busy with my music tour it's hard to be online much, if not good luck to some of you, and NAC your my pick to win the whole thing

Haha thanks for the vote of confidence instant but if I was you I wouldn't put money on it


NaBUru38 it does get easier

[instant classic]

Originally Posted by NAC

Haha thanks for the vote of confidence instant but if I was you I wouldn't put money on it


NaBUru38 it does get easier

LOL.. you sure i shouldn't put my money on it? last time i did i made a bet with an old friend, i said if Dario doesn't win the 2007 title i will shave my head. maybe i brought him luck
don't worry i will put a voodoo curses on everyone pick'ems my girlfriend Alice shes ugly enough to be a witch doctor this curse might work....omg don't tell her i made fun of her

[Yannick]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: Scott Dixon (2 pts)


2. The Pole winner’s fast lap speed 112.123 (2 pts.)

3.The Driver With The Fastest Single Lap in Any Session Helio Castroneves(2 pts.)

4. The Speed of that Fast Lap in Any Session 115.123(2 pts.)

NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, add 2 "Bonus Points"

Same Applies for Picking #3 and #4 Correctly/Closest

5. 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. Will Power

ROW TWO:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Marco Andretti

6. Slowest Qualifier Milka Duno(2 pts.)

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed 99.99(2 pts.)

NOTE: This driver may not be the last car on the grid!! I'm looking for "Slowest Driver" and "Slow Speed"

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2010 Sao Paulo 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. Will Power
4. Dan Wheldon
5. Tony Kanaan

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts) 100.010
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):

15 laps: Will Power

30 laps: Helio Castroneves

45 laps: Dan Wheldon

60 laps: Marco Andretti

75 laps: Dario Franchitti

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

FYI: If your "1st Out" pick is not "1st Out," but does end up with a "DNF," you'll get 1 pt.

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

6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (from highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.) Ernesto Viso a/k/a the 2nd KV car besides Sato-san

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 96.999

[Daisy]

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Will Power


2. The Pole winner’s fast lap speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 108.935

3.The Driver With The Fastest Single Lap in Any Session (2 pts.) Will Power

4. The Speed of that Fast Lap in Any Session (2 pts.) 109.352

NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, add 2 "Bonus Points"

Same Applies for Picking #3 and #4 Correctly/Closest

5. 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. Will Power
2. Ryan Briscoe

ROW TWO:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Justin Wilson

ROW THREE:
1. Helio Castrones
2. Tony Kanaan

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Milka Duno

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 98.937

NOTE: This driver may not be the last car on the grid!! I'm looking for "Slowest Driver" and "Slow Speed"

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2010 Sao Paulo Indy 300 Winner (2 pts.) Ryan Briscoe

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. Ryan Briscoe
2. Will Power
3. Takuma Sato
4. Justin Wilson
5. Dario Franchitti

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 108.020


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

15 laps: Will Power

30 laps: Dario Franchitti

45 laps: Will Power

60 laps: Ryan Briscoe

75 laps: Ryan Briscoe

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

FYI: If your "1st Out" pick is not "1st Out," but does end up with a "DNF," you'll get 1 pt.

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 100.005

[Alwaysfirst]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Will Power


2. The Pole winner’s fast lap speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 114.537

3.The Driver With The Fastest Single Lap in Any Session (2 pts.) Helio Castroneves

4. The Speed of that Fast Lap in Any Session (2 pts.) 114.736

NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, add 2 "Bonus Points"

Same Applies for Picking #3 and #4 Correctly/Closest

5. 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. Will Power
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW TWO:
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Takuma Sato

ROW THREE:
1. Justin Wilson
2. Dario Franchitti

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Milka Duno

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 104.253

NOTE: This driver may not be the last car on the grid!! I'm looking for "Slowest Driver" and "Slow Speed"

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2010 Sao Paulo Indy 300 Winner (2 pts.) Will Power

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. Will Power
2. Takuma Sato
3. Helio Castroneves
4. Justin Wilson
5. Ryan Briscoe

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: 112.963


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

15 laps: Will Power

30 laps: Helio Castroneves

45 laps:Ryan Briscoe

60 laps: Takuma Sato

75 laps: Will Power

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

FYI: If your "1st Out" pick is not "1st Out," but does end up with a "DNF," you'll get 1 pt.

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

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): 97.126

[Tim Northcutt]

New circuits like this are a crapshoot, because no one knows what the speeds will be for a fast lap or whatever...

At least with Barber there will be a ballpark based on testing speeds

[drewdawg727]

drewdawg is back!

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Ryan Briscoe


2. The Pole winner’s fast lap speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 104.012

3.The Driver With The Fastest Single Lap in Any Session (2 pts.) Will Power

4. The Speed of that Fast Lap in Any Session (2 pts.) 105.000

5. 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. Ryan Briscoe
2. Will Power

ROW TWO:
1. Justin Wilson
2. Scott Dixon

ROW THREE:
1. Mike Conway
2. Dario Franchitti

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Milka Duno

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 90.500

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2010 Sao Paulo Indy 300 Winner (2 pts.) Ryan Briscoe

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. Ryan Briscoe
2. Will Power
3. Scott Dixon
4. Dario Franchitti
5. Justin Wilson

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 100.163


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

15 laps: Ryan Briscoe

30 laps: Will Power

45 laps: Ryan Briscoe

60 laps: Ryan Briscoe

75 laps: Ryan Briscoe

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

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 75.167

[NAC]

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: 108.248

3.The Driver With The Fastest Single Lap in Any Session (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Speed of that Fast Lap in Any Session (2 pts.) 108.555

NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, add 2 "Bonus Points"

Same Applies for Picking #3 and #4 Correctly/Closest

5. 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. Will Power
2. Ryan Briscoe


ROW THREE:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Hideki Mutoh

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Ana Beatriz

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 101.555

NOTE: This driver may not be the last car on the grid!! I'm looking for "Slowest Driver" and "Slow Speed"

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2010 Sao Paulo Indy 300 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. Ryan Briscoe
4. Will Power
5. Helio Castroneves

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: 107.555


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

15 laps: Scott Dixon

30 laps: Scott Dixon

45 laps: Scott Dixon

60 laps: Scott Dixon

75 laps: Scott Dixon

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

FYI: If your "1st Out" pick is not "1st Out," but does end up with a "DNF," you'll get 1 pt.

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 91.555

[NAC]

Will be very intresting post race to find out where we got our speeds from.

Roll on Race 1

[Tim Northcutt]

Contest is closed...

The IRL's Live Timing & Scoring system doesn't show speeds this year, so I'm going to probably have to wait for the PDFs to get the speeds from each session (sigh)

Why do they have to change their damn system every year?

[Tim Northcutt]

Not to worry...

They list the speeds in the Session results section of the site for each event.

Whew!!!

As a backup, a guy over at Trackforum gave me a link to a time, speed and distance calculator link.

Pretty cool

[JagtechOhio]

Winners:

Brazilian concrete
Dallara's spares department
Anyone that gets home with one intact chassis

[Tim Northcutt]

Originally Posted by JagtechOhio

Winners:

Brazilian concrete
Dallara's spares department
Anyone that gets home with one intact chassis

Yep...

I do hope that they can square things away...Quals may be postponed until tomorrow a.m. so they can grind the concrete and get bumps out of corners.

[JagtechOhio]

From Curt Cavin, on site:

[curtcavin] Qualifying postponed to 8:30 a.m. Sunday local time amid problems with the concrete portion. There will be grinding after this practice.

[Tim Northcutt]

Originally Posted by JagtechOhio

From Curt Cavin, on site:

[curtcavin] Qualifying postponed to 8:30 a.m. Sunday local time amid problems with the concrete portion. There will be grinding after this practice.

On the Versus telecast, Barnhart said they were flying equipment in to do it that should have arrived about 2 hours ago...tough sledding for sure

[Tim Northcutt]

I had to wait for the PDFs on the IndyCar site to come up in order to get your results together that would have the correct stats for the sessions.

Here are your Quals results...race results will come tonight...

On the Pole Winner, marcostraz got 2 pts for Dario

The Closest pole Speed was dewdawg: Actual-104.058 drew-104.012 (nice pick on a new course!)

Fast Qual Lap driver earned Daisy and drewdawg 2 pts each...Power was the quick one in all sessions

drew was also closest to the fast speed: Actual-104.335 drew-105.000

He got two points for each plude the "Bonuse 2 pts." for getting both correct!

In the "Top Three Rows," marcostraz had 6 pts with two correct; naBU, Daisy and drew had 4 pts. each; Always first had 3 pts. and NAC had 2 pts. naBU, marcostraz and Daisy also picked TK in the correct spot.

Everyone but NAC had Duno for the slow qualifier...I would have given 1 pt. for Moraes, since he didn't set a time (I'm generous), but no one picked him

Daisy was closest to the Slow Speed: Actual-95.094 Daisy-98.937

On the "Just Miss," Alwaysfirst had Dixon for 2 pts. and naBU, Yannick, drew and NAC all got 1 pt. each for picking a driver in the Top Six for this selection.

Results after Quals as I await the IRL's official race stat sheets:

1. Drewdawg - 15 pts.
2. marcostraz - 10 pts.
3. Daisy - 8 pts.
4. Alwaysfirst - 7 pts.
(tie) naBU - 7 pts.
6. Yannick - 6 pts.
7. NAC - 3 pts.

As Notes, I'll post final results for the weekend later this evening, once the IRL publishes its official results.

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are your race results:

Alwaysfirst had Will Power for the win for 2 pts.

in the "Top Five," marcostraz, Yannick and Alwaysfirst had 2 pts. each and all others had 1 pt..(no one picked Meira or Matos)

naBUru38, marcostraz Daisy & drew all had Power for the Fast Lap for 2 pts.

Drew was also closest to the speed: Actual-103.523 drew-100.163

Since he picked both, he also got the 2 pt. "Bonus" (which he hit twice in the contest this weekend!)

in "Milestones," marcostraz and Alwaysfirst got 2 pts each...tough one to score this time around, since no one could figure fuel windows, etc.

On 1st Out, no one had Moraes, but naBUru38, Daisy, and NAC all picked drivers who had DNFs for 1 pt. each

No one had Meira or Wheldon for the "Mover" (both climbed 13 spots)

No one had Tagliani for the "Fall" (dropped 19 spots)

drew also was closest to the to the avg. speed: Actual-76.733 drew-75.167

Results of Sao Paulo "Pick 'Em" Contest:



NOTE: For Indy I do a "Pole" contest with a separate "Race" contest, so we'll have 18 events this year.

Season Totals After 1 of 18 Events:

1. drewdawg - 23 pts. (1 win)
2. marcostraz - 14 pts.
3. Alwaysfirst - 13 pts.
4. Daisy - 12 pts.
5. naBuru38 - 9 pts
6. NAC - 7 pts.
(tie) Yannick - 7 pts.

Contest results By Event:

Sao Paulo - drewdawg
St. Pete - ?????
Long Beach - ?????
Kansas - ?????
Indy Pole -?????
Indy Race - ?????

Solid win, drewdawg!!! Bonuses really gave you a good kick, and your speed choices were very good...gave you the points you needed.

To all others:

It is a LONG season...everyone will have ups and downs...be glad that drew's total was the first race, because there are lots of events where you can pick up points...You're still in it...

I had people who were down by 20-30 points in past contests early who got hot mid-late season and challenged for the win!

Keep Playing!

I'll post St. Pete at the end of this week.

I look forward to seeing all of you at the next one.

Good Luck next time, and congrats to all...This is for fun!

[drewdawg727]

Off to a great start! Eat my dust! haha

[Daisy]

Well done drew! I'm not that unhappy with my score, not bad after being out for a year.