2006 Forum Pick 'Em Contest - Texas

Tim Northcutt · 5 Jun 2006, 14:50 (Ref:1627635)

2006 Bombardier 300 “Pick ‘em” Contest
Texas Motor Speedway – Sat., June 10

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Thursday, June 8, at 8:30 p.m. (GMT)..That is approx. 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 8…That is the time for the first practice session in Texas

PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline

-- One of the fast and exciting events on the IRL’s season calendar, the high banks at Texas Motor Speedway have always led to fast, side-by-side action and exciting race finishes under the lights….

The event is 200 laps and 300 miles

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 Dallara Qualifier (2 pts)

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2006 Bombardier 300 Winner at Texas Motor Speedway (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):

OpenWheel4ever · 7 Jun 2006, 11:11 (Ref:1629154)

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Helio Castroneves

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

213.356

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. Helio Castroneves
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. Sam Hornish Jr
2. Scott Dixon

ROW THREE:
1. Scott Sharp
2. Tony Kanaan

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) PJ Chesson

6. Pick Top Dallara Qualifier (2 pts) Helio Castroneves

7. Pick Top Panoz Qualifier (2 pts) Danica Patrick

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2006 Bombardier 300 Winner at Texas Motor Speedway (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. Dan Wheldon
3. Helio Castroneves
4. Sam Hornish Jr
5. Dario Franchitti

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:

211.546

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

50 laps: Helio Castroneves

100 laps: Scott Dixon

150 laps: Tony Kanaan

200 laps: Tony Kanaan

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

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.) Scott Dixon

TIEBREAKER:

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

209.562

Tim Northcutt · 7 Jun 2006, 11:24 (Ref:1629164)

Change your "Slowest Qualifier," OpenWheel4Ever....

PJ Chesson is not entered at Texas...only 19 cars in the field...

Tim Northcutt · 7 Jun 2006, 14:03 (Ref:1629261)

I apologize to all....

There are no Panoz chassis in this race this week...

Rahal has switched to Dallaras for the ovals...

Thus, you do not need to enter a pick for the "Top Panoz Qualifier"

If the Mods would like to edit that out of the template, I would appreciate it.

I'll keep the "Top Dallara" in there for this event, but for future ovals, I will not include those pick items.

Thanks!

marcus · 7 Jun 2006, 23:04 (Ref:1629599)

Editted Tim

Alwaysfirst · 7 Jun 2006, 23:49 (Ref:1629617)

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Helio Castroneves

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:215.601

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. Helio Castroneves
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. Sam Hornish Jnr
2. Tony Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1. Tomas Scheckter
2. Marco Andretti

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Felipe Giaffone

6. Pick Top Dallara Qualifier (2 pts) Helio Castroneves

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2006 Bombardier 300 Winner at Texas Motor Speedway (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. Marco Andretti
3. Tomas Scheckter
4. Sam Hornish Jnr
5. Scott Dixon

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

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 213.953

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: Marco Andretti

200 laps: Dan Wheldon

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

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

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):194.201

drdisque · 8 Jun 2006, 05:28 (Ref:1629692)

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: Sam Hornish, jr.

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 214.389

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. Sam Hornish, jr.
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW THREE:
1. Vitor Meira
2. Scott Dixon

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.): Eddie Cheever

6. Pick Top Dallara Qualifier (2 pts): Sam Hornish, jr.

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2006 Bombardier 300 Winner at Texas Motor Speedway (2 pts.): Sam Hornish, Jr.

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. Sam Hornish, Jr.
2. Vitor Meira
3. Dan Wheldon
4. Scott Dixon
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: 212.804

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: Sam Hornish, Jr.

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.): Jeff Simmons

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 169.699

OpenWheel4ever · 8 Jun 2006, 09:13 (Ref:1629795)

Thanks Tim!

There are my new Texas picks:

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Helio Castroneves

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

213.356

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. Helio Castroneves
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. Sam Hornish Jr
2. Scott Dixon

ROW THREE:
1. Scott Sharp
2. Tony Kanaan

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Buddy Lazier

6. Pick Top Dallara Qualifier (2 pts) Helio Castroneves

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2006 Bombardier 300 Winner at Texas Motor Speedway (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. Dan Wheldon
3. Helio Castroneves
4. Sam Hornish Jr
5. Dario Franchitti

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:

211.546

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

50 laps: Helio Castroneves

100 laps: Scott Dixon

150 laps: Tony Kanaan

200 laps: Tony Kanaan

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

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.) Scott Dixon

TIEBREAKER:

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

209.562
__________________
Go Scott Sharp - Dan Wheldon & Scott Dixon

Drink The Milk!!

RIP Paul Dana

Flavinha · 8 Jun 2006, 13:48 (Ref:1629976)

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Sam Hornish Jr.

2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 214.972

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. Sam Hornish Jr.
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW TWO:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Dan Wheldon

ROW THREE:
1. Marco Andretti
2. Dario Franchitti

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.): Eddie Cheever Jr.

6. Pick Top Dallara Qualifier (2 pts): Sam Hornish Jr.

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2006 Bombardier 300 Winner at Texas Motor Speedway (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. Helio Castroneves
4. Dario Franchitti
5. Tony Kanaan

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: 212.374

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

50 laps: Sam Hornish Jr.

100 laps: Sam Hornish Jr.

150 laps: Dan Wheldon

200 laps: Dan Wheldon

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.): Jeff Simmons

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

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): 197.371

Tim Northcutt · 8 Jun 2006, 16:00 (Ref:1630058)

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)

Sam Hornish, Jr.

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

214.287

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. Sam Hornish
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW TWO:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Tony Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Dario Franchitti

5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)

Eddie Cheever

6. Pick Top Dallara Qualifier (2 pts)

Sam Hornish

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2006 Bombardier 300 Winner at Texas Motor Speedway (2 pts.)
Sam Hornish

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. Sam Hornish
2. Dan Wheldon
3. Helio Castroneves
4. Tony Kanaan
5. Vitor Meira

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:

214.144

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

50 laps: Sam Hornish

100 laps: Dan Wheldon

150 laps: Dan Wheldon

200 laps: Sam Hornish

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

Jeff Simmons

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

Marco Andretti

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

Danica Patrick

TIEBREAKER:
169.227

Tim Northcutt · 8 Jun 2006, 23:18 (Ref:1630287)

Contest has been closed for a few hours now....

You didn't enter, Marcus???

BTW...

Fo rthe ovals, I'm going to change up the last entry for points (from here onward) to make it the "Speed for the Slowest Qualifier" for the ovals ONLY, UNLESS A PANOZ WOULD BE ENTERED ON AN OVAL, since it seems as though only Dallaras will race on the ovals from now on.....

I don't think the person who picks the Pole winner should get 6 pts just because he/she picked one spot correctly....

As if you couldn't tell, I'm trying to make all of us follow what is going on in the Series, and I'm trying to make you think...thus the "Milestones" (looking at pit stops and yellows), the "mover" (Someone doing race set-up due to budget, or skills of the driver on a given circuit), and someone who may be a decent qualifier, but not necessarily strong in the race ("Fall from Grace"), given the circuit....

Picking a "Pole" contest and a "Top Five" contest is Chinese Checkers....

Playing my "Pick 'Em" contest is the "Star Trek Three-Dimensional Chess Game" that makes you earn it....at least it tries to be...and you can mke up points where you may have lost them in other areas by looking at the entire field and making choices...

If you have categories that you would like for me to add to this mix, I'll do it...

It is YOUR contest...not mine...I just set up the templates and keep score...

Who knows, though...someone may run a Panoz at Richmond, Milwaukee, or Nashville....so I want the flexibility....

Sorry for the small sermon....but I enjoy this...I hope you do, too, and I hope that it enhances your appreciation of the Series...as wel as your interest in what is going on throughout the field during a race...

Because that is why I REALLY do this...I love it...

Tim Northcutt · 9 Jun 2006, 02:01 (Ref:1630329)

Here ae your Qualifying Results:

Tim, DrDisque & Flavinha all picked Hornish for the Pole for 2 pts.

OpenWheel4Ever was Closeest to the Pole speed for 2 pts.

Always first and DrDisque had 7 pts in the top 6 with 5 of 6 and 2 correct...Tim & OpenWheel had 5 0f 6 with one correct for 6 pts., and Flavinha had 4 of 6 with one corect for 5 pts.

I counted Giaffone and Lazier for teh slowest and OpenWheel and AlwaysFirst both got 2 pts..

Tim, DrDisque & Flavinha all picked Hornish as Top Dallara for 2 pts.

(Now you see why I'm going to change this for Ovals if a Panoz will not compete....)

Totals after Qualifying:

1. DrDisque - 11 pts.
2. Tim - 10 pts.
(Tie) AlwaysFirst - 10 pts.
(tie) OpenWheel - 10 pts.
5. Flavinha - 8 pts.

Good Luck Saturday!!!

marcus · 9 Jun 2006, 06:36 (Ref:1630376)

OH GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Its a saturday race !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was about to make my pics now

Oh well another botched round by me

Alwaysfirst · 10 Jun 2006, 18:32 (Ref:1631266)

Wooooo!! Good start by me! Makes a change. Hopefully my luck will continue in the race!

OpenWheel4ever · 11 Jun 2006, 01:54 (Ref:1631428)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Northcutt

Sorry for the small sermon....but I enjoy this...I hope you do, too, and I hope that it enhances your appreciation of the Series...as wel as your interest in what is going on throughout the field during a race...

Because that is why I REALLY do this...I love it...

Yes, Tim

For my part, I really love to make my pics and see a race (unfortunately I watch IRL with Timing Live because I don't have a TV channel...

But I love the Series and I find so nice to have a Pick Em forum.

Great idea, Tim, so nice

Tim Northcutt · 11 Jun 2006, 13:47 (Ref:1631650)

Here are your race results:

No one picked helio to win it.

in the Top Five, DrDisque had 6 pts with 4 of 5 and 2 correct, AlwaysFirst and OpenWheel had 4 pts. with 3 of 5 and 1 correct, and Tim & Flavinha had 3 of 5 for 3 pts.

Dan Wheldon ran the fast lap of the race on the last lap of the race....OpenWheel scored 2 pts.

Tim was closest to Wheldon's fast speed, which was 214.202 for 2 pts.DrDisque and Tim noth scored 4 pts in the Milestones with Wheldon selections, and Flavinha scored 2 pts in that section.

No one had Buddy Lazier as 1st out

No one had Bryan Herta as the Mover - 18th to 11th

Four drivers all dropped 5 spots from their starting positions

ario Franchitti, Marco Andretti, Buddy Rice and Tomas Scheckter...DrDisque and Flavinha both earned 2 pts. in this section.

AlwaysFirst was closest to the Average Speed, which was the third fastest IRL average in history: 185.710

Texas Final Results:

1. DrDisque - 23 pts.
2. Tim - 19 pts
3. Alwaysfirst - 16 pts.
4. Flavinha - 15 pts.
5. OpenWheel - 14 pts.

Tim Northcutt · 11 Jun 2006, 13:52 (Ref:1631653)

Season Totals After 6 of 14 Races:

1. DrDisque -- 139 pts.
2. Tim - 134 pts.
3. Flavinha - 108 pts.
4. AlwaysFirst - 80 pts.
5. Drewdawg - 40 pts.
6. Marcus - 26 pts.
7. OpenWheel4Ever - 25 pts.
8. Stmookey - 13 pts.
9. knowlsey - 6 pts.

Next Stop...Richmond...Good Luck!!!

OpenWheel4ever · 11 Jun 2006, 16:59 (Ref:1631771)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Northcutt

Next Stop...Richmond...Good Luck!!!

Just a "CAUTION" for Marcus: It will be a Saturday race again. Don't miss your Picks!

marcus · 13 Jun 2006, 08:36 (Ref:1633224)

Cheers

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