2011 Forum Pick 'Em Contest - Mid-Ohio

[Tim Northcutt]

2011 Honda Indy 200 “Pick ‘em” Contest
Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course – Sun., Aug. 7

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Friday, August 5, at 8:45 p.m. (GMT)..That is at 3:45 p.m. Friday in Ohio, when the first full practice session begins for all competitors.

PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline

-- The IRL returns to the 13-turn, 2.258 mile natural road course at Mid-Ohio, where the IRL and ALMS joint weekend draws huge crowds.

The race is 85 laps and 191.25 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 in the “Firestone Fast Six” Session (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. The Driver With the Single Fastest Lap from All Three sessions (2 pts.)

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed from Any Session(2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:

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:

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2011 Honda Indy 200 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):

20 laps:

40 laps:

60 laps:

80 laps:

85 laps:

6. Driver who will lead the most laps (2 pts.)

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

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

9. "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!

[marcostraz]

QUALIFYING PICKS:
1. The Pole Winner: Will Power

2. The Pole Winner’s fast lap in the “Firestone Fast Six” Session: 121.516

3. The Driver With the Single Fastest Lap from All Three sessions: Will Power

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed from Any Session: 121.745

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER Five drivers (in order) who will earn spots on the "First Three Rows":

ROW ONE:
1. Will Power
2. Ryan Briscoe

ROW TWO:
1. Oriol Servia
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Graham Rahal

6. Slowest Qualifier: Ana Beatriz

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed: 117.596

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2011 Honda Indy 200 Winner: Graham Rahal

2. The Top Five:
1. Graham Rahal
2. Will Power
3. Oriol Servia
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: 119,550

5. Leader at the following Race Milestones:

20 laps: Will Power

40 laps: Will Power

60 laps: Will Power

80 laps: Graham Rahal

85 laps: Graham Rahal

6. Driver who will lead the most laps: Will Power

7. First car out of Race: Ryan Hunter-Reay

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

9. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (from highest starting spot to worst finish): Takuma Sato

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 104.683

[Yannick]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Will Power
2. The Pole Winner’s fast lap in the “Firestone Fast Six” Session (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IndyCar Scoring does: 122.626

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fastest Lap from All Three sessions (2 pts.) Will Power

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed from Any Session(2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IndyCar Scoring does: 122.626

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. Scott Dixon
2. Alex Tagliani

ROW THREE:
1. Mike Conway
2. Dario Franchitti

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Ed Carpenter

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 117.888

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2011 Honda Indy 200 Winner (2 pts.) Graham Rahal

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. Graham Rahal
2. Alex Tagliani
3. Tony Kanaan
4. Dario Franchitti
5. Danica Patrick

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: 118.999


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

20 laps: Will Power

40 laps: Scott Dixon

60 laps: Alex Tagliani

80 laps: Scott Dixon

85 laps: Graham Rahal

6. Driver who will lead the most laps (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

7. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Ernesto Viso

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

9. "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): 95.637

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QUALIFYING PICKS
1. The Pole Winner: Will Power
2. The Pole Winner’s fast lap: 121.005
3. The Driver With the Single Fastest Lap: Will Power
4. The Single Fast Lap Speed from Any Session: 121.400
5. ROW ONE: 1) Will Power 2) Scott Dixon
5. ROW TWO: 3) Dario Franchitti 4) Tony Kanaan
5. ROW THREE: 5) Graham Rahal 6) Oriol Servia
6. Slowest Qualifier: James Jakes
7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed: 116.999
8. Driver who will “Just Miss” the Top Three Rows: Ryan Hunter-Reay

RACE PICKS
1. The 2011 Edmonton Indy 200 Winner: Will Power
2. The Top Five: 1) Will Power 2) Oriol Servia 3) Graham Rahal 4) Dario Franchitti 5) Scott Dixon
3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap": Will Power
4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap: 120.123
5. Leader 20 Laps: Will Power
5. Leader 40 Laps: Will Power
5. Leader 60 Laps: Will Power
5. Leader 80 Laps: Will Power
5. Leader 90 Laps: Will Power
6. First car out of Race: EJ Viso
7. Best "Mover" of the Race: Simona de Silvestro
8. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race: Helio Castroneves

TIEBREAKER
"Average Speed for the Race": 99.999

[Daisy]

I think I’m lucky and still on time, right?

QUALIFYING PICKS
1. The Pole Winner: Will Power
2. The Pole Winner’s fast lap: 120.934
3. The Driver With the Single Fastest Lap: Will Power
4. The Single Fast Lap Speed from Any Session: 121.552
5. ROW ONE: 1) Will Power 2) Dario Franchitti
5. ROW TWO: 3) Ryan Briscoe 4) Takuma Sato
5. ROW THREE: 5) Scott Dixon 6) Graham Rahal
6. Slowest Qualifier: Ana Beatrix
7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed: 115.225
8. Driver who will “Just Miss” the Top Three Rows: Tony Kanaan

RACE PICKS
1. The 2011 Edmonton Indy 200 Winner: Will Power
2. The Top Five: 1) Will Power 2) Ryan Briscoe 3) Dario Franchitti 4) Helio Castroneves 5) Takuma Sato
3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap": Will Power
4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap: 119.222
5. Leader 20 Laps: Will Power
5. Leader 40 Laps: Dario Franchitti
5. Leader 60 Laps: Will Power
5. Leader 80 Laps: Will Power
5. Leader 90 Laps: Will Power
6. First car out of Race: Alex Tagliani
7. Best "Mover" of the Race: Vitor Meira
8. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race: Scott Dixon

TIEBREAKER
"Average Speed for the Race": 93.225

[Tim Northcutt]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)

Will Power

2. The Pole Winner’s fast lap in the “Firestone Fast Six” Session (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:

120.932

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fastest Lap from All Three sessions (2 pts.)

Will Power

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed from Any Session(2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:

121.907

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. Power
2. Dario

ROW TWO:
1. Rahal
2. Dixon

ROW THREE:
1. Marco
2. Wilson

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)

Ed Carpenter

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

115.100

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

Sato

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2011 Honda Indy 200 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. Power
2. Dario
3. Dixon
4. Sato
5. Marco

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:

119.123

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

20 laps: Power

40 laps: Power

60 laps: Power

80 laps: Power

85 laps: Power

6. Driver who will lead the most laps (2 pts.)

Will Power

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

EJ Viso

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

Vitor Meira

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

Graham Rahal

TIEBREAKER:

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

92.999

[Tim Northcutt]

Housekeeping

Season Contest Standings after 12 of 19 events:

1. Daisy - 189 pts. (five wins)
2. marcostraz - 184.5 pts.
3. Tim N. - 172.5 pts. (five wins)
3. NaBUru38 - 146.5 pts. (one win)
5. Yannick - 105 pts.
6. drewdawg - 26 pts (one win)
7. Chiana - 13 pts.
8. Jaques -12 pts.
9. Victor - 10 pts.
(tie) Oreti - 10 pts.
11. Jahiegel - 9 pts.

Contest winners by event:

St. Pete - drewdawg
Barber - Daisy
Long Beach - Daisy
Sao Paulo - Daisy
Indy Pole - Tim N.
Indy Race - NaBUru38
Texas 1 - Tim N.
Texas 2 - Daisy
Milwaukee - Tim N.
Iowa - Daisy
Toronto - Tim N. (wins tiebreaker)
Edmonton - Tim N.
Mid-Ohio - ?????
New Hampshire - ?????

Next Stop: Mid-Ohio

I'll put it up later this week

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are your Quals results:

No one had Dixon on the Pole

Tim was closest to the Pole Speed for 2 pts. - Actual-119.405 Tim-120.932

No one had Dixon for the Fast lap

Ciana was closest to the speed: Actual-119.828 Chiana-121.400

In the Top Six, marcostraz had 7 pts., Daisy 6 pts., chiana 5 pts., Tim 4 pts. and Yannick 3 pts.

Tim and Yannick had carpenter for the slow speed for 2 pts. each

Tim also was closest to the slow speed to get 2 pts. plus the Bonus: Actual-112.320 Tim-115.100

No one had Hinchcliffe for the Just Miss, but Yannick and chiana had drivers in the Top Six for 1 pt. each

Results after Quals:

1. Tim N. - 12 pts.
2. chiana - 8 pts.
3. marcostraz - 7 pts.
4. Daisy - 6 pts.
(tie) Yannick - 6 pts.

Good Luck today!

[Tim Northcutt]

In a word, our race results STINK...BIG TIME

Here it goes:

No one had Dixon for the win

In the Top Five Tim had 3 pts, Daisy 1 pt. and all others 2 pts.

No one had Dixon for the fast lap

Yannick was closest to the Fast Speed: Actual-117.592 Yannick-118.999

In the "Milestones, only Yannick got 2 pts. for Dixon leading at a milestone

Yannick also got 2 pts. for Dixon leading the most laps

(NOTE: Chiana and Daisy did not copy the template...therefore, they left off the "Most Laps" choice from their own homemade picks...COPY the template so that you have all of my choices...You're missing chances to get points!!!

No one had Saavedra as 1st out and Conway was the only one who also didn't finish

No one had Marco or Servia as the Movers (12 spots)...Meira was cloes, but no cigar...

Tim had Rahal as the "Fall" for 2 pts. (6th to 24th)

Final results from Mid-Ohio:

1. Tim N. - 17 pts.
2. Yannick - 14 pts.
3. marcostraz - 11 pts.
4. Chiana - 10 pts.
5. Daisy - 7 pts.

Season Totals in a minute...
marcostraz was closest to the avg. speed: Actual-105.861 marco-104.683

[Tim Northcutt]

Season Contest Standings after 13 of 19 events:

1. Daisy - 196 pts. (five wins)
2. marcostraz - 195.5 pts.
3. Tim N. - 189.5 pts. (six wins)
3. NaBUru38 - 146.5 pts. (one win)
5. Yannick - 119 pts.
6. drewdawg - 26 pts (one win)
7. Chiana - 24 pts.
8. Jaques -12 pts.
9. Victor - 10 pts.
(tie) Oreti - 10 pts.
11. Jahiegel - 9 pts.

Contest winners by event:

St. Pete - drewdawg
Barber - Daisy
Long Beach - Daisy
Sao Paulo - Daisy
Indy Pole - Tim N.
Indy Race - NaBUru38
Texas 1 - Tim N.
Texas 2 - Daisy
Milwaukee - Tim N.
Iowa - Daisy
Toronto - Tim N. (wins tiebreaker)
Edmonton - Tim N.
Mid-Ohio - Tim N.
New Hampshire - ?????

Getting VERY CLOSE at the top of the board.

Good luck at the next race!!!

I'll get the contest up as soon as I see a schedule...

[marcostraz]

Will I be able to win the championship without winning a single race?

[Tim Northcutt]

Originally Posted by marcostraz

Will I be able to win the championship without winning a single race?

You've been consistent and good all year.

Besides...You actually tied for a win with me, but I was closer on the tiebreaker speed, so you technically did get a "win" in points.