2012 Bet 'Em IndyContest - Iowa round 9

[NaBUru38]

Hello, folks! Welcome to the Iowa round 9 of the 2012 Bet 'Em IndyContest. Will drivers circle flatout this time?
You must pick six different drivers for the six bets:

o- Polesitter ($ 300)
o- Fast Six ($ 100)
o- Win ($ 1,000)
o- Podium ($ 300)
o- Top 5 ($ 100)
o- Top 10 ($ 30).

For clarification, the polesitter and fast six correspond to the winner and top 6 finishers of the third qualifying race.

The stakes for Iowa are:

o- 2 to 1: Briscoe, Castroneves, Dixon, Franchitti.
o- 5 to 1: Hunter-Reay, Hinchcliffe, Kanaan, Rahal.
o- 10 to 1: Pagenaud, Power, Servià, Wilson.
o- 20 to 1: Kimball, Hildebrand, Tagliani, Viso.
o- 50 to 1: Andretti, Barrichello, Carpenter, Newgarden, Sato.
o- 100 to 1: Conway, De Silvestro, Jakes, Legge.
(Bourdais is missing.)

Current standings after Texas round 8:

1st - Daisy: $ 43,000
2nd - Mythoughtsareracing: $ 28,540
3rd - WAT: $ 25,500
4th - NaBUru38: $ 21,000
5th - Marcostraz: $ 18,670
6th - Eizox: 6,000
7th - Chiana: $ 5,400
8th - Flyin Ryan: $ 2,900
9th - HaydenFan: 2,500
10th - Barnett: $ 2,400
11th - Gameofguts21: $ 500

The AJ Foyt Oval Trophy special stage will be decided this weekend as well.

Place your bets before the first practice on Friday 22, 10:00 Eastern (14:00 UTC). Good luck!

[eizox]

o- Polesitter ($ 300) Dixon
o- Fast Six ($ 100) Andretti
o- Win ($ 1,000) Franchetti
o- Podium ($ 300) Hinchcliffe
o- Top 5 ($ 100) Newgarden
o- Top 10 ($ 30) Conway

[NaBUru38]

My bets:

o- Polesitter: Franchitti
o- Fast Six: Hinchcliffe
o- Win: Castroneves
o- Podium: Kanaan
o- Top 5: Servià
o- Top 10: Viso

[NaBUru38]

Daisy's bets

o- Polesitter: Dixon
o- Fast Six: Andretti
o- Win: Castroneves
o- Podium: Briscoe
o- Top 5: Viso
o- Top 10: Conway

[marcostraz]

o- Polesitter: Scott Dixon
o- Fast Six: Helio Castroneves
o- Win: Dario Franchitti
o- Podium: Ryan Hunter-Reay
o- Top 5: Graham Rahal
o- Top 10: JR Hildebrand

[NaBUru38]

Folks, hurry up!

[W.A Trichlorostyrene]

o- Polesitter ($ 300): Power
o- Fast Six ($ 100): Tagliani
o- Win ($ 1,000): Hunter-Reay
o- Podium ($ 300): Kanaan
o- Top 5 ($ 100): Hinchcliffe
o- Top 10 ($ 30): Carpenter

Gave up on poor old Mike Conway

[mythoughtsareracing]

o- Polesitter Franchitti
o- Fast Six Wilson
o- Win Dixon
o- Podium Hinchcliffe
o- Top 5 Wilson
o- Top 10 Andretti

[NaBUru38]

So, these are the results of the 2012 Iowa Indy 250:

o- Polesitter: Franchitti (2 to 1)
o- Fast Six: Franchitti (2 to 1), Castroneves (2 to 1), Andretti (50 to 1), Hinchcliffe (5 to 1), Briscoe (2 to 1), Power (10 to 1)
o- Win: Hunter-Reay (5 to 1)
o- Podium: Hunter-Reay (5 to 1), Andretti (50 to 1), Kanaan (5 to 1)
o- Top 5: Hunter-Reay (5 to 1), Andretti (50 to 1), Kanaan (5 to 1), Dixon (2 to 1), Pagenaud (10 to 1)
o- Top 10: Hunter-Reay (5 to 1), Andretti (50 to 1), Kanaan (5 to 1), Dixon (2 to 1), Pagenaud (10 to 1), Castroneves (2 to 1), Barrichello (50 to 1), Carpenter (50 to 1), Rahal (5 to 1), Wilson (10 to 1)

The optimal bets were Franchitti for the pole and $ 600, Power for the Fast Six and $ $ 1,000, Hunter-Reay for the win and $ 5,000, Andretti for the podium and $ 15,000, Pagenaud for the top 5 and $ 1,000, and Barrichello or Carpenter for the top 10 and $ 1,500, for a total maximum of $ 24,100.

NaBUru38 and Mythoughtsareracing earned 600 for picking Franchitti for the Fast Six. Eizox and Andretti cashed 5,000 for choosing Andretti for the Fast Six, whereas NaBUru38 got $ 500 for choosing Hinchcliffe and Marcostraz got $ 200 for picking Castroenves. WAT earned 5,000 for picking Hunter-Reay for the win. NaBUru38 and WAT got $ 1,500 for choosing Kanaan for the podium; Marcostraz aslo won 1,500 but by choosing Hunter-Reay. Nobody picked any of the top 5 finishers. WAT and Mythoughtsareracing got 1,500 for picking Carpenter and Andretti for the top 10 respectively.

So here's the 2012 Bet'Em IndyContest results at Iowa.

1st - WAT: 0 + 0 + 5,000 + 1,500 + 0 + 1,500 = 8,000
2nd - Eizox: 0 + 5,000 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 5,000
2nd - Daisy: 0 + 5,000 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 5,000
4th - NaBUru38: 600 + 500 + 0 + 1,500 + 0 + 0 = 2,600
5th - Mythoughtsareracing: 600 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1,500 = 2,100
6th - Marcostraz: 0 + 200 + 0 + 1,500 + 0 + 0 = 1,700

WAT had the highest earnings in a regular race since St Pete round 1. Eizox and Daisy benefited from Andretti's excessively high stakes.

Current standings after Iowa round 9:

1st - Daisy: $ 48,000
2nd - WAT: $ 33,500
3rd - Mythoughtsareracing: $ 30,640
4th - NaBUru38: $ 23,600
5th - Marcostraz: $ 20,370
6th - Eizox: $ 11,000
7th - Chiana: $ 5,400
8th - Flyin Ryan: $ 2,900
9th - HaydenFan: $ 2,500
10th - Barnett: $ 2,400
11th - Gameofguts21: $ 500

WAT passed Mythoughtsareracing as Daisy's chaser. NaBUru38 and Marcostraz keep their 4th and 5th places due to their full-time programs, but Eizox has climbed quickly to 6th place a few weeks after the debut.

This round is over, but don't miss the AJ Foyt Oval Trophy spacial stage!