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Firestone Indy 200 “Pick ‘em” Contest
Nashville Speedway – July 17
DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Friday, July 16, at 4 p.m. (GMT) or approx. 10 a.m. in Nashville…
PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline
--- This week it is Nashville, slightly shorter than the usual 1.5 mile ovals, and if I remember correctly, the surface is concrete…tire wear and handling are always an issue at this track…and they run under the lights this weekend
The race is 200 laps, or 266 miles long….
Again…Please copy this template below and use it to place your Picks….
QUALIFYING PICKS:
1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)
Buddy Rice
2. The Pole Winner's Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:
201.478
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. Buddy Rice
2. Tony Kanaan
ROW TWO:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Vitor Meira
ROW THREE:
1. Tomas Scheckter
2. Bryan Herta
5. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.)
Jacques Lazier
6. Pick Top Honda Qualifier (2 pts)
Buddy Rice
7. Pick Top Toyota Qualifier (2 pts)
Helio Castroneves
8. Pick Top Chevy Qualifier (2 pts.)
Tomas Scheckter
RACE PICKS:
NOTE: The “Milestones” this time are based on Laps only this week….
1. The 2004 Nashville Winner (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. Buddy Rice
3. Vitor Meira
4. Dario Franchitti
5. Bryan Herta
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:
204.093
5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each correct at the actual Milestone):
50 laps: Buddy Rice
100 laps: Vitor Meira
150 laps: Tony Kanaan
200 Laps: Tony Kanaan
4. First car out of Race (2 pts.)
Scott Sharp
5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): (2 pts.)
Dan Wheldon
6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (fron highest starting spot to worst finish): (2 pts.)
Mark Taylor
TIEBREAKER:
Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth):
168.639
There they are...let's see how they fly....
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