Here we go again!
QUALIFYING PICKS:
1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Helio Castroneves
2. The Pole winner’s four-lap average speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 213.028
NOTE: IF you get BOTH #1 and #2 Correct/Closest, add 2 "Bonus Points"
3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.) Dan Wheldon
4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 214.875
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. Helio Castroneves
2. Dan Wheldon
ROW TWO:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Scott Dixon
ROW THREE:
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Marco Andretti
6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Mario Moraes
7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 207.384
7. Driver who will “Just Miss” the Top Three Rows (7th Fastest) – 2 pts. Danica Patrick
RACE PICKS:
1. The 2008 Gainsco 300 Winner (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. Tony Kanaan
3. Helio Castroneves
4. Ryan Briscoe
5. Marco Andretti
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: 213.482
5. Leader at the following Race Milestones (2 pts. each correct at the actual Milestone):
50 laps: Helio Castroneves
100 laps: Tony Kanaan
150 laps: Scott Dixon
200 laps: Dan Wheldon
4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Mario Moraes
5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): (2 pts.) Marty Roth
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): 187.264
Hope this gets me off to a good start. I fancy going a few better than last year!
