NEW 2006 Indy "Qualifying" Pick 'Em Contest

[Tim Northcutt]

2006 Indy 500 “Qualifying” Pick ‘em Contest
May 20, 2006

This is The “New” Contest!!!

DEADLINE: Saturday, May 20, at Noon (GMT), which is 6 a.m. In “The Racing Capital of the World”

NOTE: Read them carefully, because the Quals format is different at Indy than it is anywhere else in the world. They take the Average Speed of four laps here, and the fastest single lap doesn’t necessarily get set by the pole sitter.

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)

2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average) (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 who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap” (2 pts.)

4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap” (2 pts.)

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

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the “Top Three Rows”(in order) who will earn the “Top Nine Spots” in the Field: (2 pts for each Driver in correct spot, 1 pt. For correct Driver, but wrong spot)

ROW ONE:
1.
2.
3.

ROW TWO:
1.
2.
3.

ROW THREE:
1.
2.
3.

6. Slowest Qualifier In the field – It might not be the 33rd car if a person “bumps” in on Sunday, but is faster than the 32nd car in the field from Saturday (2 pts.)

7. Average 4-Lap Speed of the “Slowest Qualifier” – (2 pts)



8. Name the Three Drivers in the “Last Row” of the Field:

ROW 11:
1.
2.
3.

9. If a Driver gets “Bumped” Sunday, Who will it be? (2 pts.)

10. Pick Top Dallara Qualifier (2 pts)

11. Pick Top Panoz Qualifier (2 pts)

I've added some wrinkles to this one to incorporate the final weekend of action and what it will bring to us.

GOOD LUCK!

[marcus]

could we get an updated list of who is going to be in qualifying please , Ive been away for a bit and lost touch with whats happeneing over there

[Tim Northcutt]

As of last weekend's draw, the list is on the IRL's site.

Anyone else would be determined by the car number that they will step into that was drawn, or would go to the end of the line.

Hamilton has not been confirmed yet by Cheever, so it could be him or someone else in that one.

If PJ Jones does drive a second Back car, I assume he wuld go to the end of the qualifying order, since Beck doesn't have a car listed on the entry boards

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are my Picsk...I'll be at Mid-Ohio this weekend:

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

2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average) (2 pts)
228.311

3.The Driver who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap” (2 pts.)
Sam Hornish, Jr.

4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap” (2 pts.)
228.858

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER TEN drivers (in order) who will earn the 11 total spots available in the Field on "Pole Day”:

ROW ONE:
1. Sam Hornish, Jr.
2. Dan Wheldon
3. Helio Castroneves

ROW TWO:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Tony Kanaan
3. Kosuke Matsuura

ROW THREE:
1. Bryan Herta
2. Dario Franchitti
3. Tomas Scheckter

6. Slowest Qualifier In the field – It might not be the 33rd car if a person “bumps” in on Sunday, but is faster than the 32nd car in the field from Saturday (2 pts.)

Stefan Gregoire

7. Average 4-Lap Speed of the “Slowest Qualifier” – (2 pts)

215.113

8. Name the Three Drivers in the “Last Row” of the Field:

ROW 11:
1. Airton Dare
2. Marty Roth
3. Stefan Gregoire

9. If a Driver gets “Bumped” Sunday, Who will it be? (2 pts.)
Jon Herb

10. Pick Top Dallara Qualifier (2 pts)

Sam Hornish, Jr.

11. Pick Top Panoz Qualifier (2 pts)

Buddy Rice

[Alwaysfirst]

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)
Dan Wheldon

2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average) (2 pts)
226.942

3.The Driver who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap” (2 pts.)
Sam Hornish, Jr.

4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap” (2 pts.)
228.646

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER TEN drivers (in order) who will earn the 11 total spots available in the Field on "Pole Day”:

ROW ONE:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Sam Hornish Jr
3. Helio Castroneves

ROW TWO:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Tony Kanaan
3. Scott Dixon

ROW THREE:
1. Ed Carpenter
2. Danica Patrick
3. Tomas Scheckter

6. Slowest Qualifier In the field – It might not be the 33rd car if a person “bumps” in on Sunday, but is faster than the 32nd car in the field from Saturday (2 pts.)

Thiago Medeiros

7. Average 4-Lap Speed of the “Slowest Qualifier” – (2 pts)

217.497

8. Name the Three Drivers in the “Last Row” of the Field:

ROW 11:
1. Stefan Gregoire
2. Marty Roth
3. Thiago Medeiros

9. If a Driver gets “Bumped” Sunday, Who will it be? (2 pts.)
Jon Herb

10. Pick Top Dallara Qualifier (2 pts)

Dan Wheldon

11. Pick Top Panoz Qualifier (2 pts)

Danica Patrick

[OpenWheel4ever]

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)
Dan Wheldon

2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average) (2 pts)
228.456

3.The Driver who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap” (2 pts.)
Dan Wheldon

4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap” (2 pts.)
228.956

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the OTHER TEN drivers (in order) who will earn the 11 total spots available in the Field on "Pole Day”:

ROW ONE:
1. Dan Wheldon
2. Sam Hornish Jr
3. Scott Sharp

ROW TWO:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Scott Dixon
3. Tony Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1. Kosuke Matsuura
2. Bryan Herta
3. Townsend Bell

6. Slowest Qualifier In the field – It might not be the 33rd car if a person “bumps” in on Sunday, but is faster than the 32nd car in the field from Saturday (2 pts.)

Jon Herb

7. Average 4-Lap Speed of the “Slowest Qualifier” – (2 pts)

212.356

8. Name the Three Drivers in the “Last Row” of the Field:

ROW 11:
1. Airton Dare
2. Marty Roth
3. Jon Herb

9. If a Driver gets “Bumped” Sunday, Who will it be? (2 pts.)
Arie Luyendyk jr

10. Pick Top Dallara Qualifier (2 pts)

Dan Wheldon

11. Pick Top Panoz Qualifier (2 pts)

Buddy Rice

[marcus]

Just a Note for Tim

"Drewdawg" wants to keep his picks from the original qualifying picks due to the lucky sod being on holiday and not having Net access

[marcus]

Now my Picks

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts)

Sam Hornish Jnr

2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average) (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:

227.687

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

3.The Driver who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap” (2 pts.)

Helio Castroneves

4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap” (2 pts.)

228.932

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

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the “Top Three Rows”(in order) who will earn the “Top Nine Spots” in the Field: (2 pts for each Driver in correct spot, 1 pt. For correct Driver, but wrong spot)

ROW ONE:
1. Sam Hornish Jnr
2. Dan Wheldon
3. Helio Castroneves

ROW TWO:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Tony Kanaan
3. Buddy Rice

ROW THREE:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Danica Patrick
3. Bryan Herta

6. Slowest Qualifier In the field – It might not be the 33rd car if a person “bumps” in on Sunday, but is faster than the 32nd car in the field from Saturday (2 pts.)

Airton Dare

7. Average 4-Lap Speed of the “Slowest Qualifier” – (2 pts)

217.333




8. Name the Three Drivers in the “Last Row” of the Field:

ROW 11:
1. Jon Herb
2. Marty Roth
3. Larry Foyt

9. If a Driver gets “Bumped” Sunday, Who will it be? (2 pts.)

PJ Chesson

10. Pick Top Dallara Qualifier (2 pts)

Sam Hornish Jnr

11. Pick Top Panoz Qualifier (2 pts)

Buddy Rice

[drdisque]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: Sam Hornish Jr

2. The Pole Winner's “Average Qualifying Speed” (4-Lap Average) (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 228.798

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

3.The Driver who will Run the “Single Fastest Qualifying Lap” (2 pts.) Sam Hornish Jr.

4. The Actual Speed of that “Fast Lap” (2 pts.) 229.467

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

5. List the Pole Winner Again, plus the “Top Three Rows”(in order) who will earn the “Top Nine Spots” in the Field: (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
3. Dan Wheldon

ROW TWO:
1. Scott Dixon
2. Tony Kanaan
3. Dario Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Vitor Meira
2. Michael Andretti
3. Bryan Herta

6. Slowest Qualifier In the field – It might not be the 33rd car if a person “bumps” in on Sunday, but is faster than the 32nd car in the field from Saturday (2 pts.) Marty Roth

7. Average 4-Lap Speed of the “Slowest Qualifier” – (2 pts) 217.895



8. Name the Three Drivers in the “Last Row” of the Field:

ROW 11:
1. Arie Luyendyk Jr.
2. Roger Yasukawa
3. P.J. Jones

9. If a Driver gets “Bumped” Sunday, Who will it be? (2 pts.) Marty Roth

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

11. Pick Top Panoz Qualifier (2 pts) Buddy Rice

[Flavinha]

The picks that I did arent counting?? I didnt know that there is a new one... I thought the old one was counting...

[Tim Northcutt]

I will count your seelctions as they apply from the other contest in the same way I will cound Drewdawg's, Flavinha.

The reason why I did a new contest was because the rainout of the entire first weekend changed the dynamics of the contest...

No One's "Bump" seelction would have made sense, since it was originally the 12th fastest qualifier, as an example....


But since you didn't get to pick "Last Row and some other things, I will count as many of your selections (including 10th, 11th and 12th places) to help you in the scoring department.

I'll do the same for drewdawg

[Tim Northcutt]

I got back home last night, so it might be a couple of days before I post the results....

I'm playing catch up at work from being gone for two days last week, and I have two big events to prepare for this week...

One of them is this afternoon.

[Flavinha]

Originally Posted by Tim Northcutt

I will count your seelctions as they apply from the other contest in the same way I will cound Drewdawg's, Flavinha.

Thanks!!!

I was a little busy these days with all practices and races so I didnt have time or even remember to come here.

[Tim Northcutt]

First, a housekeeping note of the results going into the contest:

1. Tim N. -- 60 pts.
2. Flavinha -- 58 pts.
3. Dr.Disque -- 51 pts.
4. Alwaysfirst -- 32 pts.
5. Drewdawg -- 29 pts.
6. Marcus -- 11 pts.

[Tim Northcutt]

Now, so that I don't keep you in suspense, we have a new season leader...

And anyone who was in on "Pole Day" picks, but not in this one, were also counted.

But here are your results:

DrDisque did some major surgery on us, gang!

For the Pole Pick, Tim, DrDisque, Flavinha, Marcus and Stmookey all picked Hornis for 2 pts.

DrDisque was closet to the Pole 4-Lap Avg. for two more, plus the two "Bonus Points"

Faastest single lap: Tim, DrDisque, Alwaysfirst and Flavinha also picked Hornish correctly for 2 pts each

Dr. Disque was closest to the single lap speed for 2 pts, plus the two "Bonus" points (again!)

See where this is going, don't you????

For the "Top 3 Rows" I also factored in the 10th and 11th spots for those in the "pole" but not here because they couldn't or didn't know about the new contest...but for the rest who were in this, I counted them straight up as we picked them with the Top 9.

Here were everyone's points in this section:

DrDisque - 11 pts.
Drewdawg - 11 pts.
Tim - 10 pts.
Flavinha - 10 pts.
Stmookey - 9 pts.
marcus - 7 pts.
OpenWheel4Ever - 7 pts.
AlwaysFirst - 6 pts.

AlwaysFirst was the only one to pick Thiagos Medieros as the slowest qualifier

Tim was closest to the 4-lap avg. for the slowest qualifier

For the "Last Row" picks, DrDisque had 3 pts., and AlwaysFirst earned 2 pts.

For the "Bumped," I actually counted two picks, because I'm generous.....

Since Jon Herb got literlally "bumped" from his seat, I counted him, and since Marty Roth didn't make the race, I counted him as well....

Tim, DrDisque and AlwaysFirst earned 2 pts each

Top Dallara got Tim, DrDisque, Flavinha, Marcus and Stmookey 2 pts each

Only AlwaysFirst had Danica as the Top Panoz

"Qualifying Contest Results:

1. DrDisque - 30 pts.
2. Tim - 20 pts.
3. Flavinha - 16 pts.
(tie) AlwaysFirst - 16 pts.
5. Stmookey - 13 pts.
6. Marcus - 11 pts.
(tie) Drewdawg - 11 pts.
8. OpenWheel4Ever - 7 pts.

[Tim Northcutt]

Season Totals thus Far Going to the Indy Race Picks:

1. DrDisque - 81 pts.
2. Tim - 80 pts.
3. Flavinha - 74 pts.
4. AlwaysFirst - 48 pts.
5. Drewdawg - 40 pts.
6. Marcus - 11 pts.
7. Stmookey - 13 pts.
8. OpenWheel4Ever - 7 pts.

Good Luck with your Race Day Picks!

and Great Job, DrDisque...you dominated the way Sam dominated qualifying!!!

[marcus]

Oh well that sucked big time for me

[Alwaysfirst]

Not too bad I s'pose. Have to do better in the race tho!

[drdisque]

I was laughing my arse off in the Grandstand E Penthouse when I knew I hit that right on. Guess I'll have to go to pole day and sit there every year! Too bad