2009 Forum Pick 'Em Contest - Texas

[Tim Northcutt]

2009 Texas 550 “Pick ‘em” Contest
Texas Motor Speedway – Sat., June 7

DEADLINE FOR PICKS: Friday, June 5, at 1; 45 a.m. (GMT)..That is approx.
7;45 p.m. on Thursday evening in Texas, when the first practice session begins

PLEASE Get them in Before the Deadline

-- The IRL’s next stop is Texas Motor Speedway’s 1.5-mile oval. This place has multiple racing lines and in the past has provided non-stop action, with competitors running two and three-wide at times during the event.

The race is 228 laps and 342 miles (550 km.)

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 four-lap average speed (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 Fast Lap (2 pts.)

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (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 2009 Texas 550 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):

50 laps:

100 laps:

150 laps:

200 laps:

228 laps

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

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

6. "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 in the Lone Star State!!!

[drewdawg727]

Guess i'll get the ball rolling here...

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Scott Dixon

2. The Pole winner’s four-lap average speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.000

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.000

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. Scott Dixon
2. Graham Rahal

ROW TWO:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Ryan Briscoe

ROW THREE:
1. Danica Patrick
2. Dario Franchitti

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Jaques Lazier

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 208.000

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2009 Texas 550 Winner (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

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. Scott Dixon
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Danica Patrick
4. Ryan Briscoe
5. Dario Franchitti

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 213.000


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

50 laps: Scott Dixon

100 laps: Scott Dixon

150 laps: Scott Dixon

200 laps: Scott Dixon

228 laps Scott Dixon

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Ed Carpenter

5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): (2 pts.) AJ Foyt IV

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 180.000

[Peno]

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Scott Dixon

2. The Pole winner’s four-lap average speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.500

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 216.145
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. Scott Dixon
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW TWO:
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Graham Rahal
2. Tony Kanaan

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Jaques Lazier

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 209.123

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2009 Texas 550 Winner (2 pts.) Helio Castroneves
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. Helio Castroneves
2. Ryan Briscoe
3. Dario Franchitti
4. Scott Dixon
5. Tony Kanaan

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 213.765


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

50 laps: Scott Dixon

100 laps: Scott Dixon

150 laps: Ryan Briscoe

200 laps: Helio Castroneves

228 laps Helio Castroneves

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.) Dan Wheldon

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

TIEBREAKER:

1. Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 178.000

[drdisque]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: Scott Dixon

2. The Pole winner’s four-lap average speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 214.708

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.): Scott Dixon

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.105

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. Scott Dixon
2. Helio Castroneves

ROW TWO:
1. Dario Franchitti
2. Graham Rahal

ROW THREE:
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Robert Doornbos

6. Slowest Qualifier: Jaques Lazier

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 209.607

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2009 Texas 550 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. Scott Dixon
2. Dario Franchitti
3. Helio Castroneves
4. Ryan Briscoe
5. Dan Wheldon

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.): Dario Franchitti

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 213.203


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

50 laps: Scott Dixon

100 laps: Dario Franchitti

150 laps: Helio Castroneves

200 laps: Scott Dixon

228 laps: Scott Dixon

4. First car out of Race: Mike Conway

5. Best "Mover" of the Race (from slowest starting spot to highest finish): A. J. Foyt IV

6. "Backwards Fall from Grace" in the Race (from highest starting spot to worst finish): Graham Rahal

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 166.504

[OpenWheel4ever]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: Scott Dixon

2. The Pole winner’s four-lap average speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 113.500

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 113.794

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. Scott Dixon
2. Ryan Briscoe

ROW TWO:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Danica Patrick

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Milka Duno

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 207.999

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2009 Texas 550 Winner (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

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. Scott Dixon
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Dario Franchitti
4. Ryan Briscoe
5. Danica Patrick

3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 212.999


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

50 laps: Scott Dixon

100 laps: Scott Dixon

150 laps: Dario Franchitti

200 laps: Scott Dixon

228 laps: Scott Dixon

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Mike Conway

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 175.999

[Tim Northcutt]

Note

Apparently Scheckter has worked a deal to run the #43 car for DRR at Texas...It will be announced today...

[Tim Northcutt]

Originally Posted by Tim Northcutt

Note

Apparently Scheckter has worked a deal to run the #43 car for DRR at Texas...It will be announced today...

The IndyCar Series has added Scheckter and the #43 car to the entry list...no one has been named as race strategist for him yet...Denis Reinbold handles Conway and Larry Curry handles Milka...

Guess they liked working with Tomas at Milwaukee...supposedly, this will be a multi-race deal, but no indication of how many races, or if it is for the rest of the season...His Indy and Milwaukee sponsor is aboard on this one, too...

[Tim Northcutt]

Tagliani is at Texas with Conquest as well...

[Tim Northcutt]

The Housekeeping Gig (again):

Season Totals After 5 of 17 Races plus the Indy Pole Contest:

1. Alwaysfirst - 82 pts. - 1 win
2. NAC - 76 pts.
3. Peno - 74 pts. - 1 win
4. drdisque - 70 pts. - 1 win
5. OpenWheel - 64 pts. - 1 win
6. Flyin Ryan - 59 pts. - 1 win
7. bruce - 58 pts.
8. drewdawg - 56 pts. - 1 win
9. Inin0 - 23 pts.
10. boom boom - 20 pts.
11. Dylan14 - 8 pts.
12. RichardRenes - 7 pts.

Forum Contest Winners:

St. Pete - drdisque
Long Beach - OpenWheel
Kansas - Alwaysfirst
Indy Pole - Peno
Indy Race - Flyin Ryan
Milwaukee - drewdawg
Texas - ?????
Iowa - ?????

Will we have a new contest winner this weekend, or will someone step ahead and get their second victory in this early part of the season?

[Flyin Ryan]

QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: 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: 214.800

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 214.950

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. Scott Dixon

ROW TWO:
1. Graham Rahal
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW THREE:
1. Tony Kanaan
2. Ryan Briscoe

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Milka Duno

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 207.000

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2009 Texas 550 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. Marco Andretti
3. Scott Dixon
4. Helio Castroneves
5. Danica Patrick

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: 214.500


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

50 laps: Scott Dixon

100 laps: Helio Castroneves

150 laps: Ed Carpenter

200 laps: Tony Kanaan

228 laps: Tony Kanaan

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Mike Conway

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

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

TIEBREAKER:

Pick the "Average Speed for the Race" (to the one-thousandth): 167.667

[NAC]

Corrr nearly missed this one



QUALIFYING PICKS:

1. The Pole Winner: (2 pts) Scott Dixon

2. The Pole winner’s four-lap average speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 214.555

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


3. The Driver With the Single Fast Lap (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Single Fast Lap Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 215.000

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. Scott Dixon
2. Dario Franchitti

ROW TWO:
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Tony Kanaan

ROW THREE:
1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Graham Rahal

6. Slowest Qualifier (2 pts.) Milka Duno

7. Slowest Qualifier’s Speed (2 pts.)
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does:209.555

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

RACE PICKS:

1. The 2009 Texas 550 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. Scott Dixon
2. Dario Franchitti
3. Helio Castroneves
4. Tony Kanaan
5. Ryan Briscoe


3. Driver who will run the Single "Fastest Lap" in the Race (2 pts.) Scott Dixon

4. The Actual Speed of that Fastest Lap (2 pts)...
Carry it out to the one-thousandth place like IRL Scoring does: 216.055


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

50 laps: Scott Dixon

100 laps: Scott Dixon

150 laps: Scott Dixon

200 laps: Scott Dixon

228 laps Scott Dixon

4. First car out of Race (2 pts.) Ed Carpenter

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

6. "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): 155.555

[Alwaysfirst]

Damn! I did miss this one!! Bye bye to my lead!

[Tim Northcutt]

You'll still be in the hunt, unless someone has a HUGE weekend and scores in the 20s...and that has happened before...at least back in the "Split" days it did....

TO ALL: Be sure to notice when the IRL does race on Saturday nights, because that moves the contest into a shorter week...

Richmond and Kentucky both will be Sat. nite races this year as well.

[OpenWheel4ever]

I can't believe I wrote my avg speed at 113.500 instead of 213.500...What was I thinking about?!?

[drewdawg727]

Originally Posted by Alwaysfirst

Damn! I did miss this one!! Bye bye to my lead!

I feel your pain Always....but look at me I didn't fall too far behind.

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are your Quals Results;

No on picked Dario for the Pole

NAC was closest to the Average Speed: Actual-214/513 NAC-214.555

No one had dario for the Fast Lap

Flyin Ryan was closest to the speed here: Actual-214.671 FR-214.950

In the "Top Six," Drewdawg had 6 pts, OpenWheel had 5 pts. and all others had 4 pts. each.

drew, Peno & drdisque all had Jacques Lazier as the slow qualifier for 2 pts each

Peno also was closest to the speed, and will get 2 bonus points for it as well: Actual-209.329 Peno-209.123

No one had Wheldon for the "Just Miss", but drewdawg and NAC both put Top Six drivers here, so they got 1 pt. each.

Totals thus far after Quals:

1. Peno - 10 pts.
2. drewdawg - 9 pts.
3. NAC - 7 pts.
4. drdisque - 6 pts.
(tie) Flyin Ryan - 6 pts.
6. OpenWheel - 5 pts.

Good Luck under the lights tonight!

[Tim Northcutt]

Here are your Race results from Texas:

Peno picked helio for the win for 2 pts.

In the Top Five, Peno had 6 pts, drewdawg had 5 pts. and all others had 4 pts each

No one had Briscoe for the Fast Lap

Peno was closest to the speed: Actual-213.909 Peno-213.765

In the "Milestones," Peno was the only one to score points and he predicted 3 of the 5 for 6 pts. in this section (Nice Job!)

No one had Viso as 1st Out

No one had Kanaan as the "Mover" (16th-8th)

drdisque and NAC both had Rahal as the "Fall" (12th-22nd)

OpenWheel was closest ot hte avg. speed: Actual-172.677 OW-175.999

Final Results:

1. Peno - 26 pts (earned 16 of them in the race - Nice Picks!)
2. drewdawg - 14 pts.
3. NAC - 13 pts.
4. drdisque - 12 pts.
5. OpenWheel - 11 pts.
6. Flyin Ryan - 10 pts.

I'll post the Iowa Pick 'Em Contest either at the very end of this week or on Monday, June 15th.

[Tim Northcutt]

Season Totals After 6 of 17 Races plus the Indy Pole Contest:

1. Peno - 100 pts. - 2 wins
2. NAC - 89 pts.
3. Alwaysfirst - 82 pts. - 1 win
(tie) drdisque - 82 pts. - 1 win
5. OpenWheel - 75 pts. - 1 win
6. drewdawg - 70 pts. - 1 win
7. Flyin Ryan - 69 pts. - 1 win
8. bruce - 58 pts.
9. Inin0 - 23 pts.
10. boom boom - 20 pts.
11. Dylan14 - 8 pts.
12. RichardRenes - 7 pts.

Forum Contest Winners:

St. Pete - drdisque
Long Beach - OpenWheel
Kansas - Alwaysfirst
Indy Pole - Peno
Indy Race - Flyin Ryan
Milwaukee - drewdawg
Texas - Peno
Iowa - ?????
Richmond - ?????

A breakout performance by Peno this weekend, but we're only 1/3 of the way through the "Contest" season (6 of 18 contests, including Indy pole)...LOTS of races yet to go, and plenty of opportunities for all of you to make up some ground.

Good Luck at Iowa in two weeks, and congrats to Peno for some excellent picks this weekend!

[drewdawg727]

Excellent job, Peno...you sure "Briscoe'd" us....haha

[Alwaysfirst]

Why did I have to miss this one!!! I was hoping nobody would do well on this one...but well done anyway Peno for a truly dominant win. I better get back in there & hope for a couple of wins now!

[NAC]

Nice win Peno. Congrats

Please sit the next round out!

[OpenWheel4ever]

Great Job Peno

[Tim Northcutt]

Originally Posted by NAC

Nice win Peno. Congrats

Please sit the next round out!

LOL

There still are 12 races left, gang....one bad weekend for a frontrunner and a good one like Peno had Saturday from someone in the top 4-5 can turn the tables really quickly...Peno sure did it....

Helio missed the St. Pete race, and look at where he is in the season standings in the IRL, even with two rather disappointing performances (LB and Milwaukee)....

Keep pushin' on...It'll pay off

[Peno]

Thanks for the compliments everybody.