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The Old Whiskey River Bourbon
2009 FBA Triple Crown Series
presented by The Good-One™ Smoker/Grills

Current Standings

Triple Crown Sponsors

The Old Whiskey River Bourbon 2009 FBA Triple Crown Series consists of a maximum of three FBA Sanctioned Contests per state. Those contests are considered to be Qualifiers and the accumulated points won at those contests is going to be used to select the top 10 teams from each group of 3 contests. The top 10 teams from each state will be invited to the Triple Crown Championship to be held in December.

Some rules apply: Points can not be mixed between states and there will be no duplications or substitutions. If a team places in the top 10 in both Georgia and Florida, for example, they will receive only one invitation to the Championship Round and that will be based on the first state they qualify in. In the event of a tie, both teams will be invited and the rankings will skip down one additional position. For example a tie for 7th place will have two 7th place teams, an 8th place, a 9th, and a 10th for a total of eleven teams being invited. If a top 10 team can not attend the Championship Round, then the next team in the standings from that state will be invited.

The Triple Crown qualifiers in each state are the FBA State Championship for that state for the current and previous two years.

Note: Points at the Qualifiers DO count toward Team of the Year just as they would at any other FBA Sanctioned Contest. However, points at the Triple Crown Championship Invitational and Open DO NOT count toward Team of the Year. And as with all FBA programs, the Head Cook of each team must be an FBA Member in order to win.

Bill Sandbloom from Ace of Hearts/The Good One congratulates Larry Baker, Mount Dora Bar-B-Que Company, on his taking first place in the Florida leg of the Triple Crown.
For 2009:
Florida Qualifiers: Sebring, Okeechobee, and Winter Haven
Georgia Qualifiers: Thomaston, Barnesville, Newnan
Alabama Qualifiers: Dothan, Valley, Elba

Championship: Perry, FL
December 11-12, 2009
Invitational & Open

Triple Crown Cash Prizes - $20,000 Total!

Grand Champion$3,000.001st Place (each category)$1000.00
Reserve$2,000.002nd Place$500.00
3rd Overall$1,000.003rd Place$400.00
4th Overall$700.004th Place$300.00
5th Overall$600.005th Place$200.00
6th Overall$500.006th Place$100.00
7th Overall$400.007th Place$100.00
8th Overall$300.008th Place$100.00
9th Overall$200.009th Place$50.00
10th Overall$100.0010th Place$50.00

Triple Crown Prizes

The Good One "Marshall" Smoker - One each to the winner of each leg of the Triple Crown.
Big Green Egg - large Egg and table - One each to the Grand Champion of the Winter Haven, Thomaston, Dothan, and Perry contests.
DigiQ II Power Draft Control - One each to the winner of each leg of the Triple Crown and one to the team that wins the Triple Crown Championship in Perry.

Click on a state for the Current Standings

Standings updated as of May 23, 2009

Note: "n/e" on the standings indicates the team is Not Eligible
for a spot, having already qualified in another state,
nor are they eligible for any Triple Crown Prizes for that state.

There are a limited number of Sponsorship Opportunities!

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