Footbrake
Winner – Bryan Day
R/U – Daniel Burks
Semis – Bobby Iven, Donna Lummus
In Sunday’s Footbrake contest, Bryan Day was able to hang on to best the 64 car field, taking home the $800 cash prize and massive Royal Purple Raceway trophy in his ’01 Camaro SS. Daniel Burks of Santa Fe put his ’88 Chevy Blazer in the finals to face Day, but was uncharacteristically late at the tree, so Bryan was able to push Daniel further under his 6.15 dial in a double breakout. Both finalists were beneficiaries of the Royal Purple Raceway buy back program, which gives racers a second chance if they were unfortunate enough to lose first round. After turning on the red light against Billy Talbot in round one, Day was able to come back strong with a .007 green one to eliminate the previous day’s semifinalist Joey Cram. That earned Bryan the bye run in round three, and possibly intimidated “Blazer Kid” Nathan Gallagher into leaving early in round 4. Keeping the theme alive, Bryan rattled off a .016 and a .003 in rounds 5 and 6 to send home “Coach” Tim Ray and semifinalist Donna Lummus. Despite recording a .062 after seeing Gallagher go red in round 4, Bryan Day was able to average .021 at the tree on his 6 rounds after buying back. Daniel Burks is also known for his “tree” and used his timing skills to take out Chris Talbot, Lloyd Mikeska, 5 time Footbrake champ Jason Patterson and Rickey Nelson. Katy’s Bobby Iven took a slight reaction time advantage over Burks in the semis, but couldn’t find the brake pedal fast enough in his ’68 Firebird, setting up the final between Burks and Day.
The “missed it by that much” moment goes to Brian Nelson in round 3, where he goes .004 and 8.989 on a 8.99 dial.
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