Saturday 03-12-2011 O'Reilly Bracket Racing Series Results

SUPER PRO 



Winner - Chanse Bullock

R/U - Matt Exner

Semis - Clark Barker

This past Saturday was the opening race of the 2011 O’Reilly Bracket Racing Series at Royal Purple Raceway.  Baytown’s Chanse Bullock survived the 56 car Super Pro field to take home the giant new Royal Purple Raceway winner’s trophy and the $1200 cash prize.  Driving his 468 Big Block powered ’67 Camaro, he started off eliminations with a .000 reaction time and dead on his 10.23 dial with a 1.  Without much room for improvement, he relied on his driving skills to get around the likes of Deer Park’s Eddie League, Jr. and Arthur Edison out of Houston.  Clark Barker turned on the red eye in the semis by .001 to set up the final between Chanse and Matt Exner.  Matt had lady luck on his side all night, receiving red light gifts from Ricky Kay, Jay Costales, Tommy Costales, and yours truly.  To his defense, Matt did have quite a few .00x lights of his own, so we’ll cut him some slack.  In the final, Matt had the slight advantage at the tree, but pushed his ’01 Don Davis dragster .04 under his dial, giving Chanse Bullock the honor of being named the “First Ever Super Pro Winner at Royal Purple Raceway.” 





FOOTBRAKE

Winner – Jay Robinson

R/U – Jack Robinson

Semis – Joey Cram,

Ronny Speer

In footbrake, Jay Robinson outlasted the 68 car field, only to find a very familiar face in the final, his dad.  Yes, Jack’s back!  After turning over the keys to Matt Exner for a little while, Jack Robinson was back behind the wheel of his familiar ’68 Cuda.  And he picked up right where he left off, taking out an unusually tardy Ronnie Speer in the semis, along with David Abernathy and David Lissman in the late rounds.  Jack and Jay Robinson are no strangers to final round appearances.  “I’ve been fortunate enough to end up in the finals with my son before,” Jack said, “several times at Angleton, Sealy and even at the Super Tens here one year.”  Being the competitors that they are, they didn’t cut each other any slack, with Jay going .009 on the tree to Jack’s -.011.  Jay always seems to be on his game, and Saturday was no exception.  With a .028 reaction time average throughout 7 rounds of eliminations, Jay was able to take out Texas City’s Joey Cram, Joseph Cram from Houston, rising star Jamie Haines out of Deer Park, Steve Exner and yours truly.  Known nationwide as the “Footbraking Fool,” Jay was also driving the same ’73 Nova deep into the rounds of Super Pro all the while.  Both Jack and Jay Robinson operate moving companies out of the Galveston County area, and Jack also owns the popular website and message board at http://www.bracketrash.net/.