O’Reilly E.T. Bracket Series Results 05/22/2011

Footbrake Results – Sunday 1/8^th Mile

Winner – Jason Patterson

Runner-Up – Robert Penn

Semis – Brian Gallagher, Tim Ray

Despite the blazing heat, 58 footbrake racers made the call for first round for the 1/8^th mile contest on Sunday.  After the smoke cleared, it was 5 time Houston Raceway Park Footbrake champion, Jason Patterson, who made his first appearance in the Winner’s Circle for the 2011 season.  He faced off against the familiar ’83 Z28 of Robert Penn in the final and used a .030 starting line advantage to put the finishing touches on a great performance.  Oddly enough, these two racers also paired up in the first round with Robert Penn being the one with the .032 advantage at the tree and pushing Jason out by .010.  As many of us know, Jason is tough to beat once in a race, let alone twice, and that proved to hold true on this unseasonably hot afternoon.  Patterson didn’t have a free ride to the final after buying back, he had to get past the likes of Matt Exner, Adam White, Joey Cram, and “Coach” Tim Ray.  Rounding out your list of money winners are: Bryan & James Day, Nathan Gallagher, Rickey Nelson, David Styron, Paul Smith, Saturday’s winner Jay Robinson, Joe Villareal (who also semi’ed on Saturday) and Blair Nelson. 

Super Pro Results - Sunday 1/8^th Mile

Winner – Ricky Kay

Runner-Up – Stephen Hughes

Semis – Daryl Patton

Over in Super Pro, where not only are delay boxes, transbrakes and throttle stops allowed, they’re encouraged, it was Ricky Kay riding to victory over the 49 “car” field.  I put car in quotations, because it wasn’t actually a car that won, but a motorcycle.  At every Super Pro event at Royal Purple Raceway, you will find a handful of two-wheelers mixed in with the dragsters and door cars.  If you’ve never seen drag bikes in action, they are definitely worth the trip out to Baytown.  The husband and wife team of Ricky and Brenda Kay are two exceptional riders, and are no strangers to final round appearances.  Ricky added a nice big Royal Purple Raceway trophy to the family collection at this race by taking out the likes of Dale Holquest, footbraker Bryan Day, League City’s Scott Boyd, Ricky Whittington and Jonathan Johnson on the way to a final round matchup with Stephen Hughes.  If big block Chevy powered dragsters are more your speed, there are plenty of those too, most notably this weekend was the one driven by Stephen Hughes from Pasadena.  Stephen drove his familiar black RSH sponsored ’03 Miller rear engine dragster to a runner-up finish this time out, running close to dead on his dial-in all day long.  Stephen had to race several bikes to get to the final round, including the aforementioned Brenda Kay, Tony Davis and the ’84 Suzuki of Paul Holman.  This race’s money winners were: Daryl Patton, the long-overdue Bart Nelson, Baytown’s Mitchell Lawrence, Ricky Whittington from Beach City, Jonathan Johnson, Jay Costales, Dewayne League and Jason Lummus. 

O’Reilly E.T. Bracket Series Results 05/21/2011

Footbrake Results

Winner – Jay Robinson

Runner-Up – Mike “Drew” Porcher

Semis – Adam White, Joe Villareal

A couple of familiar faces made it to the Royal Purple Raceway Winner’s Circle once again this week.  Santa Fe’s Jay Robinson and Conroe’s Drew Porcher faced off after eliminating the rest of the 57 car field on Saturday.  Jay Robinson recorded his 3^rd victory on the season, extending his already massive points lead.  In typical fashion, Jay used a reaction time average of .021 to best or tie 5 out of 6 of his opponents.  Semifinalist Joe Villareal hung a .003 light on Jay, but the reliable ’73 Nova came through for Jay at the top end, running dead on his 11.24 dial.  Pine Valley Raceway’s points leader, Drew Porcher, seems to find his way to the final just about every week now.  He’s been doing so well that the pits and message boards were buzzing with rumors to the point where they inspected his ’88 S-10 pickup on Sunday.  Like the guy doesn’t have enough stress in his life.  Between dominating PVR and now RPR, having a new house built, moving and all the other stresses of everyday life, you guys gotta go out and accuse him of cheating.  I hope you haven’t made him angry.  He might stop settling for the runner-up spot and just run the table from here on out.  Porcher carried a .030 reaction time average before going red in the final, his second final in the 2011 O’Reilly Bracket series.  Other money winners were Steve Exner, Richard Forrest, Joe Villareal, Craig Stevenson, Adam White, Brian Gallagher, David Lissman, Gordon Smith, Jamie Haines, Rickey Nelson and James Day. 

Super Pro Results

Winner – Larry Thomason

Runner-Up – James Kay

Semis – Earl Thrift, Tommy Costales

Over in lanes 7-10, it was Port Arthur’s Larry Thomason taking care of business on this unusually hot day in May, holding off James Kay’s ’80 Camaro in an all doorcar Super Pro final.  After getting off to a rough start with a first round loss to Stephen Hughes, Thomason visited the buyback booth and now he has something to loan out to the Museum of the Gulf Coast.  Larry averaged .012 at the tree until the final round, and went home with the $1200 winner check and RPR trophy.  James Kay also had a good night post-buyback window, averaging .008 after his first round loss to Ricky Whittington, including a .000 to end the racing portion of the afternoon early for Glen Stepan.  Chanse Bullock and Daniel Martinez earn the award for closest race this time out, both drivers posting .00 lights and running .01 off their dials for a MOV of .003.  Derrick Patton, points leader Chanse Bullock, ’09 & ’10 champ Donny Burleson, Dan Hamrick, Earl Thrift, Craig Sites, Stephen Hughes, Friendswood’s newest business owner Jonathan Johnson, Michael Kennedy, Terrance Harrison and Tommy Costales were your money winners. 

Junior Dragster Results

Advanced Jr. Dragster

Boyd Hightower, Crosby, TX, '05 Harden, 8.008, 81.04

Candi Beth Glasco, Friendswood, TX '06 RPC Bullet, 8.026, 82.20

Sportsman Jr. Dragster

Kedrick Redd, Jr., League City, TX, '95 Spitzer, 8.953, 70.82 

Amirris Davis, LaPorte, TX, '09 Half Scale, 11.728, 55.44