O'Reilly E.T. Bracket Racing Series Footbrake Results 8-21-2011



Billy & Hope Talbot, Bryan, James and Sheila Day, Paul Smith

With the season nearing the end and the final preparations for the Royal Purple Raceway bracket finals team being made, the competition was red-hot on this scorching August afternoon.  The call for first round brought 40 cars to the staging lanes for the Footbrake class, 6 of which would log a perfect or near perfect .00 reaction time and 9 of which would turn on the red light.  After the smoke cleared, it was James Day's turn to represent the family in the winner's circle at Royal Purple Raceway.  James was able to stop Jay Robinson from recording his 5th win in the series by breaking out the 5 time champion by .02 in the final round.  Runner-Up Jay Robinson won every round at the tree except the 4th round, but Sheila Day broke out by 2 tenths due to having the wrong dial in entered.  In typical Day Ja Vu Racing fashion, James used solid reaction times, top end driving and some luck in the form of red lights from Thomas Iven, Joey Cram and Jason Patterson and a semi-final bye run to top the 40 car field.  The other money winners on Sunday were Joey Cram, Sheila Day, Rickey Nelson, Nathan Gallagher, Jason Patterson, Gordon Smith and Billy Talbot.