Monday, November 9, 2026

Capital City Bracket Racers’ Appreciation Race Results

Capital City Motorsports Park delivers smiles and cash to drivers during the Bracket Racers’ Appreciation Race.

The following is as written by Melissa Willis. Photos courtesy of Hobbie Lee.

MONTGOMERY, AL – Not only was the Alabama heat hot at Capital City Motorsports Park this weekend, the competition was also.

Willis and crew put on a free $10,000 to win Super Pro race, along with Footbrake and Junior Dragsters, which were also free.

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Free Footbrake Friday

Action began Friday with a footbrake race paying $500 to win for free, as they do every Friday night at Capital City Motorsports Park. At the end of the night Mark Broderick continued to dominate as he earns the win and runner up for the second week in a row.

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Mark Broderick

GABR Guaranteed Million Shootout

Friday also featured a special 32 car shootout put on by Gaylon Rolison, Jr and Britt Cummings where both the winner and runner up received free entries into the Great American Guaranteed Million.

At the end of the Shootout, it was Heath Davis in the door car taking out the dragster of KC Pesnell.

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Heath Davis
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KC Pesnell

Glynn Smith Bracket Racers’ Appreciation Race Saturday

Junior Dragster 6-9 Years Old

Action resumed Saturday morning with juniors on the track. In the 6-9 year olds, it was Luke Staples taking his first win over Braiten Britton which was also his first ever final round.

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Luke Staples

Junior Dragster 10 and Up

In the 10 and up class, we saw Carlee Tapley outlast 30 competitors to take the win over Braden Todd.

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Carlee Tapley

Footbrake

After a 3-hour lightning storm delay, Willis and crew decided to push late into the night because of fear of rain chances Sunday morning. First up, footbrake final was Ricky Pennington taking the win over Darryl Paul.

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Ricky Pennington

Super Pro

Then, finally, at 4 am in the morning, Thomas Holley outlasted 235 competitors to take the win over Friday nights shootout winner Heath Davis to claim the $10,000 Super Pro win.

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Thomas Holley

Glynn Smith Bracket Racers’ Appreciation Race Sunday

Junior Dragster 6-9 Years Old

After very few hours of sleep, and the rain chances gone, juniors were back on the track early Sunday morning.

In the 6-9 year olds, it was Sam Willis taking the win over Reese Noah.

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Sam Willis

Junior Dragster 10 and Up

Then, in 10 and up, it was an all FTI farm team final as Rylee Wells took out Shelby Thurman.

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Shelby Thurman and Riley Wells

Footbrake

In footbrake it was Darryl Paul finding his way to the finals once again. There, Darryl was able to turn on the last win light against William Short.

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Darryl Paul
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Darryl Paul and William Short

Super Pro

Then finally in super pro, it was Slate Cummings turning on the last win light of the weekend to claim the last big check over Alan Wickell.

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Slate Cummings
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Alan Wickell

All in all, it was a successful weekend for the first annual Glynn Smith Bracket Racers’ Appreciation Race. We can’t thank the crew at CCMP enough for all the hard work they put in to make this weekend successful.

The next big bracket race at Capital City Motorsports Park will be the King Of The Mountain points series August 27-29, 2021.


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