Gigantic Crowd During Great American $20K Bracket Race
Aside from the SDPC Raceshop Dream Team Challenge, seven other drivers made their way to the winner’s circle during the Moser Engineering Great American $20K Bracket Race.
HOLLY SPRINGS, MS – If you didn’t attend the Moser Engineering Great American $20K Bracket Race, you’re in the minority. A huge crowd of racers filled Holly Springs Motorsports Park for the 4th Annual Event which also featured the SDPC Raceshop Dream Team Challenge.
Over 460 entries made the call first round of Friday’s main events which featured $10,000 to win in Top Bulb and $5,000 to win in Bottom Bulb. Thanks to the impressive crowd, the call was made to pause Friday’s race after the completion of 3rd round and finish the event on Sunday.
American Race Cars Dragster Shootout
With so many drivers on the property, only the American Race Cars Dragster 32-car Shootout was able to be completed on Friday. Third round saw eight remaining drivers: Slate Cummings, Noah Lewis, Jake Levatino, Troy Williams Jr, Curt Harvey, Will Holloman, and Michael Williams.
Lewis, Cummings, Williams, and Harvey advanced into the semifinal round. Lewis takes the double breakout win over Cummings as he runs .008 under the dial. Harvey is .002 but breaks out .0009 while Williams lays down .0063 total to take the win.
In the final, Lewis has a 2 thou starting line advantage and runs one above the dial in for the win. Williams gets to the finish line by .012 but breaks out 3 thou for the runner up.
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Friday
Bottom Bulb $5,000 Main Event
There were 146 entries in Friday’s Bottom Bulb main event with $5,000 up for grabs. The quarterfinal round left five drivers in the running: Slick Rick Baehr, Brady Mase, Nasty Nick Hastings, Jeff Thompson, and Nick Curl.
Mase turns on the red bulb by 7 thou, but Baehr was going to be tough to beat as he lays down 5 total for the win. In the battle of the Nicks, Curl is .0008 red to advance Hastings who was .009 at the hit and coasts through the finish line. Thompson was .005 red on his bye run and moves on into the semifinal.
Baehr earned the bye into the final courtesy of his previous .004 reaction time and turns it .006 red on the solo pass. Hastings is .007 to Thompson’s .013 light, but breaks out 1 thou at the stripe while Thompson runs dead on 7 for the win.
In the final, Thompson turns on the red light but Baehr is .004 and dead on again to pick up the $5K win with a .008 package.
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Top Bulb $10,000 Main Event
318 entries rolled into the water box during Friday’s Top Bulb first round of eliminations. Five drivers still had a chance for $10K: Jason McKague, JR Barclay, Allen Gately, Chad Branham, and Seth Lancaster.
Branham earned the bye run and was .013 and dead eight on the free pass. Lancaster lets go .003 red to advance Barclay who was .029 green. McKague runs dead on with a three, but left the red bulb hanging on the tree by 2 thou which allowed Gately’s .042 package to move on.
Barclay takes the tree during the bye and saves his run for the final. Gately lays down .009 total to package up Branham who was .017 and dead nine for the loss.
In the final, Holly Springs Motorsports local Gately lets go .008 red and runs dead on zero to put salt in the wound. Barclay is also red but leaves last to earn the $10,000 payday during Friday’s event.
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Saturday/Sunday
Over 515 entries staged up for the combined Saturday and Sunday events in three separate classes.
Bottom Bulb $15,000 Main Event Results
Saturday and Sunday’s Bottom Bulb races were combined creating a $15,000 payout to the winner. There were 142 entries staged up in first round of competitions. A few rounds later, only eight drivers remained: Bobby Paul Arnett, Tommy Jackson, Brady Mase, Nasty Nick Hastings, Chris Hester, Taylor Bowling, Chris Cox, and Kyle Rumley.
Arnett is .024 and takes .013 at the finish line to advance over Mase. Bowling is .012 and runs dead on with a seven to take the win over Hastings who was .016 and breaks out 4 thou.
Both Jackson and Rumley run one above their dial ins, but Jackson’s 2 thou reaction time advantage pushes him into the next round. Only 1 thou separated them at the starting line, but Hester has mechanical issues while Cox coasts through the finish line for the win.
In the semifinal, Cox is .020 total to package up Arnett’s .037 reaction time. Similarly, Bowling is .026 total to leave Jackson’s .030 reaction time mathematically ineligible.
It was an all Chevrolet final round with Cox staging his S-10 beside Bowling in his Nova. The double breakout win went to Cox as he’s .0014 under his dial in opposed to Bowling who was .0052 under the dial.
Chris Cox earns $15,000 during the Bottom Bulb Saturday-Sunday combined race at the Moser Engineering Great American $20K Bracket Race.
Photo credit: BME Photography
Photo credit: BME Photography
Top Bulb $30,000 Main Event Results
The main events for Saturday and Sunday were also combined into one race which increased the winnings to $30K. 320 top bulb racers bumped into the stage beams during first round on Saturday.
Door cars became the stars of the show with all the dragsters eliminated before the quarterfinal round on Sunday. The five remaining competitors were Gage Burch, Cody Wiggins, Corey Butler, Heath Davis, and Robert Eubanks.
Eubanks earned the bye and ran dead on with a six to head into the semifinal. Burch was .009 on the tree, but drops to be 4 thou behind at the stripe beside Butler who was .016 and one above for the win. Both drivers run one above their dial ins, but Wiggins turns on the win light with a .003 margin of victory over Davis.
An all Chevrolet semifinal had Butler taking the bye in his S-10, earning his spot into the final round. Eubanks is .008 red in his Camaro to advance Wiggins, who coasts his El Camino across the finish line after leaving .023 green.
Corey Butler and Cody Wiggins had more in common than just meeting in the $30K final round. Oddly enough, Wiggins actually purchased the El Camino from Butler, and they made the decision to split the money and call it quits for the weekend.
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Rock, paper, scissors…how else would Corey Butler and Cody Wiggins determine who gets the bigger check?
Junior Dragster Gamblers Race Results
54 Junior Dragster drivers competed on Sunday during the gamblers race. Eventually only seven drivers remained: Carson Emmett, Alyssa Martin, Dylan Hite, Casey Wayne Chandler, Velicity Morris, and Griffin “G-Money” Hatcher.
Chandler takes the double breakout win over Emmett, while Morris turns on the red light to advance Martin. Hatcher goes red to send Hite into the next round who was .009 green. Fritts takes the bye run into the semifinal.
In the semifinal, Hite takes .001 at the finish line to get the win over Chandler and advances into the second final round of the weekend. Martin is .013 and takes .028 at the stripe for the win over Fritts.
Dylan Hite has mechanical issues shortly after the launch and Alyssa Martin coasts through the finish line to pick up the Junior Dragster win on Sunday. This just adds to Martin’s checks as she was a member of Team Kris Rachford who won the Dream Team Challenge on Saturday.
Photo credit: BME Photography
Check out results from the GABR SDPC Raceshop Dream Team Challenge here!
Next Stop for the GABR Crew
The Great American Bracket Race team will return to Holly Springs Motorsports Park June 25-27, 2021 for an added event. The SDPC Raceshop Red, White, and Blue $20Ks includes the buy one entry get one free deal, but there will only be limited spots!
Registration opens June 1 at 6PM CST on the Great American Bracket Races website.
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Jessica was born into a family of drag racers and fell in love with the sport at a young age. She began competing at 13 and has been hooked ever since! She even met her husband at the World Footbrake Challenge VII. Jessica works full time as an Ultrasound Technologist but spends almost every weekend chasing win lights at IHRA and NHRA bracket races.
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