Michaels Leads Winners at Footbrake Feast

Michaels, Moore, Martin, Phillips, and Slusher captured wins at the FRBR Promotions Inaugural Footbrake Feast at Maryland International Raceway.

Photos and recap provided by FRBR Promotions

MECHANICSVILLE, MD- FRBR Promotions held their Inaugural Footbrake Feast on November 17-19, 2023 at Maryland International Raceway. The footbrake only event featured a $5K on Friday, $10K on Saturday and a $7,500-to-win race on Sunday. In addition, there were also two $2,000-to-win Gamblers Races on Friday and Saturday night.

See full results below!

Friday Results

$5K Main Event

The quarterfinals of Friday’s $5K saw five drivers remain: Brandon Michaels, Dan Cassie, Jordan Denny, Rob Reinert Jr, and Dave Dissinger.

Michaels dispatched Cassie with a .021 package, locking out Cassie’s .024 reaction time. Dissinger slipped past a red lighting Denny, and Reinert took the bye.

At three cars, Dissinger’s .042 total got there .008 ahead of Reinert, as both drivers lost touch with the gas pedal in the lights. Michaels was .010 and .037 under on the free pass.

The final was all Brandon Michaels who left .001 and worked the pedals to a two above run, getting him there by two hundredths on Dissinger’s 10mph drop. The win was Michael’s third FRBR main event victory.

$2K Gamblers Race

The Gambler’s race saw 114 racers competing for the $2,000 top prize. The semi-finals left Dave Harvey Jr, Steve Cross Sr, Kris Bunch, and Dylan Moore.

Harvey’s .017 total cut Cross’s reaction time in half, and ended his day. Bunch trusted the dial a little too much following Moore through by .008, losing a double breakout by .006. Moore was flat nasty though, .002 up front and 2 thou under for the win.

In the final, Harvey was .008, leaving him 5 thou behind Moore’s .003. Dylan took one down for the young guns, running 1 over to take the stripe by .009 and visiting his first FRBR Winner’s Circle.

Saturday Results

$10K Main Event

Round seven left six drivers to battle for the $10,000 top prize: Jake Milstead, Peter Kivett, Kevin Mendenhall, Kris Bunch, and Brandon Michaels. The final competitor was Jonathan Martin, arguably the hottest footbraker on the east coast in recent months.

Martin went full Houdini, feeding Milstead .050 stripe to overcome a three hundredths starting line hole. Mendenhall, driving his son’s S10, was .006, taking .002 at the stripe to end Michael’s bid at a double up. In the final pair, Kivett was .006 to the .019 of Bunch and got there first by .005 breaking to win a double breakout by .007.

Martin missed the tree slightly in the semi-final, but it didn’t matter as Kivett turned in -,019. Mendenhall laid down a lap in the semis, .006 up front and ran 6.153 on his 6.16 prediction.

The final was also over before it got going as Mendenhall left -.005 too early keeping Martin’s hot streak alive. It was Martin’s biggest win to date, and first FRBR winner’s circle interview.

$2K Gamblers Race

The second gambler’s race of the weekend put another $2,000 on the line. 125 racers took a shot, but it came down to Seth Phillips, Devin Dudley, Dylan Moore, and Kris Bunch.

Bunch kept knocking on the door, but couldn’t push through turning it -.007 against Phillips who was .016 at the hit and legged it out to be .039 under. Moore’s attempt at a double up ended at the hands of Dudley, who was a hun better at the start and got behind to push Moore out just .005.

Phillips was strong in the final with a .017 light, but it didn’t matter as Dudley was -.012 to end things quickly. The win was Phillips’ second FRBR check, complimenting his $10K win at the 2021 edition of Door Wars.

Sunday Results

$7,500-to-win Main Event

Sunday at the Footbrake Feast saw another great field of 199 entries to chase the $7,500 top prize. The action moved swift with few time runs and by mid afternoon just five drivers remained: Frank Ware, Todd Thoman, Dave Harvey Jr, David Slusher and James “Rocky” Moore.

Ware’s hope’s of the big day were dashed leaving -.010 too soon, giving the nod to Slusher. Thoman had a two hundredths starting line edge but learned just how well Rocky’s mustang stops; breaking out .009 taking the 4 hun that he was fed nearly in the lights. Harvey was .018 and one under on his free pass.

Slusher got the bye at three by virtue of being the last left without having received one, and was .025 total. Moore may need a new brake pedal at the end of the weekend, overcoming the almost 2 hun starting line advantage of Harvey by once again feeding 4 hundredths that weren’t caught in time.

The final was over before it got going as Moore’s red light prevented the mustang from collecting a second big check for the weekend. Nephew Dillon was the Friday Gambler’s race winner. Slusher, a SBRA track champion ran .004 under on the victory lap and took home his first FRBR big check.

Congratulations to all winners and finalists from the Inaugural FRBR Promotions Footbrake Feast at Maryland International Raceway.

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