After moving around the schedule a touch to accommodate weather conditions, we had a Test & Tune session on Sunday, March 21 with an impromptu gamblers race for Super Pro/Pro competitors as well as our Jr. Dragster category.
As first round came to a close, we had 82 competitors jump into the gamblers race for Super Pro/Pro while 27 future stars of drag racing joined in on the junior dragster side of the program. The rounds began to wind down and the competition was as tough as ever, even being the first time we’ve seen eliminations in the 2021 season. Brianna Lukhard wheeled her ’17 S&W dragster all the way to the winner’s circle for her first win in big car competition defeating a red-lighting Josh Edwards in the finals. Lukhard carried the bye run from fourth round to the finals where she laid down a .003 package to earn that bid through the remainder of the day. Buddy Perkinson and Milton Thomas were the semi-finalists while Chris Barrow, Andy Lloyd, Charles Wright and Pat Warren were the quarter-finalists for the evening. For round by round results of the Super Pro/Pro gamblers race, CLICK HERE.
Todd Futrell outpowered and out muscled the remainder of the Jr. Dragster field in the season-opening gamblers race. Futrell was solid all day long including in the finals where he took a narrow reaction time advantage as both he and Kate Hall ran one above their dial-ins and Futrell took the victory by a .008 margin of victory. Brandon Galderise, Jr. and Kahlia Lewis were the semi-finalists while Louis Crockett, Mallory Logan and LeVar Lewis, Jr. rounded out the quarter-final slots. For round by round results of the Jr. Dragster gamblers race, CLICK HERE.
Next up on schedule for Virginia Motorsports Park is the rescheduled VP Racing Fuels ET Bracket Series on Saturday & Sunday, March 27-28 followed by our first scheduled Friday night of the year on April 2nd with Take It Off The Streets featuring L&W Racing Transmissions Street ET followed by another VP Racing Fuels ET Bracket Series event on Saturday, April 3rd along with our Dirtplex season opener with the Inaugural Easter Bash Mud Bog wrapping up our weekend on Sunday, April 4th with Virginia Motor Sport Club‘s private autocross rental.
