After multiple days of rain and a challenging forecast, race officials changed the original three day format to a Twin 20K setup as the projected forecast knocked out the opportunity to race on Thursday and Friday. Sadly, the forecasts were correct and massive rainfall came into the Dinwiddie, Virginia area on Thursday night and Friday night which resulted in a large amount of preparation to be ready to send race cars safely. The Virginia Motorsports Park staff worked nearly around the clock to get things prepared and put cars on the racetrack at 5pm on Saturday afternoon with the start of FuelTech Saturday with $20,000 on the line. Officials fought through multiple breakages to complete the time trial, first round, re-entry and second round before stopping due to curfew on Saturday evening. Round 3 started off Sunday morning until the finals were run on an extended version of the FuelTech 20K. O’Reilly Auto Parts Sunday 20K started right after the final round was completed and off ran the second event, powering through at a thundering rate of pace, the second and final 20K event of the weekend was completed right at 9:00pm.
Virginia Motorsports Park would like to thank all of the racers, crew members, staff, media and the marketing partners from FuelTech, O’Reilly Auto Parts, House of Payne Performance, FTI Performance, Hoosier Racing Tire, DragRaceSolutions/Collector Tethers and JEG’S Performance for their support of our first of three Triple Threat Bracket Series events on the 2021 schedule.
FuelTech Saturday started the weekend off with Dink Holmes driving the Bounty Hunter ’68 Camaro to the first winner’s circle of the weekend and the new big money bracket series at Virginia. Holmes defeated Footbrake48 winner, Devin Dudley, in the finals as Dudley clicked it .008 on the red side and handed the automatic victory to the Richmond, VA based Camaro. Gary Ingold was the lone semi-finalist while Caraline McCarty and Andre Nunez bowed out in the quarter-finals. Devin Dudley laid claim to the Footbrake48 shootout over Rodney Lunsford’s ’95 Mustang. Kevin Pollard was the lone semi-finalist while Seth Phillips and Darrell Holmes rounded out the quarter-finals. For round-by-round results, click HERE for Super Pro and click HERE for Footbrake48.
Best Losing Package Winners – FuelTech Saturday
House of Payne Performance Round 1 – Tommy Franklin
FTI Performance Round 2 – Jonathan Edwards
Hoosier Racing Tire Round 3 – Jon Corbin
Drag Race Solutions/Collector Tethers Round 4 – Donald Wiggins
JEG’S Performance Round 5 – Andre Wiggins
O’Reilly Auto Parts Sunday rolled into competition right after the Holmes/Dudley final round. Jeff Serra wheeled the deal in Steve Witherow’s TeamW dragster, taking the win over Luke Harris in the Chevelle. Serra took a reaction time advantage and carried it to the finish line to light the lamp for the final win light of the weekend and a $20,000 victory. Ken Batchelor was the lone semi-finalist while Footbrake48 winner, Rodney Lunsford and Ross Freeman were the quarter-finalists. Lunsford stood tall in his second final of the weekend in Footbrake, this time, turning on the win light over Cody Kirk’s Ford Mustang. Travis Leake and Kevin Pollard were the semi-finalists while Alan Wyatt, Jacob Jackson and Devin Dudley bowed out in the quarters. For round-by-round results, click HERE for Super Pro and click HERE for Footbrake48.
Best Losing Package Winners – O’Reilly Auto Parts Sunday
House of Payne Performance Round 1 – Marty Martin
FTI Performance Round 2 – Jason Overstreet
Hoosier Racing Tire Round 3 – Wesley Washington
Drag Race Solutions/Collector Tethers Round 4 – David Tucker
JEG’S Performance Round 5 – Gordon Holmes
The second Triple Threat event is the Mega Bucks event with only 400 entries available in Super Pro, click HERE to pre-register and put your $250 deposit down for the 30K-75K-30K race ($750 total weekend entry) upcoming on July 22-25 with an additional $10K on Thursday for only $100! There are less than 70 spots available as of now! Don’t miss out on the largest paying bracket race in the history of Virginia Motorsports Park on July 22-25, 2021!
