WISECO THURSDAY ‘FLING RESULTS

Just another day at the K&N Spring Fling presented by Optima Batteries; another day of big money bracket racing.  Today’s schedule called for all new entries to be given the opportunity for one time run, followed immediately by eliminations. Survivors in the seventh round were Andy Lloyd, John Corbin, Jimmy DiCiacco, Brandon Collins, Tim Butler, Jeff Dobbins and Will Holloman. By virtue of the best reaction time of the previous round, Florida racer and the veteran perennial winner Butler receives the last bye run of the night, moving him right into the semifinals.

First up for the quarterfinal round was Collins and Corbin with Collins taking the win. Next up was Dobbins and Lloyd but after their burnouts and while staging, the skies almost immediately darkened and Mother Nature reared her ugly head, albeit with just enough spritz to halt the action for the time being. The entire area had been flirting with the wet stuff all day, but it seemingly always seemed to go around the Galot facility.

Just a short spritz and the Galot Motorsports Park staff did a fantastic job getting the track back in shape. First pair up was Dobbins and Lloyd with Dobbins taking the win. Next up was DiCiacco and Holloman with the win going to the New Yorker DiCiacco. Once Butler took his bye run, the semifinals were set.

In the semifinals, it was youth over experience as both under 25-year old North Carolina drivers in Dobbins and Collins who defeated DiCiacco and Butler, respectively.

In the final, the reaction times between the two were only .001 apart but it was the son of former big inch Pro Stock racer Jeff Dobbins taking the win and the $20Gs back home to Wilmington, North Carolina.

“This is awesome and I can’t thank my Mom and Dad enough for the support they give me,” said Jeff number 2.

As for Friday’s program, Spring Fling co-promoters Peter Biondo and Kyle Seipel made a change to their typical program for 2017 and upped the purse for Strange Engineering Friday, making it $50,000 going to the winner. Stay tuned to MotorManiaTV.com or www.bracketraces.com for all the action live as it happens thanks to sponsors JEGS and Mickey Thompson Tires.