Bracket Racing Action

In Super Pro Eliminator, in which electronics are permitted, Dan Smith reigned over Kentucky’s Bernie Edging’s who was driving his gold Yenko Vega in a final round decided by a mere thirteen-thousandths of a second. St. Louisan Smith, whose major titles range from multiple track championships to winning George Howard’s $100,000 Footbrake extravaganza, wheeled his infamous ‘88 Chrysler LeBaron to nonstop 5.6-second passes.

Dan Smith (Affton MO) DI – 5.66 ET – 5.681 MPH – 117.77 RT – .521 def Bernie Edging (Bardwell KY) DI – 5.96 ET – 5.984 MPH – 113.00 RT – .532

In Footbrake Eliminator (No Box) defending Sikeston point champion Larry Layton took his immaculate yellow ‘70 Plymouth Duster to yet another title. Layton, acknowledged as the most prolific winner at Sikeston in the past two decades, got around good guy Barclay Schmidt whose Olds Cutlass was only eleven-thousandths of a second behind at the finish line.

Larry Layton (Dexter, MO) DI – 7.12, ET – 7.143, MPH – 95.33, RT – .510 def Barclay Schmidt (Imperial, MO) DI – 6.37, ET – 6.395, MPH – 107.91, RT – .519