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Luke Bogacki's eighteenth Monthly Tutorial posted July 5

New Guest Instructor Column  from Shawn Langdon posted June 15

With strong showings at the Great American Bracket Race, Gary Williams and Jason Lynch have distanced themselves from the pack in the 2010 BTE Power Rankings.  Williams leads with 99 points, and Lynch trails closely with 98.  Edmond Richardson, John Labbous, Jr., and Todd Ewing currently round out the top five.

The 2010 Auto Meter Schedule is updated: be sure to let us know of any qualifying events not currently on the Schedule page!

The next BRODIX TIBR "Live" School comes to Mid-State Dragway (Havana, IL) on August 20-21.  2-time NHRA Super Comp World Champion and current NHRA Top Fuel star Shawn Langdon joins Luke Bogacki for the two day course.  For details, click on BRODIX TIBR "Live" in the TIBR Resources menu.

We've added a second Jr. Dragster Only TIBR "Live" school in October, 2010.  School will be held at I-57 Dragway on Friday, October 8 preceeding the Holzhauer Halloween Classic Jr. Dragster Event.  School will be hosted by Luke Bogacki, Jared Pennington, and Jeff Kile.  For information, click on the BRODIX TIBR "Live" link in the site resources menu!

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Hello and welcome to ThisIsBracketRacing.com. My name is Luke Bogacki, and I’m your head instructor, so to speak. You can click on my bio to get some information to validate that position, but it doesn’t really matter. I’m not here because I think I’m the greatest racer to ever put on a helmet.  I’m not, and won’t claim to be. I’m here because I do race for a living, and I have been fairly successful, and I do firmly believe that I can help you to become a better bracket racer. That’s what this site is all about: learning, opening our minds, and challenging ourselves to get better. I think I can help you with that learning curve (along the way, I will no doubt learn and improve myself).

I created ThisIsBracketRacing.com to provide a truly cerebral approach to sportsman drag racing, an approach that really hasn’t been touched upon by the print, broadcast, or internet media. This isn’t a site that’s going to help you tune your car. It’s not a site that’s going to tell you how to be .00 and dead-on every run. My goal here is to help you become a better racer by evolving your race strategy and making solid decisions. If we could all be .00 and dead-on every lap, we certainly would. But to win a race you don’t necessarily have to make the best runs of each round  you just have to make a better run than your opponent!

Within the monthly columns on this site, I will explain more deeply what I mean. We’ll discuss basic race strategy, and what winners do that average racers don’t. We’ll go over basic “game plans” that the majority of racers live by (and there are a lot of ways to approach what in theory should be a simple game). Then we’ll teach you how to employ the appropriate strategy for each round of competition: a strategy that will allow you to capitalize on your strengths, and expose your opponents weaknesses.
 
As your head instructor, I will post a column each month (posted on the 1st) on various topics related to bracket racing strategy. Some of the columns will build on one another, and some will stand alone. Granted, some of the points I harp on will seem elementary, but generally that will serve as basic groundwork for a more in depth theory. I welcome feedback (that’s the fun part because that’s what opens my mind and makes me think, which in turn lets me learn along with everyone else), and every two weeks I will select one subscribers question and answer it to the best of my ability in the ‘JEGS Q&A’. Throughout the season, we will also have a number of guest editorials (a new guest tutorial column will post every other month). In these columns, guest instructors (some of the very best racers in the world) will share assorted views once again, all related to race strategy in an effort to broaden each subscribers horizons and create better racers.
 
 
Additionally, we are proud to host what I believe is the most comprehensive sportsman racing schedule available on the internet. We list events throughout the nation; including every NHRA and IHRA national and divisional event, as well as the vast majority of big dollar ($5,000-to-win or more) bracket races from coast to coast.
 
As an added feature, we’ve created the BTE sportsman “Power Rankings.” These rankings are based on results of the events on our comprehensive schedule, and for the first time stacks class and index racers and pure bracket racers against one another. Peter Biondo’s Super Stock victories vs. Scotty Richardson’s bracket triumph’s; Anthony Bertozzi’s IHRA dominance against the NHRA accomplishments of Dan Fletcher; against every serious bracket racer in the country all in an effort to settle the age old debate and determine just who is the best of the best.
 
We’re offering annual subscriptions for just $119. Sure, it’s a fair amount of money. But if you can take one point from the tutorials within this site; any one thing; and use it help you win one round; any one round; it’s paid for itself (and in many cases several times over). I think we can help you to win that round, and many more. For those of you on the fence, we're also offering a 3-month trial subscription for $45. Give it a look for the reduced price, then determine if an annual subscription is worthwhile. We’re confident it will be.
 
Once you subscribe and become a member of ThisIsBracketRacing.com, you will access to the entire site, which includes the monthly tutorial columns, the guest editorials, the comprehensive schedule, the BTE power rankings, and the bi-weekly JEGS Question & Answer sessions.
 
Members and guests alike have access to the remainder of the site, which includes our instructor biographies (some background information on myself and each of our guest instructors), an archive of "On The Road" with Luke Bogacki columns that have been featured on DragRaceResults.com for the past 9 years, some information and advertisements for our live on-track schools, a news page, and our online store.
 
If you’ve read thru the portions of this site that are accessible to our guests and decide that it’s not for you, thanks for visiting ThisIsBracketRacing.com. But if you’re ready to take your game to the next level and start thinking and racing like the pros, click here to subscribe to ThisIsBracketRacing.com today.

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Thanks again,
Luke Bogacki

 



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