Congrats Brad Burton - Spring Fling Vegas Thursday winner!

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Todd Hoven

Congrats Brad!

Michael, I have a side question. I know for a fact that guys can run transbrakes and footbrake two steps out there. Where is the cutoff in the country for bracket racing that is footbrake only? Or is that just an east coast thing?

Depends on the track, although it seems like No-Box rules are encroaching on Footbrake areas a little more all the time. The southeast and mid-south has a number of areas that are starting to go No-Box, at least per Bracket Finals rules, but a lot of tracks are holding out, too. North Carolina and NHRA Div. 1 are the strongest Footbrake areas.

In some "No-Box" areas, the vast majority are running a transbrake, but in others, there remains a high percentage of footbrakers, despite being allowed more driver aids by the rules. (ie., I run Super Stock, but still footbrake and shift by hand, etc.) I think Texas and the southeast (SC through FL) are the most split right now.