West Coast Bracket Races

04/17/2026

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03/30/2026

LITHGOW FINDS 2ND MAIN EVENT FINAL - SPLIT & QUIT WITH TEAMMATE PENNINGTON FOR THE $25,000 WHILE WALKER PERSEVERES THE LARGEST PRO FIELD IN WCBR HISTORY TO TAKE $12,500 OFF THE BOTTOM!!!

With Mother Nature forcing the hand of combining Hughes Performance Saturday with RB Components Sunday, a record 432 Entries took to first round Saturday Afternoon to chase the Double Up Purses. Race was called at the completion of second round at 10pm Saturday Night, setting the stage for Sunday morning to finish the move towards Main Event Final.

In Super Pro, friday nights’ runner up Dennis Lithgow opened up Round 7 with a disadvantage out the gate but tracked Luke Cavas at the stripe going dead on zero sneaking in .003. Preston “Peeps” Pennington grabbed the win light in a double red when Cooper Chun let go -.009 and Pennington -.004.

Semi Finals saw Lithgow once again finding the slim window at the stripe by .004 laying down .027 total to Ryan O’Connor’s .031 total. Pennington once again capitalized on the -.005 Red by former WCBR Main Event Winner Duston Wurtz.

Pennington and Lithgow came to the lanes before the final and elected to split and quit for the $25,000 Championship! Congrats to both racers and an incredible showing for Lithgow having raced in every round of competition on the Super Pro Side this weekend.

With 142 entries looking at the $12,500 Check in Pro, Lucas Walker checked into Round 6 with the Bye Run while Zach Zurbrugg locked out Lance Cherchuk with a big advantage on starting line.

At 4 cars in the semis, Walker drew the wagon of John Cozzette and having not moved that 5.58 dial all day, found it dead 4 next to Cozzette who was also dead on, but Walker was .015 on the tree 12 thou ahead. On other side, Zurbrugg managed the stripe just good enough in a double breakout against Cole Casteel who was hot all day.

In the Money Round, Zurbrugg got out of the gate first .010 to Walker’s .024, but Walker disguised the big end of the track before setting it to 5.588 on a 5.58 and Zurbrugg breaking out by .025. Congrats to Lucas Walker for his Win!

Congratulations to all of winners and THANK YOU to Hughes Performance and RB Components for their ongong support and confidence in our platform. Also to our racers for turningout and making this the BIGGEST WCBR Event to date.

03/28/2026

SCHMALL PINCH HITS FOR THE $10,000 SUPER PRO TITLE WHILE THEOBALD CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY $5,000 RICHER AND THE PRO TROPHY ON KIDD PERFORMANCE FRIDAY!!!

Kidd Performance Friday kicked off main event action for this years’ Showdown with 403 entries staging for first round, making it the largest WCBR Event to date.

Joe Schmall filled in for the day for his daughter in law, Jamie, and took their Fastronix Cavalier the distance to collect the $10,000 Payday.

In the 8th Round, Schmall let go perfect and retained control to be .013 above while Makenna Needham chased but could not overcome after being behind on the tree. Dennis Lithgow, found a narrow window throwing .022 total down against Kyle Cultrera who was .027 total but had a slight advantage at the tree. In the last pair, Will Holloman set down a 10 pack when Eric Dodge turned it .001 Red.

In the Semis, Schmall was carrying the bye from Round 7 and got the solo while Holloman and Lithgow squared off to see who would challenge him in the money round. Lithgow took .026 thou advantage and set it dead 6 locking out Holloman who was 4.360 on the 4.36.

In the Final, Schmall repeated on the tree from his single , .008, and that was all he needed when Lithgow dropped it red by .005.

In the largest pro field to date, Parker Theobald used consistency on the tree to fight his way through the 123 other bottom bulb drivers to earn a hefty birthday present.

In the 6th Round, Parker squared up with one of the best to ever to it, Gary Williams, and using his 3rd .022 light in a row managed to maintain control start to finish. Scott Taylor, previous main event winner, with a big disadvantage out the gate was able to get back around a big wheel stand from Lucas Walker who slowed to .09 above. Clayton Clark took on Kyle Fritz and with 6 thou advantage, made the right decision at the stripe to lay it dead on 7 while Fritz got to the stripe 12 thou under.

In the Semis, Clark took the solo and .009 release to earn lane choice in the final while Theobald and Taylor battled it out at the finish-line in a double breakout affair.

The money round had Parker .029 on the tree ahead of Clark’s .038, and at the stripe Parker hit it dead 8, while Clark was 12 thou above.

Congratulations to our finalists, Happy Birthday to Parker, and big THANK YOU to Kidd Performance for their commitment to WCBR Events!!

03/28/2026

HUGHES PERFORMANCE SATURDAY WILL DOUBLE UP WITH RB COMPONENTS SUNDAY - SUPER PRO RACING FOR $25,000 & PRO WILL RACE FOR $12,500!!

As a result of the wind conditions and in the best interest of providing our racers with the safest opportuninty at the purse that was posted, we have elected to double up the weekend into one purse.

With the potential of an afternoon start, we are looking at going right into Round 1, followed by the Buyback Round. Depending on the start time will determine whether we feel we can get that finished in a timely manner and run the $20,000 Shootout tonight.

This would set the completion of the Double Up Race for tomorrow and get everyone headed their desired directions in a timely fashion.

We appreciate everyone’s patience and support and wish our racers the best of luck for the rest of the weekend.

03/28/2026

SCHMALL AND THEOBALD TAKE KIDD PERFORMANCE FRIDAY HARDWARE AT THE SHOWDOWN!!!

Full detail coming…..

03/27/2026

**KIDD PERFORMANCE FRIDAY TO CROWN $10,000 SUPER PRO AND $5,000 PRO CHAMPS**

Main Event racing is underway here at Tucson Dragway for the Southwest Showdown. With just over 400 entries on the premises, we are in the midst of the BIGGEST WCBR Event to date with some of the best talent the country has to offer.

As we wrap up 1st Round , we will move I to our buyback round and then 2 go down and 1
Comes back until we get our Kidd Performance Friday Winners!!

Huge Thank you to the Kidd Family and Kidd Performance for their relentless support the last 12 years!! Mark and Rayce make it a point to be available for any advice, conversation, or help to make our events as successful as we can. Truly could not generate these platforms without support like that!

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03/27/2026

SEAN SHAFFER RUNS THE TABLE IN 1ST EAST / WEST CLASH!!

In the first of its kind format, 32 of the best racers from both halves of the country came together at the Southwest Showdown last night and put on a show. With the layout of how this race was developed, there was a number of different ways this could go, and the ways it could end. Team Captains Ryan Gleghorn and Bill Kidd did a great job orchestrating the round pairings and run order and strategically having to play a little poker in order to stay in contention. Although, it was discussed during development, no one saw what happened last night coming.

Sean Shaffer set out on the day having had the discussion that “someone could have to potentially run 10+ laps to make this happen.” When the dust settled at 10:15 last night, that is exactly what went down!!

In the 1st Round, the East jumped into control with a 10-6 lead, giving them a strong start to impose on the west. 2nd Round the East stretched their dominance by going 4-2 and leaving the West with Shaffer and Kris Whitfield.

With 4 racers in the “bullpen” from the previous round, the East elected to send Talon Farmer up against Whitfield and took the opening pair in a heads up dial of 4.71. Both drivers were .00, but Farmer orchestrated the finishline perfectly in the double breakout. With their last horse in the trailer, Shaffer was able to advance when Colby Fuller turned it .001 Red.

With 7 drivers remaining in play for the East, Shaffer went on a run. In Round 4, he laid down .008 Total over Bode Bennet.

Round 5 saw Shaffer squared up with Noah Lewis and after being basically even on the tree, Shaffer managed the finish line to be one above, while Lewis broke out by only .004.

Round 6, the East elected to go with Caden Meuth who had .011 out the gate being .005 but was further under in the double breakout affair giving Sean the opportunity to come back yet again.

In Round 7, Jayden Lawler was the next up to challenge Shaffer but missed the tree and Shaffer took advantage gate to finish being .004 and 1 above.

Next up in Round 8, Shaffer got moved into the left lane and a meeting with Tyler Bohannon in the 6.25 Dialed Door Car. Shaffer again let go .004 behind Bohannon’s .007 Red and took the win light.

With 2 left, East Coast rolled Lucas Walker into the water in Round 9 against Shaffer and again, Sean capitalized on the tree and outlasted Walker at the stripe.

In the final, after Shaffer has now made 9 runs at the East, Gleghorns Team had Talon Farmer as their closer rolling into the Final Round. With everything on the line, Shaffer again had the advantage on the starting line and crossed second with Farmer being .001 under, his 3 above go it done.

With Shaffer’s Win, he Claimed the $16,000 Purse and brought the team title to the West.

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Sean and big THANK YOU to the 32 Drivers that took a chance on a non traditional first time opportunity! The talent pool in that group was insane and we look forward to watching them get after it with all the other talent on property the remainder of the weekend

03/27/2026

CHARLIE LOCKHART GRABS 1ST BIG CHECK OF THE WEEKEND IN THE $5,000 BOTTOM BULB SHOOTOUT!!

Thursday afternoon brought 41 entries into the Pro Bottom Bulb Shootout for $5,000 and the first Trophy of the weekend. Charlie Lockhart, all the way out from Kentucky, in the pickup truck navigated through the first 3 rounds and the in the quarters found himself paired up with Brandon Umberger. With a 5 thou advantage, Lockhart parlayed the double breakout win into the single the following round, giving him a shot in the money round.

On the other side, local hitter Joe Kidd squared off with Sacha Hoefer and took advantage at the tree to get 17 thou above and force Hoefer to go under trying to get there. At 3 cars, Kidd once again capitalized on the starting line against another Arizona Hitter in Keith Downing and got the W.

In the final, although Kidd had an 8 thou advantage out the gate he slowed down track giving Lockhart the window he needed to get around at the stripe and the payday.

Big Congratulations to Charlie and his team and best of luck the rest of the weekend!!