Carterville, IL: Luke Bogacki’s fortieth Ohlins monthly tutorial column has posted on ThisIsBracketRacing.com. This month, Bogacki talks about the importance of goal setting, pursuit, and evaluation within the confines of sportsman racing competition. In his column, he discusses the virtues and pitfalls of long term, short term, result based, and process goals.
“At every race we attend, our result goal is to win the drag race. Not to win a round, not to earn some prize money, not to outlast Joe Blow, to WIN the drag race. At EVERY race we attend, our result goal is to WIN the drag race. If that’s not your goal, what makes you drive to the race track?”
-Luke Bogacki
Bogacki, the 30-year-old editor of ThisIsBracketRacing.com earned his reputation as one of the most successful big dollar bracket races in the country. In addition, he has also enjoyed great success in NHRA and IHRA competition in recent years. In 2010, he won the NHRA Division 2 Championship in both Super Comp and Stock Eliminator, and drove to top ten national finishes in both categories. As a result, he was awarded the NHRA Division 2 Sportsman Driver of the Year honor. He’s earned 10 career national event victories in NHRA and IHRA to go along with 6 division championships. Bogacki was voted the 2008 IHRA Sportsman Driver of the Year on the strength of an amazing season that resulted in an unprecedented top 5 national finish in three separate IHRA categories (Quick Rod, Top Dragster, and Stock Eliminator). Those accolades complement a host of big dollar bracket racing victories and accomplishments that include over 50 individual event wins of $5,000 or more, and points championships within the DragRaceResults.com Bracket Series, B&M Racers Appreciation Series, Southern Super Tens Series, Tenn-Tuck Triple Crown, and more.
ThisIsBracketRacing.com is an instructional website geared toward sportsman drag racing and racers. While the website is viewable to all, the main features of ThisIsBracketRacing.com are contained in the member-only pages, which include monthly tutorials from Bogacki, in addition to bi-monthly columns from championship sportsman competitors including Nick Folk, Peter Biondo, Troy Williams, Jr., Jeg Coughlin, Jr., Shawn Langdon, Justin Lamb, Tommy Phillips, Kyle Seipel and more. Bi-Weekly Question and Answer forums are provided for members to clarify points from instructors, and bring forward new questions of their own within the JEGS Q&A. Additionally, members have access to the most comprehensive schedule of sportsman racing events available (Including all NHRA & IHRA national, sportsman national, divisional, and ET Finals events; as well as nearly every bracket-style event that boasts a winners purse of $5,000 or more on the entire continent) within the site’s comprehensive schedule. Plus, members and visitors alike have access to the unique BTE Power Rankings on ThisIsBracketRacing.com, a points system that ranks competitors based on final round appearances at events within the comprehensive schedule regardless of their sanction or class.
ThisIsBracketRacing.com also hosts the American Race Cars online message board forum for members to discuss various racing strategies and situations with each other and the sites established instructors, as well as the popular APD Member Spotlight Program, and several additional resources.