After a long, bumpy, and challenging road consisting of engine blowups, reconfigurations, and just some plain old bad luck, Competition Eliminator veteran Scott Cashio turned to his father after the Dallas national event last year and asked if he still wanted to do this. After all, the Cashios, like many of their fellow competitors, consider drag racing to be a family activity.
Cashio's father, Tommy, a lifelong bracket racer, enthusiastically reassured his son that he is all in on this endeavor. Thus continued the journey of persistence that every drag racer experiences. For Cashio, the spark he needed to reignite his passion was just around the corner.
At the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Division 4 opener in Belle Rose, La., Cashio emerged victorious in his 2009 Cobalt, securing his first win in 11 years. Perhaps more importantly, he rose to the top of the list of competitors vying for their piece of Rodger Brogdon's alluring Comp Eliminator Bonus Fund, which offers additional prize money, to the tune of $300,000, at the end of the season to drivers competing in Division 4 events.