IN A LATE-NIGHT FINAL ROUND, SISKO
TOOK DOWN MICHIGAN’S OWN BILL
SWAIN, WHO WON THE DRAGSTER
PORTION OF THE EVENT TO MEET
SISKO IN THE MAIN FINAL ROUND.
round win number, though, that Sisko
believes is more important.
“Everybody keeps saying ‘I can’t believe
you won back-to-back in two different
cars.’ The two different cars thing
doesn’t matter to me,” Sisko says. “I’ve
won back-to-back two different days
with different cars before. I’ve done that
plenty of times, but not for that kind of
money, obviously. The thing that drives
me crazy is they were 11-round races.
To win 11 rounds alone is nuts. To do
it two days in a row with the quality of
people and cars that were there, that’s
what makes me feel the best.
“I don’t know if it’s ever going to happen
again, if somebody’s going to win
two 11-round races back to back,” he
adds. “Probably never with two different cars.
I feel like that’s something that’s going to stand
forever. If there was some type of hall of fame
or record book like they have for baseball, this
would be something that’s probably never going
to be broken.”
Sisko is sure to point out it wasn’t a one-man
show, as he shares his appreciation for the people
and companies who helped make his memorable
weekend even possible. He thanks the car
owners, Bertozzi and Maclosky, as well as John
Labbous Jr., who hauled the cars to Michigan.
August 2020
He’s also appreciative of his wife, Lindsay, who
joined Bertozzi’s daughter, Brittney, and bracket
racing ace Tommy Cable as Sisko’s crew for the
week. Sisko also mentions his parents, Jake and
Janet, who’ve supported his racing passion for
26 years. Finally, his sponsors include Brodix,
Biondo Racing Products, Mickey Thompson
Tires and JEGS.
Even before winning the highest paying race in
bracket racing history, Sisko had already racked
up some of the biggest accomplishments a bracket
racer can win.
“Growing up, I always said the Bracket
Finals for bracket racing was the big
thing,” Sisko says. “I watched my father go
to that race every year when I was a kid.
Probably 15 years ago, I won the Race of
Champions there, then I won the Bracket
Finals. I went out to Pomona and won the
world championship. I wound up winning
my first [NHRA] national event at Englishtown,
close to where I grew up. I told
my wife at that point, I’ve won everything
I’ve ever dreamed of winning.”
That’s when Sisko shifted gears and
started focusing on big-money bracket
racing. He’d yet to win a 50-grander, so
he started almost exclusively attending
races that paid $50,000 or more. Here,
a few years after making that switch,
he won a hundred-grander and a million in
just two days.
So where does Sisko go from here?
“I’m gonna go to all the big stuff now,” he says,
adding that he plans to hit all the Spring Fling
races, a few more SFG events, Britt Cummings
and Gaylon Rolison Jr.’s Great American Guaranteed
Million in October, and Randy Folk’s 25th
Anniversary Million Dollar Race in late October.
“If you’re winning, you’ve gotta go to all the big
stuff and hope it continues. Like they say, I’ve
gotta ride the wave.” DI
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