The wildly popular Shake and Bake Show broadcast on Steve Jackson Racing’s YouTube channel has built a massive audience by throwing out raw drag racing takes, showcasing elite guests, and taking smack talk to the next level. The show, hosted by Steve Jackson, Lyle Barnett, and Courtney Enders, announced during the last show that they will be putting their collective drag racing expertise on display for all their loyal viewers with the formation of the Shake and Bake Show Drag Race Bracket Bonanza league. This free league will be open to any and all listeners, viewers, haters and pretenders who want to match picks with the trio of drag racing experts.
“We have been making picks on the show for a long time and people give us crap when things don’t go our way or we make a pick that they think is dumb. Well, now, thanks to Drag Race Bracket Bonanza, we can give our fans the chance to put up or shut up,” said Enders, a long-time supporter of the Drag Race Bracket Bonanza movement. “Since Drag Race Bracket Bonanza started, I have loved the game and how much fun it is for drag racing fans and the sport. This is just a natural progression, and we can’t wait to start kicking butt in the Shake and Bake league.”
Fans can sign up starting today by logging into www.dragracebracketbonanza.com and clicking the league tab. By using the Shake and Bake DRBB league code “fajitas” they can join the league and start making picks starting with the upcoming New England Nationals, May 30-June 1. The brackets will open for all classes when qualifying concludes on Saturday, May 31.
“The league feature for Drag Race Bracket Bonanza has been a big hit for fans, tracks and drag racing programs. Getting the Shake and Bake league up and running is so cool,” said Elon Werner, Drag Race Bracket Bonanza creator. “Part of the reason I started Drag Race Bracket Bonanza was so fans could bust each other chops about their drag racing bracket skills. Lyle, Steve and Courtney are top-tier ball-busters, and I can’t wait to see how their brackets play out.”
Since launching the free bracket game for drag racing fans at the 2023 U.S. Nationals, Drag Race Bracket Bonanza has sent prizes to 42 states and five countries outside of the U.S. Those prizes include the DRBB event plaques sponsors this year by Summit Racing Equipment, that are sent to the Overall winner, Top Fuel winner, Funny Car winner, Pro Stock winner and Pro Stock Motorcycle winner at each national event. So far, all DRBB event plaques have been signed by the drivers who won each event.
2025 prizes will also include three trophies designed by Katie Buttera of @applegirlart for winners of The Majors series, a custom Impact Racing helmet signed by all drivers in the Countdown, plans are also in the works for more opportunities for players to pick against NHRA legends and drag racing celebrities.
This story was originally published on May 22, 2025. 
