Bracket racing is all I can afford. As soon as I hit the lotto or some rich relative that I have never met kicks the bucket and leaves me a few drums of cash, I will do some heads up racing. If you want to heads up and not have a quarter million in the car, ya need to step the car up and index race. Oh wait, you would have to spend MORE money on it and would prob get ya rear handed to ya again. If ya keep practicing, you can prob figure out how to do the "bracket thing" and not be so sore about it. Good luck with it either way you decide to race.