We are excited to kick-off the
2021 XDA Season in just a few
short months! The XDA has seen
unprecedented growth over the
last 3 years, which has
presented some growing pains
that must be addressed. We are
grateful for the growth and your
support, but changes are
necessary so we can complete our
programs, keep the wheels in
motion and provide a great
product for all our Pros,
Sportsman and Grudge Racers.
We received hundreds of emails
last year from racers with some
great ideas on how to address
the growth of the XDA and the
changes that needed to be made
so we can complete our events.
The following changes have been
made based on some of your great
ideas and discussions with our
host tracks to benefit as many
racers as we can. We are excited
about these changes for 2021 and
we hope you are too. We know
there are some that do not like
change, but we ask that you
understand that these changes
had to be made for the
betterment of the series.
Please be sure to not only thank
our XDA staff, but also thank
the hard-working staff at our
host tracks. XDA events have 3
times the number of racers and
the events last much longer in
duration than most car events
that they are used to working.
We never want to take them for
granted as we need them to help
execute our events. It is also
imperative that we respect their
facilities and take good care of
them.
We need to make sure we balance
our track time between Pros,
Sportsman, and Grudge. We need
all 3 groups for the XDA to be
successful, and no one group is
any more important than the
other. If the series loses just
one of these groups, then all of
them will fail. We have adjusted
our schedule to allow more track
time on Saturday evening for our
Grudge and Pro Racers, as that
time frame is our best shot to
attract more fans during the
weekend. Our Sportsman racers
will still have their 2
qualifying shots on Saturday
morning before starting the new
Bracket Bash eliminator at 12
noon. The Bracket Bash combines
Pro ET and Street ET into 1
eliminator on Saturday and
should be completed by 5pm. Then
we will run the HTP Performance
Afterdark Underground Grudge
Program from 5pm until 11pm.
These changes have been made to
ensure that we complete
Saturday’s program before
curfew. VMP’s curfew is 11pm and
MDIR’s is 1am. We need the same
schedule for all events so
Saturday’s program is completed
by 11pm. MDIR’s 1am curfew just
allows more of a buffer in
Maryland should we need it.
Everyone also needs to
understand the importance of
getting Sunday’s program done at
a decent hour, as many racers
have a 6-12 hour drive home to
be at work on Monday.
The pressure to run 890+ racer
entries as we have done in the
past is extremely stressful and
intense on the staff. Our past
event schedule and class line-up
had to be adjusted for this year
to reduce the number of entries
down to a more manageable 700’s
range. We needed to factor into
this year’s schedule the
inevitable delays due to oil
downs, accidents, and weather so
every event can be completed. It
is not practical to hope for no
delays in order to get 890
entries completed like we have
done in the past.
Also, we try to keep racer costs
low, but with rising costs on
track staffing, consumables,
utilities, and other expenses
increasing every year, there
will be a need for the XDA to
have an occasional price
increase like any other business
does. These events must generate
enough revenue for our host
tracks so that they will want us
to return every year. We still
have the cheapest entry fees in
the sport, we lease the best
tracks in the country, we bring
the largest and highest quality
staff, and we are paying out
$80,000 per event for a total of
$560,000 per year which is
unprecedented.
Please review the changes to our
2021 XDA season below. We look
forward to seeing you all on
April 23-25 at Maryland
International Raceway for the
Platinum Fleet Repair Spring
Nationals!
Sincerely,
Jason and Chris Miller
Classes &
Rules
We want to start by saying
Double Entries in the same class
are no longer permitted in Pro
and Sportsman classes at the
XDA, including Pro ET. A rider
can only ride multiple bikes in
Grudge.
Pro Classes
Orient Express Pro Street is
back with major rule
revisions to take away many
of the Liter Bikes rules
advantages so Big Bore bikes
and Liter Bikes now have
more of the same rules.
DME Racing Real Street is
back with minor rule
revisions.
Pro Xtreme is back with no
rule changes.
HTP Performance Super Stock
is back with minor rule
revisions.
Vance & Hines 4.60 Index is
back with no rule changes.
Grudge Classes
Boosted Bulls has returned
to the XDA!
APE Nitrous Bulls are back
with no rule changes.
Monster Bulls are back with
no rule changes.
Tommie’s Motorsports DMV
Bulls are back with the only
revision being that Tommie
Adams will now allow Grudge
Racers outside of the DMV to
run in the class if he
approves them.
HTP Performance Grudge &
Afterdark Underground are
back with no rule changes.
Sportsman
Classes
Friday Night Gambler’s Race
is back but will now be
limited to 32 entries.
5.60 Index is back with no
rule changes.
Crazy 8’s will NOT be back
at the XDA.
On Sunday, MPS Pro ET and
Brocks Performance Street ET
will still be run like
normal, as 2 separate ET
classes. The only rule
change is that double
entries are no longer
allowed in Pro ET as stated
earlier.
On Saturday, all Sportsman
racers including: MPS Pro
ET, Brock’s Performance
Street ET, 5.60 Index, and
Mickey Thompson Tires Top
Sportsman can run in the new
Bracket Bash class which is
a .500 full tree, 1/4 mile,
bracket class using Pro ET
rules. The Bracket Bash will
be one ET race on Saturday
that will replace the MPS
Pro ET and Brocks
Performance Street ET
Saturday Eliminators. This
will help save time on
Saturday as we will only be
running 1 ET race instead of
2 ET races because many
racers ran both Pro ET and
Street ET eliminations on
Saturday and now there is
only one eliminator on
Saturday. This should save a
couple hours of track time
on Saturday. A rider can
enter only 1 of their
Sportsman bikes in this
class since there are no
double entries permitted.
There will not be a time run
for the Bracket Bash as
everyone will have received
their 2 sportsman qualifying
sessions on Saturday
morning. The only exception
will be for a bike that is
only running in the Bracket
Bash and is not entered in
any other class, they will
receive only 1 time run at
the end of the 2nd sportsman
qualifying session. We will
be calling Street ET bikes
to the lanes first, and then
calling Pro ET bikes to the
lanes behind them. This will
be done to run as many
Street ET bikes against
other Street ET bikes as
possible and Pro ET bikes
against other Pro ET bikes
as possible every round.
There will only be one bye
run pulled every round and
since Street ET bikes are at
the front, they will have a
greater chance in the early
rounds for a bye run. It is
possible for a Street ET
Bike to be paired against a
Pro ET bike where the
classes connect in the
staging lanes.
Mickey Thompson Tires Top
Sportsman is back and is now
considered a bonus race
since all 32 qualifiers will
now move into Pro ET and not
just the winner of Top
Sportsman as we have done in
the past. If you lose 1st
round of T/S then you will
merge into 1st round of Pro
E.T. If you lose 2nd round
of T/S then you will merge
into 2nd round of Pro E.T.
If you lose 3rd round of T/S
then you will merge into 3rd
round of Pro E.T. If you
lose 4th round of T/S then
you will merge into 4th
round of Pro E.T. If you
lose 5th round of T/S then
you will merge into 5th
round of Pro E.T. If you win
the 5th round of T/S then
you will merge into 6th
round of Pro E.T. Since all
Top Sportsman racers are
automatically moved into Pro
ET, and there are no double
entries permitted in any
class, you can no longer run
1 bike in Pro ET and another
bike in Top Sportsman as
that will break the rules. A
rider can only buy 1 Pro ET
tech card, but that 1 tech
card now allows you to run
for both Top Sportsman and
Pro ET purses if you are
quick enough to qualify for
Top Sportsman.
Pro Street, Real Street, and
Super Stock will have a $5
tech card increase with the
same purse.
Pro Xtreme entry fee for
racers that pre-register for
all 7 races will still be
$300 per race. Racers that
register at the event will
now pay $400 per Dan Wagner.
4.60 Index will have a $5
tech card increase. The 4.60
Index runner-up will be
increased from $500 to
$1,000 and the semis
increased from $150 to $250
due to the class’s
consistent growth.
Grudge Classes
Boosted Bulls tech card will
be $500 with a $250 Lock-In
at the event so you can make
your Shakedown passes. The
remaining $250 balance needs
to be paid before 1st round.
100% of entry fees goes to
the winner. The XDA will add
$1,000 to the Runner-Up for
4-8 bikes and will add
$2,000 to the Runner-Up for
9-16 bikes. This makes the
Boosted Bulls purse $8,000
to the winner and $2,000
Runner-Up if we have 16
bikes.
Nitrous Bulls tech card will
be $500 with a $250 Lock-In
at the event so you can make
your Shakedown passes. The
remaining $250 balance needs
to be paid before 1st round.
100% of entry fees goes to
the winner. The XDA will add
$1,000 to the Runner-Up for
4-8 bikes and will add
$2,000 to the Runner-Up for
9-16 bikes. This makes the
Nitrous Bulls purse $8,000
to the winner and $2,000
Runner-Up if we have 16
bikes.
Monster Bulls tech card will
be $500 with a $250 Lock-In
at the event so you can make
your Shakedown passes. The
remaining $250 balance needs
to be paid before 1st round.
100% of entry fees goes to
the winner. The XDA will add
$1,000 to the Runner-Up for
4-16 bikes. This makes the
Monster Bulls purse $8,000
to the winner and $1,000
Runner-Up if we have 16
bikes.
DMV Bulls tech card will be
$250 with a $100 Lock-In at
the event so you can make
your Shakedown passes. The
remaining $150 balance needs
to be paid before 1st round.
100% of entry fees goes to
the winner. The XDA will add
$500 to the Runner-Up for
4-16 bikes. This makes the
DMV Bulls purse $4,000 to
the winner and $500
Runner-Up if we have 16
bikes.
HTP Performance Grudge will
have a $5 tech card increase
for a total of $55 per day.
Sportsman
Classes
5.60 Index will have a $5
tech card increase with the
same purse.
Friday’s Gambler’s Race tech
card is $100 and based on a
32 bike field with a 75%
payback the winner will
receive $2,000, runner-up
will receive $200, and the
semis will receive $100.
Saturday’s Bracket Bash will
be a $65 entry fee and will
pay $3,000 to winner, $500
to runner-up, $150 to semis,
$75 to 1/4 finals, and $50
to 1/8 finals.
Sunday’s Brocks Performance
Street ET tech card is $65
and will pay $1,500 to
winner, $500 to runner-up,
$200 to semis, $100 to 1/4
finals, and $75 to 1/8
finals.
In years past, the Mickey
Thompson Top Sportsman total
payout was $4,100,
Saturday’s MPS Pro ET total
payout was $4,500, and
Sunday’s MPS Pro ET total
payout was $4,500 for a
combined total of $13,100 on
a $120 2-day tech card. Many
Pro ET racers have stated it
was not fair that 32 Top
Sportsman racers on Sunday
ran for nearly the same
purse as 150 Pro ET racers
on Sunday under the same
entry fee. So the XDA took
the combined T/S and Pro ET
payout of $13,100 and
increased it to $13,900
while reducing the entry fee
from $120 to $105. Your $105
Pro ET tech card will still
enable you to qualify for
Top Sportsman. The purse and
entry fee for T/S and Pro ET
has now been redistributed
on Sunday. Top Sportsman
purse on Sunday will now be
$2,000 to win, $500 to
runner-up, $150 to semis,
and $75 to 1/4 finals. Keep
in mind that all 32 Top
Sportsman racers will get
merged back into Pro ET and
now get to run for that
purse as well. Pro ET purse
on Sunday will now be $5,000
to win, $1,500 to runner-up,
$750 to semis, $400 to 1/4
finals, and $150 to 1/8
finals. So now Top Sportsman
racers have a shot at $7,000
on Sunday (with $2,000 to
win in T/S and $5,000 to win
in Pro ET) all for just a
$105 tech card. And this
still allows the majority in
Sunday Pro ET to run for
$5,000 to win, along with
significantly more money
paid back further in Pro ET.
These $5 increases in most
classes will help assist the
XDA and our Host Tracks to
deal with the constantly
rising expenses to produce
these great events. XDA can
still say we have the
biggest series purses and
lowest entry fees in our
sport.
In 2020 the total Sportsman
class payouts was $21,420
per event and in 2021 it has
increased to $26,000 per
event!
Thursday schedule will
remain the same with parking
from 6pm-9pm
Friday schedule will remain
the same with gates open
from 8am-11pm. We will still
be offering the All Day Test
& Tune for Pro, Sportsman,
and Grudge racers from
11am-11pm at the same $100
price. However, we will not
be doing the $20 evening
Test & Tune any longer as it
cut into the track time of
the All Day Test & Tune
Racers. The first Bulls
Shakedown and first Pro
Qualifier will still be at
8pm on Friday and the
Gambler’s Race will still be
run Friday night.
On Saturday gates will open
at 8am, and we will start
the day like normal with 2
rounds of Sportsman
qualifying with T/S, P/ET,
S/ET and 5.60 from 8am until
Noon. Then we will run the
Bracket Bash eliminations
from Noon until 5pm with a
break for just the second
Pro Qualifier at 2pm with no
Grudge. Then the HTP
Performance Afterdark
Underground Pro & Grudge
program will be run from 5pm
until 11pm with Grudge
Racing for 6 hours with
breaks for the third and
fourth Pro Qualifier at 5pm
and 8pm. The Bulls will
receive additional shakedown
runs at the beginning of the
2pm and 5pm Pro Rounds.
First round of the Running
of the Bulls will be at 8pm,
2nd round at 9pm, 3rd round
at 10pm and the finals at
10:30pm. Grudge racing will
continue until 11pm on
Saturday night!
On Sunday gates will open at
8am. Sportsman eliminations
for all classes will begin
at 9am (10am at VMP) Pro
eliminations and Grudge runs
will be at 1pm, 3pm, 5pm,
6:30pm and 7:30pm.
Thursday
Racer
Parking
6pm - 9pm
Gates Close
9pm
Friday
Gates Open
8am
Tech Inspection
8am - 11pm
Racer Parking
8am - 11pm
Pro, Sportsman & Grudge T&T ($100 per bike)
11am - 11pm
Gambler's Race Time Run
5:30pm
Gambler's Race Eliminations
Begin
6:30pm
Pro Qualifier #1 (Bulls
Shakedown, 4.60, PX, PST, RST,
SS)
Sportsman Eliminations Begin (T/S, P/ET,
S/ET, 5.60)
9am
Pro Round #1 (4.60, PX, PST, RST,
SS, Grudge)
1pm
Pro Round #2 (4.60, PX, PST, RST,
SS, Grudge)
3pm
Pro Round #3 (4.60, PX, PST, RST,
SS, Grudge)
5pm
Pro Round #4 (4.60, PX, PST, RST,
SS, Grudge)
6:30pm
Pro Round #5 (4.60, SS)
7:30pm
Gates Close
8pm
Admission Prices
Admission prices remain the
same at $20 per day or $40
for the weekend.
Junior (12-15 years old)
prices remain the same at
$10 per day or $20 for the
weekend.
Kids 11 & under are still
free.
Championship
Program
Pro Street, Real Street, Pro
Xtreme, Super Stock, 4.60
Index, Nitrous Bulls,
Monster Bulls, DMV Bulls,
5.60 Index, Top Sportsman,
Pro ET and Street ET will
all be Championship Points
Classes.
4.60 Index Championship
bonus has been increased
from $500 to $1,000 due to
the class’s consistent
growth.
Boosted Bulls, the Friday
Gambler’s Race and the
Saturday Bracket Bash are
not Championship Points
Classes.
Now that we have rolled out
all the changes for the 2021
XDA program, we plan to
release the 2021 XDA
Contingency Program with all
our great sponsors very
soon!
Merchandise
Don’t forget to hit up our
online store at
www.XDAracing.com/merch
The XDA would like to thank you
all for your input, patience and
support in our efforts to
continue to improve the XDA and
make it the best motorcycle drag
racing series on the planet! We
look forward to seeing you all
on April 23-25 at Maryland
International Raceway for the
Platinum Fleet Repair Spring
Nationals!
