The Xtreme Dragbike Association
(XDA) heads back to Maryland
International Raceway (MDIR)
located in Mechanicsville,
Maryland for the 2nd annual
Superbike Showdown on June
21-23, 2019!
This event features the Orient
Express Pro Street class running
at speeds over 230 mph in only
6-seconds! Over 80 Professional
riders, plus another 700+
Sportsman, and Grudge motorcycle
racers will compete for over
$40,000 in cash purse at this
event. This season XDA will
payout over $200,000 in purse
money along with a $120,000
contingency fund that spans all
classes.
The Superbike Showdown marks the
halfway point of the season.
Racers will begin to crank up
the performance and put even
more pressure on the points
leaders as the run for the
championships continue. One
lousy light, one missed tune-up
or even one mechanical failure,
could mean the difference
between hoisting the
championship trophy and being
second place.
Orient Express
Racing Pro Street
Points Leader - Rodney Williford
Next weekend's Orient Express
Racing Pro Street class will
deliver another healthy round
from the baddest street tire
motorcycles in the world. These
650+ horsepower motorcycles
running at speeds over 230mph in
the quarter mile, in only
6-seconds will keep the
excitement level high as this
class is always looking for more
performance.
Justin Shakir who surprisingly
struggled at the MTC Engineering
Summer Nationals, returned to
Connecticut and didn't waste
time getting his problem figured
out and fixed. He'll be making a
statement next weekend to make
up for the lack of boost at VMP.
Also coming from Connecticut is
Jake Dugan, who just missed a
top ten finish last year, with a
brand-new bike. Dugan showed up
to the season opener but wasn't
entirely ready for competition.
However, the Superbike Showdown
will be a different story on his
freshly made standalone chassis
and turbo kit.
Chris Connelly Jr. ran his
personal best at the MTC
Engineering Summer Nationals
with DME Racing's new
header/turbo combo, and team
tuner Andy Sawyer says he's
expecting Connelly in the mid
60's next weekend. That
performance improvement will
keep his rivalry with Jordan
Haase hot.
The Williford Racing faction
currently holds the top three
spots in points with Rodney
Willford leading, followed by
Jordan Haase and Ehren Litten.
With Haase coming off his first
win high, he is going to be
eager for a repeat, and tuner
John Gover has been hard at work
the last two weeks to make that
happen.
The battle for a spot at the
Haltech World Cup Finals
presented by Wiseco Import vs.
Domestic event in November at
MDIR continues. Racers need to
participate at a minimum of four
events and take a top ten finish
in points for the chance to
compete in front of 40,000+ fans
in the $5,000 to win Pro Street
Shootout sponsored by Platinum
General Services.
DME Racing
Real Street
Points Leader - Anibal Merced
Where are the girls at? DME
Racing Real Street was looking
forward to having two promising
females in the mix at the season
opener. However, Alisha Malone
and Ashley Cotnoir have both
missed the first two races of
the year as their bikes were not
mechanically ready to complete.
Malone, will once again be
sidelined as she waits for motor
work to be completed. But
Cotnoir's name is firmly on the
pre-entry list for this event
along with fifteen other
competitors too as she prepares
for her pro debut. Ashley has
never run a bike with a gen 2
clutch, so there may be a bit of
a learning curve next weekend.
However, with her Top Sportsman
background, she will catch on
pretty quick.
Ashley's fiancé Michael Sweeney
Jr. who finished third in the
2018 points chase, will also
return to Real Street next
weekend. Like a proper
gentleman, he made sure Ashley's
bike was complete before his.
But Sweeney feels confident
jumping right back into
competition with tuning help
from ARB Tuning and plenty of
benchmark data from last year.
They have not been able to test
locally, mainly because they are
spoiled with Jason Miller track
prep standards, so they will
both be in the lanes early
Friday for testing.
Rookie Real Street racer Ralphie
Navarro who made the switch from
land speed racing won't miss
this race. With only two races
under his belt, he has seen
steady improvement as he gets
adapted to reacting and
launching hard at the tree, not
something land speed guys
practice.
His builder and tuner Shane
Stubbs has made a slew of
changes since the last event
back at his shop in Texas. Yes,
that's a twenty-hour drive one
way for him from #STPI! And with
only two weeks of turnaround
time, Stubbs was also able to
break a MPH record last weekend
running 262mph in the standing
mile. We congratulate him on
that World Record and look
forward to seeing that
performance translated into his
Real Street tuning.
Pro Xtreme
Points Leader - Kevin Clarke
This eighth-mile heads-up class
is presented by DME Racing, Fast
by Gast, Harley Haul, MaxxECU,
McCoy Motorsports, MTC, Rob Bush
Motorsports, Timblin Chassis,
and Worldwide Bearings.
With Pro Extreme only competing
at four events this year, every
point matters in this class.
Kevin Clarke who took the
inaugural win to lead points
will have even more competition
next weekend as Ehren Litten
joins the Williford faction.
With Williford setting the ET
record at the last race to a
3.962, the duo will be a force.
We will also be watching for
Tony Steele to see what kind of
trim his bike is in at this
event. His Kawasaki was almost
100lb over the minimum weight
requirement at the last event,
so we should see a considerable
performance improvement at the
Superbike Showdown.
And Champion racer Chris
Cutsinger will be making the
600+ mile trip from Indiana
looking for a win and a 3K
payday.
HTP
Performance Grudge
The Saturday night HTP
Performance Afterdark
Underground Grudge Program will
feature the four Bull classes.
XDA's "Running of the Bulls"
features Boosted Bulls, APE
Nitrous Bulls, Monster Bulls,
and Unit 5 Components Brahma
Bulls headlining Saturday night
with a potential 54K payout for
full fields.
HTP Performance Grudge will run
on our 'no excuse' prepped track
all three days behind the Pro
classes as part of XDA's
world-class show. If you want to
see your quickest time-slip to
date, come out and race with us.
Limited spots are still
available, sign up and reserve
yours now at
www.xdaracing.com/bulls
and earn extra points.
Vance & Hines
4.60
Points Leader - Tyler Cammock
Sponsored by Vance & Hines, XDA
features the largest 1/8 mile
index class in the world, and
the Superbike Showdown will be
no exception with almost thirty
racers already signed up for the
event. Boo Brown who calls MDIR
home, finished fifth in points
last year. He is currently
sitting in the seventh spot,
eighty-six points out of the
lead. Brown knows that with only
four events left in the season,
he will need to keep his head
down and stay focused to gain
traction against his
competition.
The FBR Shop
5.60
Points Leader - Daniel Joyce
In The FBR Shop 5.60 eighth-mile
class, Daniel Joyce is one of
the few racers who has been able
to hold onto the points lead
since the first event of the
year. He currently leads with a
scarce seven points over heavy
hitters like Taylor Dunham,
Harvey Hubbard and Dustin Lee.
But Jim Mauro, who savored the
winner circle last year in this
class, is looking for a repeat,
and the Superbike Showdown may
just be the race for him.
Shinko Tires
Crazy 8's
Points Leader - Duane Jackson /
Dustin Lee
Duane Jackson stole the points
lead in Shinko Tires Crazy 8's
at the Summer Nationals from
teammate Nick Hamlett to bump
him down to the third spot
behind him and Dustin Lee. But
next weekend they will need to
keep their eye out for the racer
with the best moves of the
class. Hip Hop teacher, Thomas
Miceli Jr only sits a few rounds
behind them and could bounce
right past them if they aren't
careful. Miceli Jr is XDA's
quiet superstar who has numerous
hours on mainstream TV on shows
like 'America's Best Dance
Crew', Disney's 'Shake it up'
and for those of you paying
attention will remember his
feature in Beyonce's 'Let's
Move' video. Don't challenge him
off the track; you will lose
that battle.
Mickey
Thompson Performance Top
Sportsman
Points Leader - Jimmy Shifflett
In Mickey Thompson Performance
Top Sportsman Jimmy Shifflett is
holding an eleven-point lead in
the quickest and toughest class
to gain points. His teammate Mac
McAdams will be looking to
depose him next weekend and
claim the number one position
for himself, while keeping the
other class heavy hitters at
bay. The winner of this class
takes home a $3,000 payout, and
advances back into Pro ET for a
second chance at another win for
a potential $6,000 payout in
just one day.
MPS Racing Pro
ET
Points Leader - Bob Carlson
Jimmie Miller wasn't able to
hold onto his MPS Racing Pro ET
points lead at the last event
allowing Bob Carlson to come
around him and gain thirty-nine
points on him. Going into the
third event, anything can happen
when there are two separate
races in one weekend to earn
points. Shayne Proctor who is no
stranger to the winner's circle
took a runner-up finish at the
Summer Nationals and is looking
to follow it up next weekend
with a win to keep moving up the
leaderboard.
Brock's
Performance Street ET
Points Leader - Derrick
Milbourne
Brock's Performance Street ET
racer Derrick Milbourne pulled
out of the first race with a win
and the points the lead. He then
left the second event with a
slim twenty-one point lead over
a mob of hungry competitors.
Russell Dennison Jr, who can
lift three times his body
weight, is physically and
mentally focused on his
performance this year. The
seventeen-year-old is in
striking distance to a
championship, but he'll need to
take out several class veterans
to get there.
With eighty-degree temperatures
on tap for another exciting
round of two-wheel motorcycle
action, we will be looking for
more record performances. So,
get your motorcycle buttoned up
and roll out for another
competitive round of XDA at
Maryland International Raceway
on June 21-23, 2019.
Visit
www.xdaracing.com for event information, class
rules, payouts, entry fees,
schedule and more.
The Xtreme Dragbike Association
is an east coast motorcycle drag
racing series with 700+
motorcycle racers in
competition. The XDA features
professional and sportsman
classes along with grudge racing
and a vendor midway. Lifestyle
activities such as bike shows,
bikini contests, DJ and live
bands are also held at select
events. For more info on the XDA,
visit
www.XDAracing.com
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