XDA delivered stellar
performance numbers for the 4th
annual FuelTech Superbike
Showdown at Maryland
International Raceway.
The weather attempted to play
games this past weekend at MDIR,
but XDA came out on top once
again. With a roller coaster
forecast of potential rain on
Saturday the Miller Brothers did
what they do best; they adapted
the race for the worst possible
scenario.
The Saturday program was moved
up, and the XDA racers hustled
to help move the program along
quickly so they could get in as
many rounds as possible. But the
rain never came, and XDA adapted
again to fill the newly created
time by adding an extra
'Consolation Race' for the
sportsman racers. Fifty-six
sportsman racers opted into the
bonus race for the $3,500
payout. Jeffrey Santin took the
win over Dustin Lee in a tight
race, making Saturday a
lucrative day for sportsman
racers.
With close to 600 entries, the
Pro classes delivered incredible
record-breaking performances,
while the sportsman racers kept
the show brimming with the
highest level of competitive
bracket and index racing.
Orient Express
Racing Pro Street
Winner - Rodney Williford /
Runner-up - Jamie Lopes
#1 Qualifier - Rodney Williford
6.478
The Orient Express Racing Pro
Street racers continue to show
performance improvements while
keeping parity between the
different motorcycle models.
Ryan Hable on the Lee Tomlinson
bike reran a personal best this
past weekend with a 6.643 pass,
putting him in the #6 qualifying
position and showing performance
improvements at every race this
year. Hable would not make it
past round two of eliminations
when the bike lost steam at
half-track against Greg Wallace.
But the team left with smiles on
their faces after a weekend of
consistently quicker runs.
Mark Gargiulo and Doug Witt both
showed up with their new bike
builds, making this a testing
event for them both as they
worked out the kinks of their
new builds.
James Waugh entered into the
6’s, qualifying with a 6.977. He
would red light in round one but
reset his personal best to a
6.930 to move himself up
fifty-eight spots on the GOAT
list.
Curtis Brown also improved,
moving his personal best to a
7.137 in round one of
eliminations. However, that
improvement was not enough
against Rodney Williford's 6.557
pass. Brown will be looking to
make more improvements next
month at the WPGC Bike Fest.
Rickey Grayson would also
improve at this event with a
personal best of 6.584 in round
two, but once again Williford
would not allow him to advance
with his quicker 6.493 pass.
On the 'Fastest No Wheelie Bar
Motorcycle' in the WORLD, Justin
Shakir killed the Miller prep
during Friday testing running a
6.47 at 233.88 mph!
Unfortunately for Shakir, he
could not reproduce the 6.47
during qualifying or
eliminations, but the official
numbers are coming.
Jason Dunigan has seen
improvements at every race and
became the third turbo Hayabusa
in history to enter the forties
with a 6.484 and 6.477 during
qualifying and eliminations.
Dunigan also improved his MPH
standing with a 231.08 mph run,
making him the fifth-fastest in
the world.
Jamie Lopes also made a massive
improvement as he dropped his
personal best ET every round of
eliminations on his Turbo
GSX-R1000. Going into this event
Lopes personal best was a 6.830,
but by the final, it would be a
6.506!
Lopes would face teammate Rodney
Williford, who won the last
three XDA Pro Street events
dating back to the 2020 season
finals. In the semi-final
Williford took out Shakir
running a 6.479, and on the
other side of the ladder, Lopes
won with a 6.562 against Greg
Wallace.
Williford was hungry and focused
when he cut a .006 light to
Lopes' .090, and as the Hayabusa
vs. GSX-R1000 battle flew down
the track, they stayed close to
each other as they approached
the finish line. Williford's
pass was straight and smooth as
he overpowered Lopes for a
fourth straight win running a
6.466 at 231.08mph to Lopes
career-best 6.506 at 217.84mph.
Williford has now won 4
consecutive races and 17
consecutive rounds in Orient
Express Racing Pro Street. Who
is going to step up and stop
him?
DME Racing
Real Street
Winner - David Stewart /
Runner-up - Spencer Claycomb
#1 Qualifier - Spencer Claycomb
7.505
Record - Rickey Gadson 196.13
mph
The Teasley brothers were M.I.A.
this past weekend in the DME
Racing Real Street class. But
the drama rolled on without
them, nonetheless. Rickey Gadson
broke the MPH record of 195.76
to reset it to 196.13 mph. The
points leader Mark Hylton lost
in the first round to Chad
Sosnowski, opening the door to
losing his points lead.
Ralphie Navarro returned to Real
Street action and made a
statement running his personal
best passes and staying
consistently in the 7.6x's.
Navarro made it to the
semi-final where Spencer
Claycomb ran a 7.554 to end
Navarro's fun and send him home
to New Jersey. Navarro's bike
left in the opposite direction
with Shane Stubbs for a trip to
Texas for upgrades before the
WPGC Bike Fest in July at MDIR.
Navarro is ready to play with
the big boys.
Spencer Claycomb qualified #1
with a 7.505 and found himself
in the final against David
Stewart. In the semi-final,
Stewart ran a 7.578, suggesting
the final would be an exciting
well-matched race. Claycomb cut
a better light on Stewart with a
.071 to his .093. But at
half-track, Claycomb lost steam,
and Stewart powered on to cross
the finish line with a winning
7.596 pass.
MaxxECU Pro
Xtreme
Winner - Chris Garner-Jones /
Runner-up - Rob Garcia
#1 Qualifier - Chris
Garner-Jones 3.970
The MaxxECU Pro Xtreme class saw
two three-second passes in
qualifying. Chris Garner-Jones
came into this race with a brand
new GSX1400 motor built by
Stuart Crane at Warp Speed
Racing, and without missing a
beat took the #1 qualifying
position with a 3.970. John
Collins who won the last event
qualified #2 running a 3.993.
John Collins would not make it
past round one with a 4.172 to
Rob Garcia's 4.057 pass. Bobby
Lovingood would also fall in
round one with a 4.572 to
Garner-Jones quicker 3.980.
In the final the race would be
so close that it is still up for
discussion. Garner Jones cut a
.039 light and ran a winning
3.991 pass. But in the other
lane Garcia cut a better light
of .028 and was still carrying
the front wheel as he went
through the finish line to make
his rear wheel the tripping
point for his ET of 4.002. So
the win goes to Garner-Jones,
but off the record, some will
say Garcia looked to be the
first to cross the finish line.
MaxxECU Pro Xtreme is presented
by Ace Mechanical, Billy Vose
Racing, Dallas Flat Glass,
Dunigan Racing, DME Racing,
Grothus Dragbikes, Harley Haul,
Rob Bush Motorsports, Robinson
Industries, Schnitz Racing,
Timblin Chassis, and Worldwide
Bearings.
HTP
Performance Super Stock
Winner - David Fondon /
Runner-up - Darion Payne
#1 Qualifier - Zachary Applegate
8.808
For the third event in a row,
Zachary Applegate took the #1
qualifying position in HTP
Performance Super Stock, and
class champion David Fondon made
a final-round appearance.
In round two of competition, we
saw the closest race in XDA
history between Curtis McDougald
and Blake Johnson. Both riders
cut identical .190 reaction
times, and both ran equal ET's
of 8.995. However, the win went
to McDougald with a 155.52 mph
to Johnson's 155.38 for a margin
of victory of just .0001, less
than half an inch!
Darion Payne, a multi-talented
rider, made his first final
round appearance in Super Stock
at the FuelTech Superbike
Showdown. Payne cut a better
light in the final against
Fondon for the starting line
advantage, but a wheelie sixty
feet out for Payne would
neutralize that advantage. Both
riders got tucked into their
machines quickly as they raced
down to the finish line. But
nothing was going to stop Fondon
on Tauncy Soprano's 2020 BMW
S1000RR as he outperformed the
Kawasaki ZX-14R and took the win
with a 8.804 to Payne's 9.154
Vance & Hines
4.60
Winner - Shane Proctor /
Runner-up - Tyler Cammock
#1 Qualifier - Darryl Hollins
4.60
In Vance & Hines 4.60 both
Darryl Hollins and Durwood
Rawlings both ran a dead-on
4.600 in qualifying. Hollins got
the number one spot with the
higher mph of 148mph. In round
three, Shayne Proctor would end
Hollins weekend with a reaction
time win. Proctor would then go
on to make it to his first 4.60
final.
In the final, he would face
Tyler Cammock, who along with
Proctor, entered Boo Brown's
Last Man Standing and would take
home an extra $3,300 cash with
the $3,000 XDA winner payout.
With $6,300 on the line in the
final, Cammock would take a
devasting blow when his bike
pulled him through the beams
early, turning on the red light,
sending Proctor to his very
first Vance & Hines 4.60
winner's circle.
APE Nitrous
Bulls
Winner - Jaques Gaskins /
Soldier of Fortune
Runner-up - Russell Dennison /
Jimmy Hendrix
In APE Nitrous Bulls, class
points leader Russell Dennison
on 'Jimmy Hendrix' took out
Richard Gadson on 'Redskins,'
while Jaques Gaskins on 'Soldier
of Fortune' sent Augustine
Herrera on 'Bankrupt' back to
the loan officer in round one.
The final featured a face-off
between Gaskins and Dennison.
These two racers would be
well-matched as they both
blasted down the quarter-mile.
But after all the nitrous was
purged, the 'Soldier of Fortune'
would look over at the
thousand-foot mark and know
'Jimmy' Hendrix' would be
singing the blues as he stayed
tucked in until his win light
came on.
3 Sixty 5
Transport Monster Bulls
Winner - David Page / Pickin
Pockets
Runner-up - Jason Herron / Tik
Tok
Dave Martin on 'Unknown' and
Jamael Jones on 'Stimulus Check'
did not make it out of round one
eliminations in 3 Sixty 5
Transport Monster Bulls. Jason
Herron on Spencer Claycomb's 'Tik
Tok' made it to his first final
to face the 2020 class champion,
David Page, on 'Pickin Pockets.'
Both grudge racers left the tree
building power and stayed
side-by-side down for the first
half of the pass. The Williford
Racing bike crept past Tik Tok
showing him time was not on his
side as he crossed the finish
line first for the win.
Tommie's
Motorsports DMV Bulls
Winner - Edward Thomas / Da
Setup
Runner-up - Geoff Godfrey /
Minion
In Tommie's Motorsports DMV
Bulls Geoff Godfrey on 'Minion'
took out Duane Jackson on 'Miss
Behavin' while Edward Thomas on
'Da Setup' had an earned bye in
the first round. In the final
Thomas got the jump on Godfrey
and was out in front. There just
wasn't enough track for 'Minion'
to gain ground, and 'Da Setup'
got the win.
Make plans NOW to be at MDIR for
the 21st annual WPGC Bike Fest
on July 23-25. Boosted Bulls
will return for a race everyone
will be talking about for years
to come. Richard Gadson on 'Mad
Dog 20/20' vs. Chris Moore on 'Melania'
will finally be going down. And
there are NO options for backing
out. It's time to find out who
has the Baddest Bull in the
country. Lights, Camera, Action,
it’s time to race.
1 Stop Speed
5.60
Winner - Nick Noble / Runner-up
- Duane Jackson
#1 Qualifier - Jimmie Miller
For the first time this year, 1
Stop Speed 5.60 points leader
Dustin Lee was not in the final.
The FuelTech Superbike Showdown
saw two new competitors in the
final, Nick Noble and Duane
Jackson. These eighth-mile
competitors turned on five win
lights to meet each other in the
final.
In the final, Noble cut a .022
light for the advantage to
Jackson's .056. The finish line
comes quick, and Jackson made a
judgment error and broke out
running a 5.561 while Noble ran
dead on with a 5.607 for a
winner circle finish.
Mickey
Thompson Tires Top Sportsman
Winner - Bobby Holland /
Runner-up - Jeffrey Santin
#1 Qualifier - Brian Childress
7.55
Mickey Thompson Tires Top
Sportsman points leader Jeffrey
Santin has made it to every
final this year. And going into
this event, he had a sixty-two
point lead over the class. But
with a class full of the
quickest heavy hitters in the
bracket ranks, we know that
holding onto a points lead is
never an easy feat.
This past weekend Santin made it
to the final to face #2
qualifier Bobby Holland. In the
final Santin crossed that fine
line of perfection when he went
-.003 red to send Bobby Holland
to the winner's circle. And
while the gap on the points lead
may have shrunk, Santin still
holds the lead.
MPS Racing Pro
ET
Winner - Jeffery Santin /
Runner-up - Dale Hamilton
MPS Racing Pro ET featured one
hundred and twenty racers, which
required our final round
contestants to turn on seven-win
lights before their final
battle. Dale Hamilton was
cutting serious lights all day,
and he would need that edge to
face Jeffrey Santin in the
final. Santin has been on fire
this year, with wins at every
XDA event.
In the final, Santin dialed a
8.41 to Hamilton's 9.63.
Hamilton left first with a .063
reaction, and Santin took the
starting line advantage with a
.039 light. Santin chased
Hamilton down and they both had
their eyes on each other as they
hit the finish line. Santin got
the win light running a 8.431 to
Hamilton's 9.644 with a margin
of victory of 0.016 seconds!
This win makes it three events
in a row for Santin.
Brock's
Performance Street ET
Winner - Robert Parker /
Runner-up - Ronald Loftland
The Brock's Performance Street
ET racers showed up ready to win
rounds with a great showing of
consistent runs. Floridian
Robert Parker had no plans to be
at this event until a
last-minute schedule change
allowed him to load up and make
the twelve-hour trip to MDIR.
Parker won six rounds of
competition to face Ronald
Loftland in the final. Loftland
cut a better light on Parker,
but Loftland ran off his 9.45
dial with a 9.52 and could not
beat Parker's dead on 8.81 run.
That makes two wins for Parker
this year with XDA.
VooDoo
Components Bracket Bash
Winner - Derrick Milbourne /
Runner-up - Jeff Stahl
The VooDoo Components Bracket
Bash went down on Saturday
without a hitch, even with the
whooping 110 entries into the
class. Derrick Milbourne, who
has more winner circle
appearances in a year than most
racers will see in a lifetime,
was once again in a final
ready-to-do battle.
Out of Mifflinburg, PA, Jeff
Stahl won seven rounds of
competition and was looking for
his first XDA win. Milbourne
dialed a 8.95 and cut a better
light on the 8.84 dialed Stahl.
With an intense race to the
finish line, a double break run
of 8.930 and 8.816 would turn
the win light on in Milbourne's
lane once again.
Hard Times
Parts and Service Gamblers Race
Winner - Boo Brown / Runner-up -
Mike Schulz
The Friday night Hard Times
Parts and Service Gamblers Race
featured thirty-two brackets
racers looking to get an early
start on pocketing some weekend
cash and win lights. Heavy
hitters Boo Brown and Mike
Schultz made it to the end for
the final tussle of the night.
Schulz tapped out early with a
red light giving Brown the first
win of the weekend.
The next stop for the 2021 XDA
season will be back at the
Maryland International Raceway
for the 21st annual WPGC Bike
Fest on July 23-25. This is the
biggest XDA event of the year!
The event will feature a Live
Band, DJs, Bikini Contest,
Freestyle MX Show, Sound
Competition, Custom Bike Show,
Beer Garden with Bikini
Bartenders, and a vendor midway
full of great deals on
motorcycle parts, accessories,
and apparel.
For full qualifying and
round-by-round results of the
event, visit
xdaracing.com.
About XDA Racing
The Xtreme Dragbike Association
(XDA) is an east coast
motorcycle drag racing series
with 700+ motorcycle racers
competing at each event. Every
XDA event hosts professional
classes, sportsman classes,
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 information on the XDA,
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