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This past weekend Maryland
International Raceway hosted a
record sized crowd at the 21st
annual WPGC Bike Fest with over
9,000 fans in attendance! The
XDA continues to deliver the
largest motorcycle drag racing
event in the industry. The event
also featured Live music, a
Freestyle Motocross show, sound
competition, custom bike show, a
huge vendor midway, and a hot
bikini contest.
The action on the track yielded
a stout 810 entries for an
exciting weekend of competition.
The record spectator turnout
enjoyed the variety of
activities going down in the
pits and the non-stop on-track
action. With something for
everyone, it's no surprise this
event grows every year.
Orient Express
Racing Pro Street
Winner - Rodney Williford /
Runner-up - Gaige Herrera
XDA's WPGC Bike Fest is
typically the warmest race of
the season. But the warmer
temperatures did not slow down
the Orient Express Racing Pro
Street riders. There were ten
new personal best records sets
over the weekend that show the
strength and advancement of this
class.
Justin Shakir is the ninth racer
to break into the forties with a
6.482 pass that put him in the
number one qualifying spot for
the event. Shakir was making
great consecutive passes at this
event that would end in round
two when his engine case broke
during his burnout.
James Waugh made another big
jump at this event, moving from
a personal best of 6.930 to a
6.622, making him the
twenty-second racer in the world
to enter the sixties. Waugh
would not get around Rodney
Williford in round two of
eliminations to end his weekend.
Despite the loss, Waugh would
still leave happy but with a
little less hair, because
apparently on team Shakir, the
faster you go, the more hair
your friends shave off your
head.
Other racers that made minor ET
improvements were Gaige Herrera
6.609, Ryan Hable 6.616, Kenny
Brewer 6.647, and Curtis Brown
7.054.
Gaige’s 6.609 is also a new
combo record for the Quickest
Nitrous Hayabusa in Pro Street.
In the MPH department, Rickey
Grayson with a 223.28 and Ricky
Wood with a 221.34 will make
their debut on the GOAT List.
Ryan Hable and Kenny Brewer also
made slight improvements with a
223.84 and 222.40, respectively.
And for the fourth race this
season, Rodney Williford would
pick off the competition round
after round for another final
round finish. Qualifying number
two with a 6.505, Williford
consistently took wins until he
met a new competitor this season
in the finals, Gaige Herrera.
Herrera qualified with 6.609,
and he too was making consistent
strong passes all weekend that
manifested him his first XDA
Final.
The final was looking like it
would be a good competition,
especially considering Williford
had some problems in the
semi-final on his broke bye-run
pass. The class was looking for
Herrera to be the one to knock
Williford off his throne, and
his performance numbers showed
he could do it.
In the final Herrera would cut
his best light of the weekend
with a starting line advantage
of .030 to Williford's .065. And
as the two put on a good show in
the final, Herrara couldn't
outperform Williford with a
6.619 to his winning 6.546.
Williford remains undefeated
this season, and #HeDidItOnPurpose.
DME Racing
Real Street
Winner - Mark Hylton
Runner-up - David Stewart
In DME Racing Real Street, Mark
Hylton ran his personal best and
took the number one qualifying
spot with a 7.498 on his all
motor Hayabusa.
Hylton would prove unstoppable
as he won every round of
competition on his way to the
final round where he met points
leader David Stewart. Going into
this race Hylton was only
forty-four points behind
Stewart, so the final would be
crucial for Stewart.
In the final, Hylton would leave
the starting line strong, but
problems for Stewart wouldn't
get him past the first sixty
feet giving Hylton his second
XDA Real Street win! Hylton has
closed the gap and is now only
twenty-three points behind for a
potential champion this year.
MaxxECU Pro
Xtreme
Winner - Chris Garner
Jones / Runner-up - John Collins
Shane Eperjesi took the number
one qualifying position in
MaxxECU Pro Xtreme with a 3.975.
However, in round two of
competition Eperjesi would be
outrun by John Collins who ran a
4.006 to his 4.022.
John Collins would go on to the
final to race Chris
Garner-Jones. Jones qualified
with a 3.992. And with Collins
running a 3.992 in eliminations,
these two competitors were well
matched for an exciting round of
action.
Jones got the starting line
advantage with a .024 reaction
to Collins .056. It was a close
race at the finish line, and
Jones would win his third event
this season, running a 3.991 to
Collins slightly slower 4.043.
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 - Jeremy Teasley /
Runner-up - David Fondon
David Fondon took the number one
qualifying position in HTP
Performance Super Stock with an
8.762 on his 2020 Kawasaki
ZX-14.
Jeremy Teasley took over the
riding duties on Tauncy
Soprano's 2020 BMW S1000RR; the
same bike Fondon won with at the
last two events. These two
teammates would find themselves
face to face in the final round
for a true hand clutch battle.
Fondon left the starting line
first with a .096 reaction time
to Teasley's .106. But Fondon's
advantage would not be able to
out power the BMW as Teasley
took his first Super Stock win
with XDA to end Fondon's winning
streak.
HTP
Performance Grudge
The HTP Performance Grudge class
saw a record turnout of 142
grudge bikes that included
forty-two bull racers. The spike
in grudge was surged by the Mad
Dog 20/20 vs Melania race that
was finally going to go down.
After Chris Moore backed out of
the race at the MTC Summer
Nationals in May, he had another
two months to prepare for this
race. But despite the extra
time, Melania still wasn’t ready
to face off with Mad Dog 20/20.
Moore Mafia fell to pieces on
his first shakedown pass on
Friday night. Moore spent Friday
night repairing his bike into
Saturday morning.
On Saturday he made three more
shakedown passes while Mad Dog
20/20 sat quietly in the pits
waiting to be unleashed. But
Moore would back out of the
race, after not being able to
get Melania ready and had to pay
up the Punk Out money. Luckily
for the Mad Dog 20/20 fans that
bought raffle tickets, $24,400
was raised and one lucky Gadson
fan (Shanta Jones) went home
with $12,200 in cash. With
Gadson's half of the raffle
winnings, the Moore 'Punk Out'
money, and the Lock-In money
from the last race at VMP,
Gadson's team took home $17,950
just for having the biggest
bark.
APE Nitrous
Bulls
Winner - Richard Gadson / Hail
Mary
Runner-up - Malcolm Phillips /
Black Jesus
Richard Gadson on 'Hail Mary'
took out his frustration of not
getting a bite out of 'Melania'
by dominating the APE Nitrous
Bulls class. On his way to the
final, he took out Lavar Delee
on 'Jizzle' and Chris Moore on
'Fort Nite'.
Malcolm Phillips on 'Black
Jesus' made easy work of Gaige
Herrera on 'Pee Wee,' Russell
Dennison on 'Jimmy Hendricks,
and Desmond Spalding on
'Authority' as he made his way
to the final to meet Gadson.
The final was exciting as both
bikes left hard and stayed
side-by-side until the win light
came on in Gadson's lane. This
win put him in the points lead
by only two points over Russell
Dennison.
3 Sixty 5
Monster Bulls
Winner - Jason Herron / Tik Tok
Runner-up - David Martin /
Unknown
3 Sixty 5 Monster Bulls saw a
new face in the winner's circle.
Jason Herron on Spencer
Calycomb's 'Tick Tok' came out
of the gate swinging. He took
out heavy hitter Dave Page on 'Pickin
Pockets’ in round one, and then
Junior Johnson on 'Reparation'
as he made his way to the final
round.
In the final, points leader
David Martin on 'Unknown' was
waiting for him. On his side of
the ladder, Martin took wins
against Joshua Jordan on
'Italian Ice' and Daniel Parker
on 'Boston George.'
Both riders gave the crowd an
exciting final as they both left
side-by-side and stayed in the
throttle while they both fought
to keep the power under control
until the win light came on in
Herron's lane.
Despite Herron's win, it did not
change his points standing.
However, because Herron knocked
out Page in round one, David
Martin now takes over the 3
Sixty 5 Monster Bulls points.
Tommies
Motorsports DMV Bulls
Winner - Matt Dozier / Rick
James
Runner-up - Desmond Spalding /
Sho Nuff
In Tommies Motorsports DMV
Bulls, two class newcomers
dominated three rounds to face
off in the final. Matt Dozier on
'Rick James' took down Derek
Cash on 'Hustler', Jermaine
Proctor on 'Puffy,' and Edward
Thomas on 'Da Setup' to make it
to his first DMV Final.
On the other side, Desmond
Spalding on 'Sho Nuff' took down
Kenyan Crawley on the 'the
Professor', Cody Lowe on
'Codeine', and Sherell Blake on
'Will Turner'.
In the final face-off, Spalding
on 'Sho Nuff' was not the master
of this final. Dozier left the
starting line stronger, and
Spalding could never catch up to
him as the win light lit up for
'Rick James.'
Vance & Hines
4.60
Winner - Shayne
Proctor / Runner-up - Kenny
Cornell
The Vance & Hines 4.60 class
rarely sees the same winner
twice in a season. But Shayne
Proctor is changing the game
with back-to-back wins.
Kenny Cornnell made it to his
first final this season to face
Proctor. Both competitors were
cutting killer lights all day,
and like so many times, the win
lights are determined by the
reaction times. Proctor cut a
.052 to Cornnell's .061. And
that little bit would send
Proctor to a second straight win
when he ran a 4.610 and crossed
the finish line first to
Cornell's 4.608.
1 Stop Speed
5.60
Winner - Dustin Lee / Runner-up
- Carson Fields
1 Stop Speed 5.60 points leader
Dustin Lee may not have made it
to the final at the last event,
but he made up for it at the
WPGC Bike Fest.
After winning five rounds, Lee
would face Carson Fields in the
final. Fields had just won a
race the previous weekend, and
like Lee, he was in WIN mode.
Unfortunately for Fields, he
would react moments after
staging leaving before his
staging bulbs came down and
handing the win to Dustin Lee.
Mickey
Thompson Tires Top Sportsman
Winner - Robin
Procopio / Runner-up - Pablo
Gonzalez
Mickey Thompson Tires Top
Sportsman is class full of the
quickest heavy hitters in the
bracket ranks. This was the
first event this year that
points leader Jeffrey Santin did
not make a final-round
appearance. Instead, Pablo
Gonzalez, who attended his first
XDA race this season, found
himself in the final against
Robin Procopio.
Procopio was running closer to
her dial all day, and Gonzalez
would have his work cut out for
him. In the final, Procopio
dialed an 8.28 and Gonzalez a
7.80. Procopio left the tree
first, cutting a .074 reaction
time. Gonzalez left with a .033
reaction time; however, he would
never catch up to Procopio,
allowing her to get to the
stripe first with an 8.298 time
to his slower 7.864. That's only
a margin of victory of .005
seconds or thirteen inches.
MPS Racing Pro
ET
Winner - Jeffrey
Santin / Runner-up - Dale
Hamilton
It was Deja Vu in MPS Racing Pro
ET at the WPGC Bike Fest.
Despite the class having 156
racers in competition, Jeffrey
Santin and Dale Hamilton would
face off for the second final in
a row. At the last event, Santin
took the win over Hamilton, so
naturally, it was Hamilton's
turn, right? After earning
seven-win lights in the class,
Hamilton would need to turn one
more on if he wanted the win at
this event.
In the final, Santin dialed an
8.40 to Hamilton's 9.68.
Hamilton left first with a .037
reaction, followed closely by
Santin's .031 light. Santin
chased Hamilton down quickly and
took another win running an
8.405 over to his 9.684. Santin
pocketed $5,000 and is still at
the top of the points lead.
Brock's
Performance Street ET
Winner - Russell
Dennison Jr / Runner-up - Juan
George
Over a hundred racers showed up
to compete in Sunday's Brock's
Performance Street ET race. For
the second race in a row, a
Floridian was in the final.
After seven rounds of
competition, Juan George from
Kissimmee, FL faced Russell
Dennison Jr. However, the race
was anti-climatic as George
turned on a -.022 red light in
his lane, giving Dennison
another win to add to his
roster.
VooDoo
Components Bracket Bash
Winner - Turon Davis / Runner-up
- Dale Hamilton
The VooDoo Components Bracket
Bash hit a record with a
colossal 159 entries on
Saturday. After seven rounds of
competition, Turon Davis and
Dale Hamilton sat at the ready
across from each other in the
final round, eager for the
$3,000 win. Hamilton took
himself out of the running and
sent Davis straight to the
winner's circle when he cut a
devastating -.007 red light.
Hard Times
Parts & Service Gambler's Race
Winner - Ben Knight / Runner-up
- Jeffrey Santin
The Friday night Hard Times
Parts and Service Gamblers race
was another success after its
recent upgrade allowing a
sixty-four bike field in the
$4,000 to win bracket race. Ben
Knight took the win over the
2021 standout Jeffrey Santin
with a perfect reaction time
running 9.172 on his 9.15 dial.
Knight's perfect reaction time
also earned him $100 cash bonus
from
JTNorton.com.
For full qualifying and
round-by-round results of the
event, visit
www.xdaracing.com.
The XDA will head back to
Virginia Motorsports Park for
the 3rd Annual Bike Bash on
August 20-22, 2021. There will
be over 700 Professional,
Sportsman, and Grudge motorcycle
drag racers will be battling it
out for cash and bragging rights
in another round of "Running of
the Bulls."
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,
please visit
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