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XDA's fourth season has been
another success with the 29th
annual DME Racing Fall
Nationals, crowning twelve
champions at Maryland
International Raceway (MDIR).
The season featured top-tier
motorcycle drag racing action
that can't be seen anywhere
else. And while the on-track
action was hot, the racers'
payouts were hotter, with over
$560,000 for the year and
$131,000 in contingency
offerings.
The 2021 season also saw records
broken and performance barriers
pushed to new levels. And
because of the loyal XDA racers
and fans, the series continued
to grow and thrive during a time
that is unpredictable month to
month. XDA is looking forward to
another successful season next
year with their racing family.
The 2022 XDA season will begin
where 2021 ended, at the
world-renown Maryland
International Raceway on April
22-24 for the Platinum Fleet
Repair Spring Nationals. Mark
your 2022 calendars now to race
with the quickest and fastest
sanction in the country!
April 22-24 / PFR Spring
Nationals / MDIR
May 20-22 / MTC Engineering
Summer Nationals / VMP
June 17-19 / FuelTech Superbike
Showdown / MDIR
July 22-24 / WPGC Bike Fest /
MDIR
August 26-28 / Bike Bash / VMP
September 23-25 / DME Racing
Fall Nationals / MDIR
Orient Express
Racing Pro Street
Winner - Rodney Williford /
Runner-up - Jordan Haase
Champion - Rodney Williford
The Orient Express Pro Street
class is the most exciting class
to watch in all of motorcycle
drag racing. With no wheelie
bars, these 6-second, 230+mph
motorcycles are launching like
missiles as their riders fight
to keep them straight through
the quarter mile. This past
weekend delivered numerous
personal improvements among the
class.
Rodney Williford came into the
DME Racing Fall Nationals with
the championship title already
locked down. He went right to
work taking the number one
qualifying spot with a 6.482,
followed by Greg Wallace's
personal best ET of 6.484. This
makes Wallace the eleventh rider
to enter the forties in Pro
Street.
Curtis Brown, who is in his
rookie season, ran a 6.760 in
qualifying to make a big move
down the Pro Street GOAT list.
Midwest racer Jamie Hendricks
also improved to a 7.136. And
Jason Dunigan ran the top speed
of the event in qualifying at
230.29 mph.
Rudy Sanzoterra with Quicktime
Motorsports has been making big
moves this season in his program
and made the trip to his first
XDA race of the season. Despite
losing in round one, he ran his
personal best of 6.688 to make
him the twenty-fifth rider ever
to enter the sixties in Pro
Street. The XDA looks forward to
seeing his team back next
season.
In round one, Caleb Holt ran the
quickest of the session at 6.499
to take a win over Curtis Brown.
Like Sanzoterra, Brown also ran
his personal best on a losing
round at 6.735.
James Waugh would also improve
his personal best in round one,
winning against Ryan Bonitatis
with a 6.562 making him the
eighteenth rider to enter the
fifties.
Problems for Greg Wallace in
round one caused an upset as the
fifteenth qualifier, Brad
Christian, took the win over
him, running a 7.202.
Also taking wins in the round
were Williford 6.638, Ryan Hable
6.704, Justin Shakir 6.583,
Jordan Haase 6.643, and Jason
Dunigan 6.617.
In round two, the performance
continued as Williford 6.503,
Holt 6.542, Haase 7.103, and
Dunigan 6.587 all took wins.
In the semi-final, Jordan Haase
made a solo pass when Dunigan's
cam sensor broke, and he could
not get the bike to fire in the
water box. This sent Haase to
his first final round appearance
this season. Williford also took
a win with a 6.488 over Holt's
6.582.
If Jordan Haase is in the final,
Williford is always in the other
lane. With John Gover tuning,
Haase was ready to lay down his
best number of the weekend and
finally get a win over
Williford. Haase got the
starting line advantage with a
.032 reaction time to
Williford's .079. Haase gave his
best effort with a 6.644, but it
was no match for the run that
everyone had been waiting for
Williford to run all season, a
6.383 at 229.66 mph. With this
pass, Williford won the race and
became the third rider to enter
the thirties, and the first
person to ever run thirties on a
Hayabusa.
With the XDA season complete,
the top ten XDA Pro Street
racers will focus on their
$5,000 bonus race. The 25th
annual Haltech World Cup Finals
presented by Wiseco on November
3-7 will host the fourth annual
Pro Street Shootout sponsored by
Platinum General Services.
This will be the largest event
that Pro Street has ever raced
at, competing in front of
40,000+ fans. Ten racers will
show up, but only eight will
make it to the show on Sunday!
The ten racers that will strive
to qualify for the eight-bike
field are Rodney Williford,
Justin Shakir, Jason Dunigan,
Greg Wallace, Jordan Haase, Ryan
Hable, Kenny Brewer, Curtis
Brown, Ryan Bonitatis, and
Darion Payne.
DME Racing
Real Street
Winner - Trevor
Schnitz / Runner-up - Mark
Hylton
Champion - Mark Hylton
On Friday, you could feel the
steam from the DME Racing Real
Street pressure cooker as both
David Stewart and Mark Hylton
waited to start qualifying. With
only a round of points
separating them from a
championship, the pressure was
written all over their faces.
In qualifying Spencer Claycomb
took the top spot with a 7.572,
followed by Hylton's 7.591.
Stewart qualified seventh with a
7.693 at the bottom half of the
field, putting him at a
disadvantage for round one.
In round one, Ralphie Navarro
would run a 7.613 to take out
David Stewart's 7.770 pass and
end his hopes of a championship.
Mark Hylton would win over Bud
Harrod to cement his 2021 title.
You could see the relief on
Hylton's team as they were able
to switch gears and happily
focus on an event win. Rickey
Gadson won over Chad Sosnowski
7.751 to 7.724, and Trevor
Schnitz won over Jovi Barnes.
In round two, Navarro and
Schnitz gave us some action with
a side-by-side nail biter.
Schnitz had the starting line
advantage with a.042 reaction
time to Navarro's .108. Schnitz
was quickly in front of Navarro,
but Navarro kept gaining, and by
the eighth mile, they were
side-by-side. Even from the top
of the grandstands, you could
not tell who was crossing the
finish line first; they were
that close. When the boards lit
up, it was a 7.668 to a 7.669 in
favor of Schnitz. Gadson and
Hylton also took wins that round
on solo passes.
Schnitz's round two win earned
him a bye to the final. The new
champ, Mark Hylton, took an easy
victory against Gadson, who
broke on the starting line.
Headed to the final, this would
be Schnitz's second final round
appearance this season and the
second time facing Hylton.
Schnitz once again took a slight
starting line advantage with a
.042 to Hylton's .046. Both
riders took off side-by-side
until about the eighth mile when
Hylton's Hayabusa lost power,
and Schnitz pulled away from
him. When Schnitz's win light
came on, it made the
sixteen-year-old the youngest
winner in XDA history. It must
be in the genes.
Real Street will return for the
2022 motorcycle drag racing
season. If you are looking to
enter the Pro ranks, now is the
time to start preparing for next
year.
MaxxECU Pro
Xtreme
Winner - John Collins /
Runner-up - Chris Garner-Jones
Champion - Chris Garner-Jones
Chris Garner-Jones clinched the
2021 MaxxECU Pro Xtreme
championship with a 159 point
lead over the class. Jones also
set the ET record earlier this
season to an astounding 3.897.
Garner-Jones qualified number
one with a 3.949 followed by his
rival John Collins with a 3.95.
At the DME Racing Fall
Nationals, these two riders
would find themselves in the
opposing lanes for the fourth
final this season. Collins is
the only rider Garner-Jones has
lost to all season.
In round one, Bobby Lovingood
was broke, giving Garner-Jones
an easy pass to the next round.
Collins bested Chris Cutsinger
with a 4.011 to a 4.103. And Rob
Garcia ran the only three-second
pass of eliminations with a
3.984 to win over Travis Davis.
Garner-Jones broke the beams in
the semi-final with an earned
bye, and Garcia went red with a
-.024 against Collins.
Garner-Jones' bike jumped out of
gear during qualifying, slamming
him into the tank hard, giving
him some pain around his ribs.
This happened again during round
one of eliminations. Also,
during a pass, he went to push
down on the left foot peg when
his foot slipped, slamming it to
the pavement at about 170mph.
The team later found the reason
the bike was being so difficult;
the wheelie bars had broken.
When the final round came
around, he was still in pain and
was concerned about safely
riding the bike. And add to
that, the PDRA race this weekend
was coming up, and he would need
to heal up if he wanted a shot
at their championship. He
ultimately decided to forfeit
the round, giving Collins his
second win this season.
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 - Mike Davis
2021 Champion - David Fondon
The HTP Performance Super Stock
season finished just as it
started. David Fondon clinched
the championship mid-season and
finished with a staggering 591
point lead over the class.
Fondon won every event this
season except for the WPGC Bike
Fest that Jeremey Teasley
claimed.
This past weekend Fondon took
the number one qualifying
position with an 8.808, followed
by rival Mike Davis with an
8.861. Fondon and Davis found
each other in the finals at the
season opening PFR Spring
Nationals, where Fondon took a
win over Davis.
This past weekend their Kawasaki
ZX-14's found each other in
opposing lanes for the final
round once again. Fondon had the
starting line advantage with a
.098 reaction to Davis' .132.
Davis gave Fondon a fight to the
finish line, but he didn't have
enough to overpower the quicker
8.833 of Fondon to his 8.946.
This makes two championships in
a row for David Fondon. For
2022, will he be back in Super
Stock again, or will he move up
to Real Street or Pro Street to
compete with the Big Dogs?
Vance & Hines
4.60
Winner - Michael
Thyen / Runner-up - Tyler
Cammock
2021 Champion - Ronald Procopio
The 2020 Vance & Hines 4.60
Champion continues his reign
with back-to-back championships.
Without taking a win this
season, Ronald Procopio
accumulated enough points from
rounds won over the seven-race
series to be the first
consecutive champion in the
class. This is also Procopio's
third Vance & Hines 4.60 career
championship.
Procopio qualified number one at
the DME Racing Fall Nationals
with a perfect 4.600 over
thirty-five competitors. He was
taken out in round two by the
two-time class champion Tyler
Cammock. Cammock then went on to
win two more rounds against Mac
McAdams and Wes Hawkins before
reaching the final round.
The competition was on point in
Vance & Hines 4.60 that in all
five rounds of competition,
there was only one red light.
Michael Thyen has only entered
the class three times this
season, but three times was the
charm as he took wins against
Curtis Griggs, Eran Pielert,
Michael Stewart, and Chase Van
Sant on his way to the final
round against Cammock.
Thyen cut his best light of the
day in the final with a .004 for
the starting line advantage over
Cammock's .031. The light would
earn him a hole shot win as
Cammock ran a 4.611 to Thyen's
4.622 pass.
The Vance & Hines 4.60 class
continues to grow each year;
mark your 2022 calendars now and
race with the best competitors
in the country.
HTP
Performance Grudge
HTP Performance
Grudge racers filled the lanes
Saturday night with an
impressive ninety-six 'No Time'
motorcycles. Chris Moore
returned with Melania looking
for action in Boosted Bulls
against the latest DME Racing
entry piloted by multi-time
record holder Frankie Stotz. The
DME team had their money on the
table, and they were ready to
play. But once again, when it
came time to do the deed,
Melania was unable to make the
call.
APE Nitrous
Bulls
Winner - Ray Lee / Lil Ugly
Runner-up - Russell Dennison /
Jimmy Hendricks
2021 Champion - Russell Dennison
/ Jimmy Hendricks
The APE Nitrous Bulls
championship was locked in
before the DME Racing Fall
Nationals, with Russell Dennison
on 'Jimmy Hendricks' claiming
his first Bulls title.
In round one, Ray Lee on 'Lil
Ugly' couldn't be touched by
Matt Dozier on 'Kill shot' as he
flew past him. While fast, Alex
Williams on 'Master Blaster'
didn't need to be, as Billy Vose
on 'Red Bull' lost his wings
right off the starting line. The
Champ, Dennison, had an earned
bye.
In the semi-final, Dennison
executed another flawless pass
as Williams struggled to keep
his power on the track as it
attempted to take flight off the
starting line. And Lee had an
earned bye to the final.
It got a little ugly in the
final round when 'Jimmy
Hendricks' lost his tune and let
Ray Lee on 'Lil Ugly' get his
first XDA win.
3 Sixty 5
Monster Bulls
Winner - Michael
Thyen / The Prisoner
Runner-up - David Page / Pickin'
Pockets
2021 Champion - David Page /
Pickin' Pockets
3 Sixty 5 Monster Bulls was an
action-packed night as it came
down to the wire to determine
the championship. 2020 class
champion David Page had a
three-point lead, but those
three points would not be a lot
of help when it comes to round
wins. David Martin was on his
heels and wanted the title just
as much as Page.
In round one, both riders
dominated their competition for
wins. Page won against ‘Tick
Toc’ to earn a bye to the final.
In the semi-final Martin on
'Unknown' faced Michael Thyen on
'The Prisoner.' Martin left the
starting line with ample power
but was fighting to keep the
front wheel down as 'The
Prisoner' crept past him for the
win.
With Martin out and Page going
to the final, he would
officially secure the 2021 3
Sixty 5 Monster Bulls
championship despite the outcome
of the final round.
The final was a slugfest between
these two monsters, but Thyen
got the drop on the pocket
picker to secure a win and spot
in the top five in the
championship points. Page was
still smiling with a 2x Monster
Bulls Champion title to his name
despite taking an event loss.
Tommie's
Motorsports DMV Bulls
2021 Champion - Cody Lowe /
Codeine
Tommie's Motorsports DMV Bulls
was cut short on Saturday night
when rain moved in before the
final round at Midnight. Despite
not crowning a winner, the Bulls
still put on action-packed show
with thirteen grudge racers
vying for a win.
Duane Jackson was leading the
points coming in the finals with
Geoff Godfrey and Cody Lowe on
his tail as they were both in
contention for the title as
well. Godfrey lost to Kyron
Drake on 'Drive By,' taking him
out of the running in round one.
Lowe on 'Codeine' snatched a win
light from Jordan McDougald's
'Quick Money' to stay alive for
another round.
In round two, Lowe would face
Jackson on 'Miss Behavin' for a
race that would determine
Jackson's championship fate. The
two literbikes rolled into the
beams, and when the yellow bulbs
flashed, both bikes shot out
like rockets side-by-side. Lowe
was on a nonstop flight to the
finish line while Jackson's bike
wouldn't behave, forcing him to
abort the pass as it quickly
headed toward the wall. When
Lowe's win light came on, he was
officially declared the Tommie's
Motorsports DMV Bulls champion.
Lowe would take out Drake in the
semi-final while Deshon Jones on
'Mae Jean' drove past Matt
Dozier on 'Tucci' for a win.
After the semi-round, the rain
came, and the pot was split with
no winner declared.
1 Stop Speed
5.60
Winner - Rico Brown /
Runner-up - Jeff Stahl
2021 Champion - Dustin Lee
Dustin Lee secured the 1 Stop
Speed 5.60 Championship title
for a second time before he even
rolled into MDIR last week. With
the championship on lock, Lee
was able to focus on win lights
all weekend.
Kenny Webster earned the top
qualifying spot on Saturday with
a 5.603. Webster earned a
first-round bye. However, he
lost in the second round after
breaking out with a 5.587
against Dustin Davis.
Jeff Stahl qualified with a
5.682 and turned on five win
lights before getting to the
final. Stahl's average light of
the weekend in 1 Stop Speed 5.60
was .330, making him a contender
in the final.
On the other side of the ladder
Rico Brown, who took a runner-up
finish at the Bike Brawl, was on
a mission to get to the winner's
circle. He was running
consistently and turning on win
lights every round.
As he turned the win light on
against Duane Jackson in round
four, Brown's bike washed out
from underneath him, sending him
to the asphalt as his 2008
Hayabusa slid down the track.
Brown was right up and walking
around like it was just another
tackle on the football field.
His bike did not suffer any
significant damage, and he was
right back in the lanes for the
semi-final, where another win
light would send him to face
Stahl.
In the final, Brown cut his best
light of day with a .015 to
Stahl's .098, Brown had the
starting line advantage, but
Stahl would be too eager for the
finish line and break out with a
5.553; sending Brown to his
first 1 Stop Speed 5.60 win! And
that's what we call a comeback.
Mickey
Thompson Tires Top Sportsman
Winner - John James / Runner-up
- Pablo Gonzalez
2021 Champion - Bobby Holland
In Mickey Thompson Top Tires
Sportsman, only thirty-two
riders would qualify for the
quickest bracket class in XDA.
Bill Maturo Jr. would take the
top qualifying spot with a
7.531, while Ohio racer Kevin
Adams would round out the field
in the thirty-second position
with an 8.190 ET.
In round one of competition,
points leader Jeffrey Santin
lost with a -.001 red light to
Michael Daddio, thus taking him
out of championship contention.
The top points leaders in
contention also took first-round
losses, except for the number
two in points, Bobby Holland.
Holland's first-round win was
enough to earn the 2021
Championship.
Philadelphia racer John James
would win four rounds to face
Pablo Gonzalez in the final.
James had the better reaction
time average than Gonzalez in
the previous four rounds of
competition. In the final, James
would cut a .057 light to
Gonzalez's .073. The two racers
barreled down the MDIR
quarter-mile with eyes on each
other as they approached the
finish line side-by-side.
Gonzalez misjudged his speed by
a margin of two inches and broke
out with a 7.547 on a 7.55 dial.
James, with the win, ran an
8.014 on an 8.00 dial; this run
is the definition of a photo
finish.
MPS Racing Pro
ET
Winner - Pablo
Gonzalez
2021 Champion - Jeffrey Santin
The XDA staging lanes were
brimming with MPS Racing Pro ET
bikes as 189 of the best bracket
racers on the east coast were
looking for green lights. It
took nine rounds of competition
to get down to the final race of
the weekend.
Jeffrey Santin came into the
event with a slim lead on the
class, and when he took a
fourth-round loss, the potential
of losing the championship
became real. Dustin Lee, who was
number two in points, went on to
win the next two rounds. And
with each win light, the drama
ramped up; you could feel the
seriousness of the situation in
the air.
In round seven, Lee faced Pablo
Gonzalez, and the winner of that
round would have a bye to the
final. And if Dustin Lee made it
into the final and won, it would
be Game Over for Santin. But
Gonzalez put an end to the drama
taking out Lee to secure
Santin's first XDA championship.
The season's final race featured
a stout $10K payout to the
winner with the allowance of
double entries, thus giving
racers with multiple bikes two
chances to win. And with this,
for the first time in XDA's
history, one rider would have to
face himself in the final.
Gonzalez took his pair of
Hayabusa's to a ninth-round
final and chose his 2005
Hayabusa to make the final lap
down the track for the 2021 XDA
season.
Brock's
Performance Street ET
Winner - Bubba
Driscoll / Runner-up - Barry
Purnell
2021 Champion - Derrick
Milbourne
Going into the DME Racing Fall
Nationals, 2020 class champion
Derrick Milbourne had a healthy
points lead in Brock's
Performance Street ET. His most
significant threat to the
championship, Mark Blake, took a
first-round loss; and that
sealed it for Milbourne to
secure back-to-back
championships.
Bubba Driscoll and Barry Purnell
both won six rounds of
competition to make it to the
final. However, both racers
opted not to race each other.
With a rain delay holding up
action on the track, Driscoll
and Purnell decided they didn't
want to wait and flipped a coin
in the lanes to determine a
winner. Driscoll got the right
side of the coin.
VooDoo
Components Bracket Bash
Winner - Dustin Lee /
Runner-up - Chris Sulkowski
On Saturday, 137 racers entered
the VooDoo Components Bracket
Bash for a chance at the $4,500
class payout. XDA multi-champion
Dustin Lee made it look easy as
he chopped the tree round after
round. Lee not only had a
perfect reaction time one round,
his average reaction time over
eight rounds was .024. In the
final, Lee met Chris Sulkowski.
Sulkowski took a first-round
loss and bought back in, winning
six more rounds to earn a lane
in the final against Lee.
However, luck would not go his
way as a mechanical problem
would make him a no-show for the
final, sending Lee to another
winner circle.
Hard Times
Parts & Service Gambler's Race
Winner - Boyd Mathis
/ Runner-up - Mike Schulz
The Friday night Hard Times
Parts & Service Gambler's race
was at capacity with sixty-four
sportsman competitors looking to
start the weekend with a $4,000
payout. Boyd Mathias on his 2008
Suzuki Hayabusa was an
intimidating competitor as four
of his six competitors went red
against him. He faced Mike
Schulz, who cut a better light
for a starting line advantage in
the final. But Schulz would lose
power as Mathis powered by him
for his sixth win light of the
night and first payout of the
weekend.
Once again, congratulations to
all our race winners, record
breakers, champions, and every
single racer as well as all the
family and friends that came out
to support this season’s events.
We look forward to your support
in 2022 as the series continues
to evolve.
Don't miss a weekend of racing
with the quickest and fastest
motorcycle drag racing sanction
in the country; put XDA on your
2022 calendar now!
Visit
www.xdaracing.com
for event information, class
rules, schedule, and more.
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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