On July 22-24, the Biggest
Motorcycle Drag Race of the year
returns with the 22nd annual
WPGC Bike Fest at Maryland
International Raceway in
Mechanicsville, Maryland.
Over 700 Professional,
Sportsman, and Grudge motorcycle
drag racers will compete for
over $80,000 in cash money at
this event. But this event is
more than just a drag race, the
WPGC Bike Fest has something for
everyone. Racing starts on
Friday, then the volume cranks
on Saturday and Sunday with an
action-packed venue featuring
something for everyone.
Live Bands
The WPGC stage will be jamming
with DJ Flexx and DJ Akademics,
plus a LIVE performance by one
of the TOP bands in the DMV
New
Impressionz!
Sound
Competition and Custom Bike Show
Team Money Cycles will once
again host their "Speed and
Sound" Tour at this event on
Sunday with a Sound Competition
and Custom Bike Show. There will
also be a "Baggers vs
Slingshots" showdown on Saturday
evening with Team SOS taking on
SS Takeover and will bring in
the crowd with the wildest
custom bikes you have ever seen!
Then on Sunday, the King of the
Hill Bike Show and Sound
Competition will take the main
stage!
Beer Garden
with Bikini Bartenders
The popular beer garden returns
with plenty of ice-cold beer
served by hot women in bikinis.
No long walks to the concession
stand; our Bikini Bartenders
will be stationed close to the
grandstands with your cold beers
when you need them.
Bikini Contest
The Bikini Contest has been a
part of the WPGC Bike Fest for
over a decade and features the
hottest girls of the DMV
competing for bragging rights
and cold hard cash! Hot Girls in
Bikinis - Sunday, Sunday,
Sunday!
VIP Bike
Parking
Ride your bike to the event and
get FREE parking PIT SIDE in the
huge street bike corral!
Kids
Playground
Maryland International Raceway
allows children to get up close
and check out the fastest
motorcycles in the country, and
the facility also has a fenced
playground for the kids to run
around and expel their energy
during the event. Kids 11 and
under get in free!
Orient Express
Racing Pro Street
Points Leader Rodney Williford
The Orient Express Pro Street
class features 6-second, 220+mph
bikes and XDA will have twenty
on the property, including the
two fastest racers in the World,
Greg Wallace and Justin Shakir.
Wallace holds the MPH record at
236.05, Shakir is right behind
him at 234.29, and that's on a
street tire bike with no wheelie
bars! You don't want to miss
this premier class as they light
up the scoreboards.
DME Racing
Real Street
Points Leader David Stewart
The DME Racing 7-second, 190mph
Real Street class is designed
for street‐legal sportbikes with
limited modifications and a hand
clutch. Rickey Gadson took a win
at the last race to boost his
points standing into third
place. But his road to a
championship won't be easy with
class champions David Stewart
and Mark Hylton standing in his
way. The WPGC Bike Fest is the
mid-season point, and these guys
have a lot on the line.
MaxxECU Pro
Xtreme
Points Leader Chris Cutsinger
Imagine the 4.60 Index class on
steroids with no index, heads
up, first to the finish line,
and no breakout. This is where
you get the quickest and fastest
1/8 mile category in the XDA.
MaxxECU Pro Xtreme returns for
this event featuring the World's
quickest turbocharged, nitrous
injected or injected nitro drag
bikes. These machines are making
3 second passes, and you won't
want to miss the power they can
throw down in only 660 feet.
MaxxECU Pro Xtreme is presented
by Billy Vose Racing, Fast by
Gast, Dunigan Racing, DME
Racing, Grothus Dragbikes,
Harley Haul, Rob Bush
Motorsports, Robinson
Industries, Schnitz Racing,
Timblin Chassis, and Worldwide
Bearings.
HTP
Performance Super Stock
Points Leader Darion Payne
HTP Performance Super Stock will
show out on 4‐stroke naturally
aspirated production
motorcycles. This class features
strict modification rules, stock
wheelbase, stock motor, MR12
spec fuel, no air shifters, no
dataloggers, etc. Whoever has
the best clutch hand will rule
the weekend. Darion Payne leads
the class but this weekend he
can be easily knocked off his
throne by Mike Davis or Curtis
McDougald. Caleb Holt and Silas
Wood are also in contention for
a championship if Payne can be
overthrown this weekend.
Vance & Hines
4.60
Points Leader Ronald Procopio
Vance & Hines 4.60 class is the
World's quickest index class.
The bikes in this 1/8th-mile
sportsman index category make
their four-second passes in a
span of only 660 feet. With
little margin for error, their
reaction times at the starting
line will make or break their
run. Michael Stewart, Mac
McAdams, Michael Ostrowski, and
Kenny Cornell will be looking
for round wins this weekend to
climb the ladder to surpass
points leader Ronald Procopio.
The Vance & Hines 4.60 is an
action-packed class to watch and
bet on, both during qualifying
and race day.
HTP
Performance Grudge
The Saturday night HTP
Performance Afterdark
Underground Grudge program
features the fearsome Running of
the Bulls. These top tier grudge
classes include Boosted Bulls
(Turbo Bikes), APE Nitrous Bulls
(Nitrous Bikes), 3 Sixty 5
Transport Monster Bulls
(Heavyweights), and Tommie's
Motorsports DMV and All Motor
Bulls. Grudge racing provides a
lot of fast-paced action and
excitement you'll want to bet
on. So don't miss Saturday
night's program, where the drama
before the race is just as
exciting as the performance on
the track.
1 Stop Speed
5.60
Points Leader Rico Brown
1 Stop Speed 5.60 is another
competitive index category
combining street legal and bar
bikes. This class also has an
added challenge of nailing a
.400 Pro tree, and only running
to the eighth mile, leaving no
room for mistakes. Young gun
Rico Brown is leading this class
over tough competition eager to
take the throne. This will be a
make-or-break weekend for Brown
as Nick Noble, Dustin Lee, and
Carson Fields have a target on
his back.
Mickey
Thompson Tires Top Sportsman
Points Leader Rob Hunnicutt
The Mickey Thompson Tires Top
Sportsman class features the
quickest bracket bikes in the
country! The 32-bike qualified
field runs on a .500 full tree
and will see bikes running ET's
from the low 7's to the low 8's.
Over a hundred motorcycles will
attempt to make this field so
the competition on Sunday is
brutal! Rob Hunnicutt leads by a
mere eleven points, making it
likely a new leader will emerge
at the WPGC Bike Fest.
MPS Racing Pro
ET
Points Leader Dustin Lee
The MPS Racing Pro ET class has
over a hundred entries at every
race. This is the toughest ET
class when considering all the
variables a racer must overcome
to make it to the winners
circle. Not only will you have
to earn at least seven rounds,
but you will face a different
type of bike setup every round
leaving you very little room for
error. Dustin Lee is currently
leading the points, and he would
like to keep it that way, as he
does not yet have an XDA MPS
Racing Pro ET championship
trophy on his shelf. Keep your
eyes on his competition this
weekend because they will be
hungry to earn round wins over
him.
Brock's
Performance Street ET
Points Leader Mark Blake
The Brock's Performance Street
ET class is a sportsman class
for street legal motorcycles
only, and is great for new
riders looking to get into the
sport. If you ride your bike to
the race to watch, why not try
your hand on the track for only
$65? Beginner's luck could pay
you $1,500 in cold hard cash.
Mark Blake is currently leading
the class by ten points. Derrick
Milbourne is ten points behind
him, and a syndicate of other
racers could overtake the points
lead this weekend by turning on
more green lights than Blake.
And the opportunities don't stop
there for sportsman racers with
the Friday night Hard Times
Parts & Service Gambler's race
and the Saturday VooDoo
Components Bracket Bash. So if
you have a motorcycle, there
will be plenty of on-track and
off-track action this weekend to
keep you entertained at this
summer's biggest motorcycle drag
racing event in the nation!
So, look no further for next
weekend's plans. Come be a part
of history at XDA's 22nd annual
WPGC Bike Fest on July 22-24,
2022, at Maryland International
Raceway. BE THERE!
Visit
www.xdaracing.com/bikefest
for event information, class
rules, schedule and more.
XDA prides itself on having a
close-knit group of racers.
Below, you will find a list of
racers attending this event and
links to class-specific groups
that you can access to talk to
other racers and get your
questions answered. Together we
are strong.
XDA Facebook
Groups
XDA Racers -
https://bit.ly/3feasis
Pro Street -
https://bit.ly/3fgZx7D
Real Street -
https://bit.ly/3hmHvm8
Pro Xtreme -
https://bit.ly/30AsBmu
4.60 Index -
https://bit.ly/2UADKA6
Super Stock -
https://bit.ly/3hlXsZN
5.60 Index -
https://bit.ly/3fjOBpZ
Orient Express
Pro Street Roll Call
Justin Shakir, James Waugh,
Jordan Angelo, Jordan Haase,
Ryan Bonitatis, Greg Wallace,
Jamie Lopes, Rodney Williford,
Blake Sanders, Curtis Brown,
Ricky Wood, Darion Payne, Gaige
Herrera, Ryan Hable, Mike
Kovacevich, Kenny Brewer, Curtis
Ellerbe, Brett Ware, Jason
Dunigan, and Shawn Pinkney.
DME Racing
Real Street Roll Call
Ralphie Navarro,
Courtlan Whiting, Brittany Bohne,
David Stewart, Drae Taylor,
Rickey Gadson, Bud Harrod.
HTP
Performance Super Stock Roll
Call
Brian Johnson, Blake Johnson,
Caleb Holt, Curtis McDougald,
Silas Wood, Darion Payne, Kimani
Goodwin, Marcus Queen, Mike
Davis, Felton Goodwin, Patrick
Cooper, Dystany Spurlock, John
Briscoe, Pat Butler, Nicholas
Rothwell, Brandon Litten, Mark
Blake, Terry Geesey, and Tim
Cottrell.
Vance & Hines
4.60 Index Roll Call
Preston Hopkins, Mac
McAdams, Douglas Robinson,
Steven Shriver, Terry Tompkins,
Will Phillips, Darion Payne,
Mike Mace, Kenny Cornnell, Larry
Leftwich, Durwood Rawlings,
George Whitaker, Troy Hausmann,
Rob Hunnicutt, Ronald Procopio
JR, Brad Gleason, Wes Hawkins,
Shayne Proctor, Dystany
Spurlock, Ron Bonitatis, Spencer
Allen, Kevin White, Mike
Ostrowski, Michael Thyen, Harvey
Hubbard, Kenny Morgan, Mike
Stewart, Tyrone Curry, James
Taylor, Mike Beverly, Tyrone
Curry, Broderick Jackson, Thomas
Acres, Eran Pielert, Ellis
Pierce, Darryl Hollins, Kevin
Taylor, Boo Brown, John Hall,
and Jimmy Shifflett.
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
www.xdaracing.com
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