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For the second time this race
season, the XDA brought the best
show in motorcycle drag racing
to Virginia Motorsports Park for
the 5th Annual Bike Bash. This
event paid out over $80,000 to
Pro, Sportsman, and Grudge
racers over three days.
Orient Express
Racing Pro Street
Winner - Rodney Williford /
Runner-up - Jason Dunigan
#1 Qualifier - Rodney Williford
6.362
MPH Record - Jason Dunigan
234.66
Orient Express Racing Pro Street
brought out the horsepower as
six personal records dropped,
and a new MPH record was finally
set after three years. In June
2019, Ehren Litten set the Pro
Street MPH record to 232.59. In
July of 2021, Justin Shakir ran
a 232.79 to break that record;
however, he did not stop at tech
and claim it to make it an
official record. Last weekend
Jason Dunigan finally 'donkey
stomped' Litten's reigning MPH
record with a 234.66 to
officially reset the XDA record.
However, for due diligence, we
will also note that technically
Greg Wallace has the 'World's
Fastest No Wheelie Bar
motorcycle' when he ran 236.05
MPH on his Pro Street bike at
the 2021 World Cup Finals.
However, since it wasn't an
official XDA event, it cannot
hold the XDA record.
If you do not attend the XDA
events, you do not get to
witness Rodney Williford's
swagger. For the last two
seasons, Williford has held the
number one qualifying spot at
all the XDA events. Williford
will typically set the pace for
the class in Friday night's
qualifying session, and then on
Saturday, he sits on his Bike at
the back of the class, waiting
to see if he needs to make
another pass to keep the top
spot. Sometimes he has to suit
up and make another run, and
sometimes he doesn't. There is
no way around it. He is a BAMF!
And nothing gives his
competitors more enjoyment than
forcing him to suit up on
Saturday to make another run.
Jason Dunigan had that pleasure
at this last event when he ran a
6.438 in the final round of
qualifying, forcing Williford to
make another pass. Rodney
Williford qualified number one
again with a 6.362, which would
NOT be his quickest run of the
weekend.
Shawn Pinkney, on the class's
only Kawasaki, reset his
personal best ET with a 7.399 in
qualifying.
In round one of eliminations,
Jordan McDougald on the Mummert
GS100 took a win over Gaige
Herrera while resetting his
personal ET record to a 6.700.
Last event's runner-up Darion
Payne took a shocking loss in
the first round to Christopher
Edwards after he struggled to
get down the track.
In round two, Justin Shakir took
out Greg Wallace with a 6.450
pass, Williford took out James
Waugh with a 6.402, Dunigan took
out Blake Sanders with a 6.461,
and McDougald took out Edwards
with a 6.781.
In the semi-final, the ET's kept
dropping as Rodney Williford ran
a 6.362 to take out Justin
Shakir, and Dunigan took a win
over McDougald resetting his
personal record with a 6.433.
Jason Dunigan would make it to
the final round for the second
event in a row. And to take on
Williford, team tuner Andy
Sawyer would have to throw a lot
more into the bike to get around
Williford in a final. Dunigan
got a slight starting line
advantage with a .043 to
Williford's .050 reaction time.
Dunigan's bike had an issue to
only run a 6.594, but the effort
was futile as Williford clicked
off a new personal best ET and
MPH, running a 6.357 at 232.23!
Williford took his fourth win
this season and clinched the
2022 Championship title.
Don't miss the DME Racing Fall
Nationals at Maryland
International Raceway on
September 23-25; the fall air
will have Orient Express Racing
Pro Street delivering more
records!
DME Racing
Real Street
Winner - Rickey Gadson /
Runner-up - David Stewart
It was a pivotal weekend in DME
Racing Real Street; some hopes
were shattered while others were
realized. Mark Hylton was
sitting third in points and
needed a win for the weekend to
give him a comfortable position
going into the season finale
that will happen in just a few
weeks. But Hylton struggled in
qualifying and took a
second-round loss to Courtlan
Whiting on Sunday. But for
Rickey Gadson who came into the
event sitting second in points,
he had the exact weekend he had
hoped for.
Gadson qualified number two with
a 7.520 behind points leader
David Stewart who ran a 7.504
for the number one position.
Gadson needed a win in the final
over Stewart if he wanted to
close the gap on Stewart's
points lead, and Gadson was
ready. At the tree, Gadson got
the starting line advantage with
a .027 light over Stewarts .095
as they dashed to the finish
line. Stewart's board lit up
with 7.524 to Gadson's slower
7.585, but that hole shot was
the MVP as it turned the win
light on for Gadson, sending him
to the winner's circle.
MaxxECU Pro
Xtreme
Winner - Ronald Procopio /
Runner-up – Chris Cutsinger
Ronald Procopio took the number
one qualifying spot in MaxxECU
Pro Xtreme with a 3.924 for the
third time this season. But he
wasn't the only one running in
under four seconds. Qualifying
in the under four seconds was
also Chris Cutsinger 3.968, John
Collins, 3.971, and Travis Davis
3.991. However, on Sunday, when
eliminations started, only Chris
Cutsinger and Ronald Procopio
would put three-second passes on
the boards. And these quick
passes would land them in the
finals in opposing lanes. It was
an action-packed final as
Procopio cut a .017 light on
Cutsinger's .059 reaction time
as these two monsters rocketed
to the eighth mile. Procopio
turned on this win light with a
3.917 to Cutsinger's 3.953 for
his third straight win of the
season.
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
Winner - Curtis McDougald /
Runner-up - Darion Payne
For the fourth time this season
Curtis McDougald took the number
one qualifying spot with an
8.761 in HTP Performance Super
Stock. And for the first time
this season, Mike Davis did not
make it to the final round.
Instead, David met McDougald in
round two and could not get
around him. Darion Payne and
McDougald are the only two
racers that have won this
season, and for the first time,
they would face each other in
the final. However, Payne would
give up the win with a -.001 red
light to send McDougald to his
third straight final.
Vance & Hines
4.60
Winner - Ronald Procopio /
Runner-up - Eran Pielert
The Vance & Hines 4.60 Index
class took in forty-eighty
racers at the Bike Bash bumping
up the winner payout to $6,000!
Michael Stewart qualified number
one with the only perfect 4.600
pass of the qualifying sessions.
However, earning the number 1
qualifying spot would not
translate into race day success
as the number 48 qualifier
Tyrone Lemons took him out in
round 1 with a 4.706 against his
4.920 pass.
Eran Pielert made it to his
first final round appearance of
the season after five tough
rounds of competition. In the
lane next to him, he would find
points leader Ronald Procopio
who had one 4.60 win under his
belt for the season and just
came off a win in Pro Xtreme.
Pielert knew he had his work cut
out for him, and the pressure
was displayed by a -.008 red
light giving Procopio the win
and a bigger boost in points!
HTP
Performance Grudge
Saturday night Virginia
Motorsports Park had a full
house of grudge racers with an
imposing 115 Grudge Bikes
throwing down performance on the
track.
Boosted Bulls
Winner - Chris Moore / Melania
Runner-up - Frankie Stotz /
Reddi-Wip
Chris Moore finally took some
time off from roll racing and
returned to grudge competition
in dramatic fashion with 'Melania'.
Head tuner BJ Humphries picked
up where he left off giving the
crowd a show with repeated
performance-based passes. Moore
took out Malcolm Phillips on
'Billy Mays' and Geoff Godfrey
on 'Minion' on his way to the
final. Frankie Stotz on 'Reddi-Wip'
just came off a win from the
WPGC Bike Fest and took out
Desmond Spalding on 'Moonshine'
and had an earned bye to the
final to face Moore. This final
was the one everyone was waiting
for, and the starting line was
stacked with excitement. And
while everyone anticipated a
show of performance in the
eighth mile, Stotz would let the
crowd down and turn on the red
light giving Moore an instant
win.
APE Nitrous
Bulls
Winner - Gaige Herrera / Bumpy
Johnson
Runner-up - Caleb Holt /
Apocalypse
The APE Nitrous Bulls class has
been exciting to watch all
season as different riders are
rising to the top all the time.
Gaige Herrera on 'Bumpy Johnson'
and Caleb Holt on 'Apocalypse'
dominated for three rounds
Saturday night. Herrera took out
'Dime Piece' and 'War Cry',
while Holt took out 'Boogie
Man', 'No Drawers' and 'FTW'
before their final round
face-off. Unfortunately, the
final was unable to be run
because of curfew and Gaige and
Holt split the $6,500 pot and
flipped a coin for the points
and trophy. Both riders did not
agree to finish the race on
Sunday, and Gaige won the coin
toss and is your technical
winner.
3 Sixty 5
Monster Bulls
The 3 Sixty 5 Monster Bulls
class was showing out on
performance Saturday night, but
no winner would be crowned after
an oil down created significant
downtime during the grudge
session. Antonio Williams on
'Flawless Victory' and Michael
Thyen on 'The Prisoner' were the
semi-final winners and decided
to split the pot and end points
with a semi-final finish. Both
riders did not agree to finish
the race on Sunday.
Tommie's
Motorsports DMV Bulls
Tommie's Motorsports DMV Bulls,
63" All motor class continues to
grow. Malcolm Phillips and Caleb
Holt made their first
appearances in July at the WPGC
Bike Fest and made it to the
final round. Unfortunately, the
final was unable to be run
because of curfew and Phillips
and Holt split the $4,000 pot
and flipped a coin for the
points and trophy. Both riders
did not agree to finish the race
on Sunday. Phillips won the coin
toss and is your technical
winner.
Tommie's
Motorsports All Motor Bulls
Winner - David Fondon / Bad
Bitch
Runner-up - Matt Dozier /
Relentless
Only two racers have made it to
the Tommie Motorsports all Motor
Bulls winner circle this season:
Edward Thomas on 'Da Setup' and
David Fondon on 'Bad Bitch.
Despite Thomas hot lapping
during testing, he could not
make it past round one when
Russell Dennison Jr on
'Bodacious' turned on the win
light. In the final Fondon would
face Matt Dozier on 'Relentless'
for the second race in a row.
And once again, 'Bad Bitch’
would come out on top for the
third win in a row.
1 Stop Speed
5.60
Winner - Brayden Davis /
Runner-up - Janrei Thompson
In 1 Stop Speed 5.60 index,
there is no denying that Brayden
Davis earned the winner’s circle
at Virginia Motorsports Park.
Davis, who took the win back in
May at the MTC Summer Nationals,
returned to Virginia for a
repeat. After five rounds of win
lights, Davis was again in the
final round, this time to face
Janrei Thompson. The two
Kawasaki's were at the tree
ready for battle; and when the
bulbs dropped Thompson left
first with a -.068 red light
making Davis the only 5.60 bike
to win at VMP this season.
Mickey
Thompson Tires Top Sportsman
Winner - Ben Knight / Runner-up
- Robin Procopio
In Mickey Thompson Performance
Top Sportsman (the quickest
bracket class at XDA), Ryan
Burnell occupied the top spot
qualifying with a 7.412. The
number thirty-two spot was
almost a full second later at
8.264 held by Frank Diaz.
Previous event winner Robin
Procopio earned her way to
another final where she would
face off against sportsman
stand-out Ben Knight.
Prior to the Top Sportsman
final, Robin watched her husband
Ronald win both 4.60 and Pro
Xtreme, and was the favorite for
this final. Knight was dialed a
quicker 7.60 and Procopio an
8.16. Procopio left first with a
.091 reaction to Knight's .084
reaction as they raced to the
finish. With a mere 16" lead,
Knight crossed the line first
for his second win of the
weekend.
MPS Racing Pro
ET
Winner - Dustin Lee / Runner-up
- Ben Knight
If there was one class Dustin
Lee wanted to win at the Bike
Bash, it was MPS Racing Pro ET.
Lee, the multi-time XDA
champion, trailed points leader
Jimmie Miller III by just 20
points, and needed to gain
rounds on him for a chance at
the championship. Miller went
out in round three due to a
nitrous malfunction and Lee took
every advantage as he powered
his way to the final round to
face his friend Ben Knight.
Knight had two class wins for
the weekend already under his
belt. So this final pass of the
weekend looked like it was going
to be a slugfest. Knight turned
on the red light at the drop of
the tree, automatically handing
the win to Dustin Lee and
denying Knight his 3rd win of
the event.
Brock's
Performance Street ET
Winner - Ronald Lofland /
Runner-up - Robbie Bryant
In Brock's Performance Street
ET, Ronald Lofland and Robbie
Bryant turned on six win lights
to make it to the final round.
Lofland's weekend started out
rocky with problems on his
Hayabusa that needed to be
worked out in testing. But
Saturday, the tide started to
turn as he won $100 from JT
Norton for the first perfect win
light of the day. On Sunday
morning, when eliminations
started, there was no stopping
Lofland from turning on win
lights.
In the seventh-round final
Lofland from Delaware dialed a
9.15 against North Carolinian
Bryant's 8.85. Lofland left
first and cut a .042 reaction
time while Bryant took his time
with .151 light creating a
deficit for himself to catch
Lofland. In Bryant's quest to
catch Lofland before the finish
line, he broke out running an
8.845 giving the automatic win
to Lofland despite his 9.176
winning ET.
VooDoo
Components Bracket Bash
Winner - James Farmer /
Runner-up - Mike Sweeney
On Saturday, the VooDoo
Components Bracket Bash $3,000
payout came down to bar vs.
no-bar competition. James Farmer
dialed an 8.11 on his 2008
Suzuki bar bike to face Mike
Sweeney dialed 8.60 on his 2012
Kawasaki ZX-14R street bike.
Both competitors cut almost
identical reaction times, with
Sweeney besting Farmer at the
tree with a .042 to Farmer's
.049 reaction. It was a
side-by-side race to the finish
line. Farmer ran an 8.111 on his
8.11 dial that Sweeny could not
beat with his 8.641 time giving
the win to Farmer.
Hard Times
Parts & Service Gambler's Race
Winner - Ben Knight / Runner-up
- Boo Brown
The Friday night Hard Times
Parts & Service Gambler's race
for our sportsman competitors
kicked off the weekend with a
slugfest among veterans. Boo
Brown and Ben Knight, who are no
strangers to the winner circle,
won five rounds before meeting
in the final round. Knight
dialed an 8.93 to leave first
with a .048 reaction time. Brown
dialed an 8.02 and got the
starting line advantage on
Knight with his .009 reaction
time.
In no time Brown caught up with
Knight and they raced to the
finish line. As the stripe
approached, Brown backed off the
throttle to not break out, but
Knight powered on to run an
8.958 on his 8.93 dial to turn
on the win light over Brown's
8.105 ET. This is Knight's third
straight win in the Gambler's
class.
For full qualifying and
round-by-round results of the
event, visit
www.xdaracing.com.
The XDA season concludes in a
few weeks at Maryland
International Raceway for the
30th annual DME Racing Fall
Nationals on September 23-25,
2022. Mark your calendars now as
Champions will be crowned, and
the Fall air is bound to bring
out record performances.
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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