2024 XDA Season Changes
Dear XDA Racers & Fans,
We are excited to kick-off the
2024 XDA Season with the
Platinum General Services Spring
Nationals & Awards Ceremony on
April 19-21, 2024 at Maryland
International Raceway!
We receive many emails and calls
from racers and the tracks at
the end of each season with
suggestions from racers to keep
making the XDA better each year,
and that’s exactly what we will
continue to do. We want to take
this time and inform you all of
some of the changes being made
for the 2024 season that will
help with some of our issues and
growing pains to make an even
better program for our racers.
We are grateful for the growth
and your support, but some
changes are needed so we can
complete programs, keep the
wheels in motion and provide a
great product for our racers and
fans.
Please be sure to not only thank
our XDA staff, but also thank
the hard-working staff at our
host tracks. XDA events have 3
times the number of racers and
our events last much longer in
duration than most of the car
events they’re used to working.
We never want to take them for
granted as we need them to help
execute our events. It is also
imperative that we respect their
facilities and take good care of
them.
And as always, we need to
balance our track time between
Pros, Sportsman, and Grudge. We
need all 3 groups for the XDA to
be successful, and no one group
is any more important than the
other.
2024 XDA Season Changes Below:
Friday Testing Schedule
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Friday testing will now all
be 1 hour earlier from
10am-10pm, instead of
11am-11pm. “Regular Prep
Testing” is still $100 per
bike and is from 10am-8pm.
“Pro Prep Testing” is still
$120 per bike and will be
run at 11am, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm.
The Locked-In Bulls
Shakedown and Pro Qualifier
#1 will be back to its
normal 8pm scheduled time.
Gates on Fridays will still
close at 11pm.
Top Sportsman
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Top Sportsman will now run
eliminations on Saturday
instead of Sunday. This is
being done to help speed up
Sunday’s program and to
reduce hot lapping of Top
Sportsman bikes dropping
back into Pro ET in the same
round. We will still start
Saturdays with 2 Sportsman
Qualifiers like we have in
the past and then start the
Bracket Bash eliminations at
12noon followed by Top
Sportsman eliminations. We
will complete both the
Bracket Bash and Top
Sportsman eliminations on
Saturday.
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All the Saturday Top
Sportsman qualifiers also
run in Sunday’s Pro ET
class. Since the Top
Sportsman class is now
completed on Saturday, all
qualifiers simply show up
and run Pro ET on Sunday.
There are no longer T/S
round merge overs, so
whether you lost first round
of Top Sportsman or won the
final, you still show up in
first round of Pro ET on
Sunday.
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If you have a slower Bracket
Bike and wish to run it on
Sunday in Pro ET instead of
your faster Top Sportsman
bike, then you can take your
tech sticker off your Top
Sportsman bike after you
have finished Top Sportsman
Eliminations and bring it to
the tower. We will swap it
out for a new sticker to put
on your slower Bracket Bike
to run in Pro ET and save
the runs on your faster
bike. We are dropping 1 of
the Pro Qualifiers on
Saturday to make more time
so we can finish the Bracket
Bash and Top Sportsman
eliminations on Saturdays.
Sunday Sportsman Run Order
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Now that Top Sportsman
eliminations are on
Saturday, the run order for
Sunday Sportsman
Eliminations will be: Pro
ET, 5.60, Street ET. This
will now have the Saturday
Qualifying Run Order and
Sunday Eliminations Run
Order the same for less
confusion and easier for
racers to follow.
Pros now have
3 Qualifiers instead of 4
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Friday Pro Qualifier is
now back at 8pm, instead of
9pm.
However, we will now only be
doing 2 Saturday Pro Qualifiers instead of 3. The
Saturday Pro Qualifiers will
be at 2pm and 7pm (1 day
qualifier to tune for
eliminations, and 1 night
qualifier to throw the coals
at it for the fans). This
means for the 2024 season,
there will be a total of 3
Pro Qualifiers (1 on Fri and
2 on Sat). This change has
been made because we need
little to no carnage plus
perfect weather to get 4
qualifiers done, and that
hardly ever happens. This
change to 3 Pro Qualifiers
will help us get the Bulls
eliminations completed on
Saturdays and have less
interruption in Saturday’s
Sportsman Eliminations.
Between 3 “Pro Prep” test
runs on Friday and 3 more
Pro Qualifiers, everyone has
a shot at 6 runs before
eliminations begin.
Locked-In
Bulls Shakedowns and
Eliminations
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Locked-In Bulls Friday
Shakedown is now back at
8pm, instead of 9pm. However, Locked-In
Bulls will now have 1 final
Shakedown on Saturday at
2pm. We will then do the
Chip Draw on Saturdays at
4pm and start 1st Round of
Bulls at 5pm, 2nd round at
7pm, Semis at 9pm and Finals
at 10:30pm. This will give
the Bulls more time between
runs, and more time for
regular Grudge bikes to get
more track time on Saturday
nights. Between 3 “Pro Prep”
test runs on Friday, 1 more
Shakedown Friday night, and
1 final shakedown on
Saturday, everyone has a
shot at 5 runs before
eliminations begin.
Pro Xtreme
ATV
Invitational Shootout
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The ATV Invitational
Shootout will only be run at
the last 2 XDA events of the
season during the FuelTech
Bike Bash on August 23-25,
2024 at VMP and the DME
Racing Fall Nationals on Oct
4-6, 2024 at MIR.
XDA Website
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Please visit
www.XDAracing.com
to view the 2024 XDA
Rulebook, Contingency
Program, Entry & Payouts,
Records, Results, Points,
Ticket Prices, Event
Schedules, Class Line-Ups,
Vendor Info, Track Info,
Championship Info and more!
We have managed to keep tickets,
tech cards, and sponsorships the
same prices for 2024, even as
expenses have increased like
payroll, staffing, consumables,
utilities, and other expenses.
However, there will be a need
for XDA to have an occasional
price increase in the future
just like any other business.
These events must generate
enough revenue for our host
tracks so that they will want us
to return every year. We still
have the cheapest entry fees in
the sport, we lease the best
tracks in the country, we employ
the largest and highest quality
staff, and we are paying out
$90,000 per event for a season
total over $540,000 which is
unprecedented.
We look forward to seeing you
all on April 19-21, 2024 at
Maryland International Raceway
for the Platinum General
Services Spring Nationals &
Awards Ceremony!
If you are interested in
becoming an XDA sponsor, please
email
jason@mbpevents.com.
For more information about the
XDA, please visit
www.XDAracing.com.
New 2024 Event Schedule
Thursday |
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Sponsors & Vendors Early Setup |
10am - 9pm |
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Event Parking |
6pm - 9pm |
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Gates Close |
9pm |
|
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Friday |
|
Gates Open |
8am |
|
Event
Parking & Tech Inspection |
8am - 11pm |
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Regular Prep Testing ($100 per
bike) |
10am - 8pm |
|
Pro Prep & Grudge Testing ($120
per bike) |
11am, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm |
|
Gambler's Race Time Run |
12pm |
|
Gambler's Race Eliminations
Begin |
1pm |
|
Bulls Shakedown & Pro Q1 (PST,
RST, PX, 4.60, SS) |
8pm |
|
Gates Close |
11pm |
|
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Saturday |
|
Gates Open |
8am |
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Event
Parking & Tech Inspection |
8am - 11pm |
|
Sportsman Q1 (TS,
PET, 5.60, SET) |
9am - 10:30am |
|
Sportsman Q2 (TS,
PET, 5.60, SET, BB only) |
10:30am - 12pm |
|
Bracket Bash Elims &
Top
Sportsman Elims Begin |
12pm |
|
Bulls Shakedown & Pro Q2 (PST,
RST, PX, 4.60, SS) |
2pm |
|
Bulls Chip Draw for Ladder |
4pm |
|
Afterdark Underground Grudge
Racing |
4pm
- 11pm |
|
Bulls Round 1 |
5pm |
|
Bulls Round 2 & Pro Q3 (PST, RST,
PX, 4.60, SS) |
7pm |
|
Bulls Round 3 |
9pm |
|
Bulls Round 4 |
10:30pm |
|
Gates Close |
11pm |
|
|
Sunday |
|
Gates Open |
8am |
|
Church Service |
8:30am |
|
Sportsman Elims Begin
(PET, 5.60, SET) |
10am |
|
Pro Round 1 (PST, RST,
PX, 4.60, SS, Grudge) |
11am |
|
Pro Round 2 (PST, RST,
PX, 4.60, SS, Grudge) |
1pm |
|
Pro Round 3 (PST, RST,
PX, 4.60, SS, Grudge) |
3pm |
|
Pro Round 4 (PST, RST,
PX, 4.60, SS, Grudge) |
5pm |
|
Pro Round 5 (4.60, SS) |
6pm |
|
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Thursday |
|
Parking |
6pm - 9pm |
|
Gates Close |
9pm |
|
|
Friday |
|
Gates Open |
8am |
|
Parking & Tech Inspection |
8am - 11pm |
|
Regular Prep Testing ($100 per
bike) |
11am - 9pm |
|
Pro Prep & Grudge Testing ($120
per bike) |
12pm, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm |
|
Gambler's Race Time Run |
1pm |
|
Gambler's Race Eliminations
Begin |
2pm |
|
Bulls Shakedown & Pro Q1 (PST,
RST, PX, 4.60, SS) |
9pm |
|
Gates Close |
11pm |
|
|
Saturday |
|
Gates Open |
8am |
|
Parking & Tech Inspection |
8am - 11pm |
|
Sportsman Q1 (T/S,
P/ET, 5.60, S/ET) |
9am - 10:30am |
|
Sportsman Q2 (T/S,
P/ET, 5.60, S/ET, BB only) |
10:30am - 12pm |
|
Bracket Bash Elims & Top
Sportsman Elims Begin |
12pm |
|
Bulls Shakedown & Pro Q2 (PST,
RST, PX, 4.60, SS) |
2pm |
|
Bulls Chip Draw for Ladder |
4pm |
|
Afterdark Underground Grudge
Racing |
4pm - 11pm |
|
Bulls Round 1 |
5pm |
|
Bulls Round 2 & Pro Q3 (PST, RST,
PX, 4.60, SS) |
7pm |
|
Bulls Round 3 |
9pm |
|
Bulls Round 4 |
10:30pm |
|
Gates Close |
11pm |
|
|
Sunday |
|
Gates Open |
8am |
|
Church Service |
8:30am |
|
Sportsman Elims Begin (P/ET,
5.60, S/ET) |
10am |
|
Pro Round 1 (PST, RST,
PX, 4.60, SS, Grudge) |
11am |
|
Pro Round 2 (PST, RST,
PX, 4.60, SS, Grudge) |
1pm |
|
Pro Round 3 (PST, RST,
PX, 4.60, SS, Grudge) |
3pm |
|
Pro Round 4 (PST, RST,
PX, 4.60, SS, Grudge) |
5pm |
|
Pro Round 5 (4.60, SS) |
6pm |
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