Heavy Hitters
fall, new winners crowned,
records set,
and fans turn out in force.
For the second time this year,
the Xtreme Dragbike Association
(XDA) brought the best show in
motorcycle drag racing to
Virginia Motorsports Park for
the Inaugural Superbike
Showdown.
With cooler temperatures and a
great weather forecast, serious
racers came out for a chance at
over $45,000 in purse money. And
the spectators showed up for
them, making this a
well-attended event to exceed
expectations!
Orient Express
Racing Pro Street
Winner - Rodney Williford 6.75
Runner-up - Jordan Haase 6.82
#1 Qualifier - Jeremy Teasley
6.645
MPH Record - Rodney Williford
226.13
This weekend once again proved
why Orient Express Pro Street is
the most exciting class to watch
in motorcycle drag racing. For
starters, we have had a
different winner at every event
this year. The qualifying ladder
showed the quickest field in Pro
Street history with thirteen
racers in the 6’s! This class is
full of killers, and no one can
look at first-round pairings and
guess who the winner will be.
The Penske Pro Street Shootout
once again made qualifying
exciting as racers had to do
battle as they tried for a good
qualifying position. Williford,
Dunigan, Schnitz, and Hable all
ran way off their regular
numbers first round to send
Teasley, Shakir, Connelly, and
Lopes to the semi-final.
Connelly had an easy pass to the
final as Lopes was broke.
Teasley took out Shakir with a
6.64 to his new personal record
of 6.69 bringing the fans to
their feet for this pass. As the
DME Racing teammates headed to
the final, points leader, Chris
Connelly was looking for a win
to keep his momentum moving
forward. However, a rare red
light gave the win to Teasley
giving him back to back wins in
the Penske Pro Street Shootout.
On Saturday night with the cool
air, everyone was expecting
someone to come out and put a 50
on the boards. However, the
class had a meeting and decided
to keep everyone in suspense for
another month! However, what we
did see was some big moves up
the GOAT list. Justin Shakir
with a 6.68, Richard Gadson a
6.68, Jason Dunigan a 6.716,
Chris Connelly a 6.766, Jordan
Hasse a 6.768, Darion Payne a
6.824, and Jamie Lopes with a
6.926.
On Sunday the excitement
continued. In round one Darion
Payne took out the Connecticut
Gangsta Mark Gargiulo, and go on
to the semi-final. In round two
the entire DME Racing team would
be taken out of the competition
to leave their fans stunned. And
after that, the Williford team
could not, and would not be
stopped. Williford and Haase
took out Payne and Shakir in the
semi-final to put the young
Jordan Haase in his first Pro
Street final! Never knowing what
Williford is going to pull out
of his pocket, we anticipated a
big ET on the board, but
instead, he delivered the
quickest Pro Street
mile-per-hour with a 226.13!
Haase hit the tree first and
stayed in front of Williford
until the eighth-mile when he
turned on the magic and started
pulling ahead of him to take the
win with a 6.755 to Haase’s
6.824.
With this win, Williford moves
to the top of the leaderboard
going into the season finale.
However, this race will feature
a thirty-two bike field to
create five rounds of
competition that will work in
favor of some racers while also
making it harder for points if
they lose first round. There can
be no missteps for Connelly if
he wants to get his lead back
and win his first championship.
DME Racing
Real Street
Winner - Spencer Claycomb
Runner-up - Anibal Merced
#1 Qualifier - Spencer Claycomb
7.704
DME Racing Real Street is the
only class to have a champion
declared before the season
finale. Rookie Spencer Claycomb
dominated this weekend with a
number one qualifying position
and an event win! This now puts
Claycomb at ease as he merely
needs to show up at the season
finale to be declared the 2018
Champion.
Mike Sweeney Jr. had a stand out
weekend as he was running his
best times this year. He took
the number two qualifying
position with a 7.78 and went on
to make it to the semi-final.
Sweeney may have made it to the
final, but instead gave Anibal
Merced the advance as he cut a
red light on the tree to end his
weekend.
In the final, Merced had the
starting line advantage, but
Claycomb overpowered him with a
7.839 to his 8.313 pass.
And as for Alisha Malone, her
first seven-second pass still
eludes her, after a first-round
loss, Malone did not pack it up;
instead she made a few more
passes with the grudge class to
try and fine-tune her bike. She
is a woman on a mission and will
no doubt be out testing before
the season finale rolls around.
HTP
Performance Grudge
Pro Nitrous: Winner - Red Bull /
RU - Dead Man Walking
Pro Extreme: Winner - Uncle Sam
/ RU - Kool-Aid
Once again, the HTP Performance
Grudge class turned it up with
the ‘Running of the Bulls’. And
this time a Bull took the win.
In Pro Nitrous six racers
weren’t afraid to lock it in for
some real competition. Yellow
Jacket, Under the Influence, Red
Bull, Bad Influence, Dead Man
Walking, and Gravedigger all put
on a show Saturday night with
fast passes. But in the end, it
was the flexing CJ Fair on Red
Bull that would take out Richard
Gadson on Dead Man Walking. Fair
had a definite starting line
advantage as he left quicker
with a full bike length by the
time they passed the tree and
Gadson just couldn’t catch him.
In the Pro Extreme class, Jeremy
Teasley on Kool-Aid took an easy
win in round one as Chris
Moore’s, Cash is King struggled
to get off the starting line.
Uncle Sam had a bye in round one
as the competition in this class
just wasn’t willing to throw
down. In the final round, it was
neck and neck to the eighth-mile
but Rodney Williford’s stripped
down Uncle Sam would push past
the Sugar King for the win.
Running of the Bulls will return
at the XDA season finale next
month.
Vance & Hines
4.60
Winner - Richard Gadson
Runner-up - Michael Ostrowski
#1 Qualifier - Edward Murphy
4.601
It was a VMP sweep for Richard
Gadson in the Vance and Hines
4.60 index class. This was
Gadson’s second win of the
season, both taken at Virginia
Motorsports Park. Richard faced
fierce competition in the final
round against Michael Ostrowski.
Gadson’s reaction time of .012
to Ostrowski’s .026 was the
starting line advantage he
needed as he ran a 4.671 to his
4.66 respectively.
This win sent Gadson to the lead
in points as the points leader,
Michael Thyen lost in the
semi-final round against
Ostrowski. Boo Brown and Mac
McAdams who are also in
championship contention lost
early in rounds, to give Thyen
and Gadson a lead on them going
into the season finale.
The FBR Shop
5.60
Winner - Jim Mauro
Runner-up - Freddy Frazier
#1 Qualifier – Freddy Frazier
5.601
In FBR Shop 5.60 points leader
Jeremy Teasley took a
first-round loss to leave the
gate open for his competitors to
close the gap on his
seventy-four point lead. Boo
Brown made it the semi-final and
will be Teasley’s most
significant threat going into
the finale. Freddy Frazier and
Jim Mauro both led qualifying
with 5.60 runs and would be our
match-up for the final round.
Frazier would cut the tree with
a .009, but it would not be
enough to take out Mauro as he
ran a 5.617 to Frazier’s 5.674.
With this win, Mauro should see
at least a top ten finish in
points for the season.
Shinko Tires
Crazy 8’s
Winner - Jeremy Teasley
Runner-up - Boo Brown
#1 Qualifier – Herbert Simons
8.883
The Shinko Tires Crazy 8’s class
have been a points battle all
year, and this event knocked
Duane Jackson out of that number
one spot. Boo Brown and Jeremy
Teasley who were both hot on
Jackson’s heels going into this
event made it to the final
round. At this point, Teasley
had already taken the points
lead after Jackson lost in round
three. Boo Brown needed this win
if he wanted to gain points on
Teasley. But this would be
another final of the weekend
that would end at the tree when
Brown cut a .009 red light
giving Teasley the win and more
points. But no one is out of the
chase yet. The last event will
be a battle!
Mickey
Thompson Performance Top
Sportsman
Winner - Bob Carlson
Runner-up - Dustin Lee
#1 Qualifier - Ryan Bonitatis
7.439
Ryan Bonitatis for the fourth
race in a row took the number
one qualifying spot in the
Mickey Thompson Performance Top
Sportsman class. The number one
qualifying ET was 7.439 and the
bump spot ET was 8.71 making
these racers well matched for
their five rounds of
competition. Bob Carlson and
Dustin Lee would both chop their
way through the field for a
final round match-up. Bob
Carlson would hit the tree
faster (.022) than Lee (.051) to
take the starting line advantage
he would need to win this final.
Carlson ran an 8.426 on an 8.40
dial, and Lee ran an 8.219 on
his 8.20 dial. This win sent
Carlson back into Pro ET where
he would go on to win that class
as well for a 6K payday.
MPS Racing Pro
ET
Saturday: Winner - Mac McAdams /
RU - Jerry Turner
Sunday: Winner - Bob Carlson /
RU - Dale Hamilton
MPS Racing Pro ET Saturday
racing Mac McAdams dominated his
side of the ladder for seven
rounds before making it to the
final. Fairweather racer Jerry
Turner showed up for the first
XDA event this year and also
dominated his side of the ladder
to meet McAdams in the final.
McAdams cut the tree and took
the advantage to the stripe with
a 7.866 on 7.84 dial to Turner’s
9.093 on a 9.07 dial.
For Sunday Pro ET, it was Bob
Carlson who could not be
stopped. After taking the win in
Top Sportsman, Carlson
re-entered Pro ET in round six
to win two rounds there to get
him to the final of Pro ET. This
is the first time this year that
the Top Sportsman winner has
been able to make it to the Pro
ET Final and Carlson wasn’t
going to let this win slip away.
His opponent in the final was
points leader Dale Hamilton, and
Pro ET is his playground, so
this would be the toughest round
Carlson would face for the
weekend. But the excitement
would come to a halt when
Hamilton gave the win to Carlson
at the tree with a .012 red
light.
Brock's
Performance Street ET
Saturday: Winner - Austin Bridge
/ RU - Shayne Proctor
Sunday: Winner - Duane Jackson /
RU - Derrick Milbourne
Brock’s Performance Street ET
Saturday racing saw a repeat
winner as Austin Bridge for the
second event in a row took the
win on a Saturday night. In the
final round, he would meet his
match with Shayne Proctor. In
the previous round, both racers
would cut their best lights of
the day with Proctor hitting the
tree with a .004 and Bridge a
.008. In the final Bridge would
take the starting line advantage
with .016 to Proctor’s .033, and
that advantage would give him
the favor at the finish line
taking the win over Proctor.
In Sunday Street ET, the win
finally came home for Duane
Jackson. Jackson has earned wins
this year in Crazy 8’s and 5.60
but has not fared well in the ET
class. But this weekend that
changed when he won sixth round
before meeting Derrick Milbourne
in the final. By this time of
the day, Milbourne had won
numerous rounds in several
classes, and this race looked to
be an excellent match-up for
action. But Milbourne would let
his fans down when he cut a .001
red light giving an instant win
to Jackson.
Friday
Gamblers Race
Winner - Robin Procopio
Runner-up - Derrick Milbourne
With great weather, the Friday
night Gambler’s race brought out
thirty-one racers ready for
competition. Robin Procopio and
Derrick Milbourne earned four
round wins before meeting in the
final. Both racers were cutting
great lights all night, and both
have had a great year with many
round wins and class wins. But
it was Robin Procopio that would
celebrate another victory
running a 7.91 on her 7.89 dial
over Milbourne’s 9.027 on his
8.96 dial.
For full qualifying and
round-by-round results of the
event, visit
www.xdaracing.com.
The XDA ends their season at
Maryland International Raceway
with championships on the line
for the 26th annual DME Racing
Fall Nationals on September
21-23, 2018. This event will
also feature the 6th annual
Orient Express Pro Street Battle
Royale with a total purse of
$14,000 along with another
'Running of the Bulls' Grudge
Battle. This is an event you do
not want to miss, Fall Air =
Records!
Visit
www.XDAracing.com
for event information, class
rules, schedule and more.
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motorcycle racers in
competition. The XDA features
professional and sportsman
classes along with grudge racing
and a vendor midway. Lifestyle
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