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The XDA's 36th Annual MTC
Engineering Summer Nationals at
Virginia Motorsports Park was
hot on and off the track this
past weekend, with temperatures
in the high 90s.
XDA racers got the Trifecta in
track prep at VMP's
world-renowned facility, with
Tyler Crossnoe, Jimmy Bradshaw,
and Jason Miller all on hand for
this event. The track prep was
on point and done right to keep
the surface in optimal shape as
the warm temperatures wreaked
havoc on the racing surface.
Orient Express
Racing Pro Street
Winner - Rodney Williford /
Runner-up – Gaige Herrera
Orient Express Racing Pro Street
was incredible as the
performance numbers were
shocking for this unseasonably
warm event where tack
temperatures exceeded 140
degrees. Rodney Williford and
Justin Shakir lead qualifying
with big numbers. Williford ran
a 6.415 at 232.03 mph to qualify
number one, followed by Shakir
with a 6.484 at 230.57 mph.
In qualifying Gaige Herrera on
the only nitrous motorcycle
reset his record to 6.588, and
then went on to lower that ET to
a 6.535 in eliminations. Herrera
holds the title as the quickest
Nitrous Hayabusa in the World.
Rudy Sanzoterra also lowered his
personal best in qualifying to a
6.653 to move himself up the
GOAT List.
Greg Wallace ran a 6.486 and
6.468 in eliminations, but
surprisingly the 6.468 did not
turn on a win light as Rodney
Williford ran a 6.420 in the
semi-final round to end his
weekend.
Jason Dunigan and Gaige Herrera
both ran a 6.56 and 6.55 in
round two of eliminations and
looked to put on a good show in
the semi-final. However, Dunigan
turned on a -.002 light to send
Herrera to the final against
Williford.
Herrera and Williford faced off
last season and Herrera was
looking for redemption as he
took the starting line advantage
with a .036 reaction to
Williford's .057. However,
Herrera wasn't out in front for
long as Williford barreled
around him and stayed out in
front of him to put an
astonishing 6.396 at 232.03 on
the board that Herrera's 6.572
could not compete with.
The Pro Street action continues
in just one month at the 5th
annual FuelTech Superbike
Showdown on June 17-19, 2022 at
Maryland International Raceway.
DME Racing
Real Street
Winner – Mark Hylton
/ Runner-up – Ben Knight
The DME Racing Real Street class
was again led by champion David
Stewart in qualifying with a
7.615, followed by Rickey Gadson
with a 7.625.
David Stewart made it to the
semi-final, where fellow class
champion Mark Hylton took him
out on a holeshot win with a
.004 reaction time, running a
7.618 to Stewarts' quicker
7.564.
Ben Knight, who won the season
opener, made it to another final
round after taking wins against
Caleb Holt and David Fondon.
Hylton and Knight on their all
motor Hayabusa's, seemed
unaffected by the heat of the
weekend as they kept their
performance numbers up round
after round. Knight cut an
uncharacteristic .108 light in
the final, giving Hylton's .059
light the starting line
advantage. With Hylton getting
off the starting line first,
Knight struggled to catch him,
and Hylton took the win with a
7.15 to Knight's 7.667.
MaxxECU Pro
Xtreme
Winner – Ronnie
Procopio / Runner-up – John
Collins
Ronnie Procopio entered his
first MaxxECU Pro Xtreme race
this past weekend and dominated
like a veteran. Procopio
qualified #1 with a 3.970,
putting the only three-second
pass on the boards during
qualifying.
Procopio had an earned bye in
round one. In round two, he won
over Chris Cutsinger to place
himself in the final to John
Collins, who qualified number
two with a 4.032. Collins took
wins against Travis Davis and
Chris Theodoridis before the
final.
Despite the heat, these two
machines had the potential to
put three-second passes on the
boards in the final round. It
was looking to be a good round
of competition, but Collins
turned on the dreaded red light
with a -.004. The red light did
not slow either competitor down
as Procopio, with the secured
win, ran a 3.961, and Collins
came close with a 4.002 pass.
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 – Darion Payne /
Runner-up – Mike Davis
For the second straight event,
HTP Performance Super Stock had
us feeling like it was Déjŕ vu.
Again, Curtis McDougald took the
#1 qualifying spot with an 8.867
to lead the eighteen-bike field
of clutch hand racers.
Mike Davis and Darion Payne
fought their way back to another
final round appearance. Payne
took the win at the first event,
and Davis was eager for his turn
in the winner's circle, a little
too eager as he left before the
bulbs dropped to hand Darion
Payne his second straight win of
the season.
Vance & Hines
4.60
Winner – Mac McAdams / Runner-up
– Joe Rodney
The Vance & Hines 4.60 class
didn't disappoint at the MTC
Summer Nationals with five
rounds of tough competition. Six
racers ran a 4.60 in qualifying,
but Jeff Jones got the #1
qualifying spot with his high
mph of 150mph as the tie
breaker.
Mac McAdams won against Troy
Hausmann, Spencer Allen, Michael
Stewart, and Jimmy Shifflett to
make it to the final round. On
the other side of the ladder Joe
Rodney took wins over Durwood
Rawlings, Brayden Davis, Wes
Hawkins, and Kenny Cornell.
With two big names in the final
round, it all came down to who
was hungrier. McAdams cut a .004
to Rodney's .022, but Rodney
caught McAdams quick, and they
were side-by-side approaching
the eight-mile finish line.
Rodney may have been too hungry
as he broke out, crossing the
finish line first with a 4.592
to McAdams's 4.615. The margin
of victory on this run was .005
seconds.
HTP
Performance Grudge
The rain came in on Saturday
night and put a swift end to
Saturday night grudge racing.
The Tommie's Motorsports DMV
Bulls class decided to split the
purse as some racers couldn’t
run on Sunday. The APE Nitrous
Bulls class and the 3 Sixty 5
Transport Monster Bulls classes
voted to finish their shootouts
on Sunday.
Boosted Bulls
Malcom Phillips was the only
rider that came to win at
Virginia and was uncontested.
That didn’t stop ‘Billy Mays’
from laying down some
lightning-fast laps that left
everyone in disbelief while he
gained valuable points towards
his championship.
APE Nitrous
Bulls
Winner – Malcolm Phillips /
Black Jesus
Runner-up – Lavar Delee / High
Roller
In round one of APE Nitrous
Bulls, Busa Benjamin on 'Mister
Jay' got the jump on Lavar Delee
on 'High Roller', but by the
eighth mile, Delee was
hard-charging around him for the
win light. Malcolm Phillips on
'Black Jesus' got an easy win
over DeSean Jones on 'Jimmy
Hendrix' when he broke on the
starting line. And Desmond
Spalding on 'Sho Nuff' had an
earned bye in round one.
Spalding was fighting wheelies
in round two from start to
finish as Phillips controlled
pass turned on the win light to
send him to the final to face
off with Delee who had a bye
this round.
'Black Jesus' said a prayer in
the final while 'High Roller'
threw the dice. Phillips got off
the line first and stayed in
front of Delee until the finish
line for the win, proving
prayers over gambling is always
the way to go.
3 Sixty 5
Monster Bulls
Winner – Antonio Williams /
Flawless Victory
Runner-up – Jamael Jones /
Stimulus Check
3 Sixty 5 Monster Bulls was a
'Flawless Victory' delivered by
Antonio Williams. Williams put
the voodoo on his opponents who
struggled in the rounds they
faced him. In round one 'Tik Tok'
struggled to get off the line;
in round two, 'Pickin Pockets'
suffered the same fate. And
then, in the final when Williams
faced Jamael Jones on 'Stimulus
Check', Jones left before the
bulbs came down to give Williams
his first XDA win with a
leisurely cruise down the track.
Tommie’s
Motorsports All Motor Shootout
Tommie's Motorsports put
together an All-Motor Shootout
on Friday night that Edward
Thomas on 'Da Setup' won over
Henry Wise on 'Henry'.
1 Stop Speed
5.60
Winner – Brayden Davis /
Runner-up – Dustin Lee
The 1 Stop Speed 5.60 class was
on fire at the MTC Engineering
Summer Nationals as the lanes
were packed for a chance at the
eight-mile title. Steve Holden
qualified on top with a 5.604,
leading the thirty-three bike
field.
When Sunday eliminations
started, nothing stopped
sixteen-year-old racer Brayden
Davis from making his mark at
his first XDA event. Davis took
out big names on his way to the
final with wins against Mike
Sweeney, Dave Cornell, Stephen
Moye, and Jimmie Miller. In the
final, he would face class
champion, Dustin Lee. Lee put a
.006 light on the tree for the
starting line advantage to
Davis's .040, but when it came
to covering those six hundred
and sixty feet, Davis would
clear it first, running a 5.606
to Lee's 5.656. It was an
exciting final as Brayden Davis'
margin of victory was a mere
twelve inches over Lee.
Mickey
Thompson Tires Top Sportsman
Winner – George Shriver /
Runner-up – Jim Shifflett
Mickey Thompson Tires Top
Sportsman features the quickest
ET racers on the property. Bill
Maturo Jr took the number one
qualifying position with a
7.741. Maturo, however, would
not survive round one as he
broke out against Orlando
Johnson with a 7.701 on his 7.73
dial.
George Shriver and Jim Shifflett
survived four rounds of
competition to face each other
in the final. The final was set
to be a close race with Shriver
dialing an 8.04 and Shifflett an
8.17. However, Shifflett gave
the win to Shriver at the
starting line when he turned on
a -.009 red light to end his
chance for a winner circle
finish.
MPS Racing Pro
ET
Winner – James Farmer /
Runner-up – Nick Hamlett
In MPS Racing Pro ET, the
competition saw red in the
Virginia heat. The first round
saw a whooping twenty-one red
lights as racers pushed the tree
for that starting line
advantage. James Farmer and Nick
Hamlett won their seven rounds
from their side of the ladder to
meet in the final round of
competition for a bar vs. no bar
final.
Hamlett dialed an 8.77 and
Farmer an 8.16. Farmer got the
starting line advantage with a
.020 light to Hamlett's .060.
Farmer left second but quickly
caught Hamlett for a
side-by-side race to the finish.
As the two took the stripe,
Hamlett broke out, running an
8.757 giving the win to Farmer,
who ran an 8.172.
VooDoo
Components Bracket Bash
Over a hundred racers braved the
heat and entered the Saturday
VooDoo Components Bracket Bash
class. Four rounds of
competition were completed until
the rain came in and shut down
the race Saturday night. Ten
racers split the prize money and
started their Saturday night
celebrations early.
Brock's
Performance Street ET
Winner – Derrick Milbourne /
Runner-up – Shayne Proctor
In Brock's Performance Street
ET, the competition was at its
best despite the high
temperatures of the event. Class
champion Derrick Milbourne
started the weekend off with a
win on Friday night and carried
that right into Sunday's
competition. After winning six
rounds, he faced Shayne Proctor
in the finals. Proctor dialed a
9.14 and cut the better light
with .033; Milbourne left the
tree second with his 8.81 dial
and chased Proctor down to get
to the stripe first, winning
with an 8.834 to Proctor's
9.178.
Hard Times
Parts & Service Gambler's Race
Winner – Derrick Milbourne /
Runner-up – Rico Brown
The Friday night Hard Times
Parts and Service Gamblers race
kicked off the weekend, putting
cash in sportsman's pockets.
Derrick Milbourne and Rico Brown
won five rounds to make it to
the final to face each other.
Both riders were cutting lights
and running well on their dials
to make this a tremendous
final-round matchup. Dialed an
8.86, Milbourne, a veteran
racer, cut a.004 light for the
starting line advantage. Brown
dialed an 8.76, and chased
Milbourne to the stipe but broke
out running an 8.758 giving the
win to Milbourne, who ran an
8.887.
For full qualifying and
round-by-round results of the
event, visit
www.xdaracing.com.
The XDA will head back to
Maryland International Raceway
for the 5th annual FuelTech
Superbike Showdown on June
17-19, 2022. There will be over
700 Professional, Sportsman, and
Grudge motorcycle racers in
competition, battling it out for
over $80,000 in cash purse. Make
plans now to watch the best drag
racers in the country put on the
quickest and fastest show on two
wheels the East Coast has to
offer.
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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