On June 17-19, 2022 The XDA
heads back to Maryland
International Raceway located in
Mechanicsville, Maryland for 5th
annual FuelTech Superbike
Showdown!
Round three in a six round
series will feature the Orient
Express Pro Street class running
at speeds over 230 mph in only
6-seconds! Over 90 Professional
riders, plus another 700+
Sportsman, and Grudge motorcycle
racers who will compete for over
$80,000 in cash purse at this
event. This season XDA will
payout over $500,000 in purse
money along with a $130,000
contingency fund that spans all
classes.
Orient Express
Racing Pro Street
Points Leader - Rodney Williford
Next weekend's Orient Express
Racing Pro Street class will
deliver another healthy round
from the baddest street tire
motorcycles in the world. These
650+ horsepower motorcycles
running at speeds over 230mph in
the quarter mile, in only
6-seconds will keep the
excitement level high as this
class is always looking for more
performance.
Pro Street competitors are also
battling for a spot at the 26th
annual Haltech World Cup Finals
presented by Wiseco at Maryland
International Raceway on
November 2-6, 2022. In points,
XDA's top ten finishers will
earn a spot to compete in front
of 50,000+ fans and win the
$5,000 Pro Street Shootout
sponsored by Platinum General
Services. Currently qualified
for WCF are Rodney Williford,
Greg Wallace, Ryan Hable, Darion
Payne, Gaige Herrera, Justin
Shakir, Jason Dunigan, James
Waugh, Jamie Lopes and Jordan
Haase. Several racers will be
fighting hard to bump into these
coveted spots this weekend.
HTP
Performance Grudge
Saturday Night, the HTP
Performance Afterdark
Underground Grudge program will
feature the "Running of the
Bulls" Grudge Shootouts and all
the Grudge Racing you can
handle!
Serious Grudge racers have four
different Championship points
earning classes to choose from
with XDA this season. Boosted
Bulls (Turbo Bikes), APE Nitrous
Bulls (Nitrous Bikes), 3 Sixty 5
Transport Monster Bulls
(Heavyweights), and Tommie's
Motorsports DMV Bulls
(Introductory Class). There will
also be an All Motor Bulls
Shootout on Friday! XDA offers
Grudge racers a world-class
stage to show their performance
with a consistent ‘on kill’
prepped racetrack and event
schedule that you can set your
watch to.
DME Racing
Real Street
Points Leader – Ben Knight
The DME Racing 7-second, 190mph
Real Street class, is designed
for street‐legal sportbikes with
limited modifications and a hand
clutch. Next weekend’s XDA
Championship points chase will
heat up as only seventeen points
separate Ben Knight from his
points lead over the class.
Knight has two class champions,
Mark Hylton and David Stewart
working hard to gain ground and
dethrone his modest lead. Rickey
Gadson sits fourth in points and
has the talent and determination
to reach the top of the leader
board this season. Come out next
weekend and watch the action at
Maryland International Raceway.
MaxxECU Pro
Xtreme
Points Leader – Chris Cutsinger
MaxxECU Pro Xtreme features the
World's quickest turbocharged,
nitrous injected or injected
nitro drag bikes. This is the
quickest and fastest 1/8 mile
category in the XDA and there is
nothing better than first to the
finish line, heads up racing.
Class Champion Kevin Clarke
returns to action this weekend
for the first time this season.
You won't want to miss the
horsepower they can throw down
in only 660 feet, these bikes
are big, powerful, and exciting
to watch.
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
The stock wheelbase HTP
Performance Super Stock 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 own this class. Darion
Payne has been the class leader
for the last two events with a
forty-two point lead over the
field of 4‐stroke naturally
aspirated production machines.
With the FuelTech Superbike
Showdown being the halfway point
of the season, racers need to
make some moves to close the gap
on Payne’s lead before it’s too
late.
Vance & Hines
4.60 Index
Points Leader – Mac McAdams
The Vance & Hines 4.60 class is
the World’s quickest index class
that originated with the XDA's
predecessor MIROCK back in 2013.
The bikes in this popular
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 runs. Mac McAdams is
leading over forty-two
competitors by a mere thirty-one
points. The class veterans won’t
be sitting idly by next weekend
as the claws come out for the
2022 Championship points chase.
The XDA will additionally hold
competition in SIX additional
sportsman classes featuring 1
Stop Speed 5.60 Index, Mickey
Thompson Tires Top Sportsman,
VooDoo Components Bracket Bash,
MPS Racing Pro ET, Brock's
Performance Street ET, and the
Friday night Hard Times Parts &
Service Gambler's race. XDA
offers up to $28,000 in
guaranteed payouts for sportsman
racers at each event, all while
giving them a safe and
professional environment to
compete in.
Great weather conditions are on
the schedule for next weekend
with another competitive round
of XDA at Maryland International
Raceway. Make plans now to come
out and watch or better yet,
race with us, on June 17-19,
2022.
Visit
www.xdaracing.com/superbikeshowdown
for event information, class
rules, payouts, entry fees,
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
Jordan Haase, Rodney Williford,
Greg Wallace, Ricky Wood, Darion
Payne, Blake Sanders, Curtis
Brown, Jamie Lopes, Ryan
Bonita's, Justin Shakir, James
Waugh, Gaige Herrera, Mike
Kovacevich, Brett Ware, Caleb
Holt, Jason Dunigan, Kenny
Brewer, Ryan Hable, Ronnie
Trainham, and Jordan Angelo.
DME Racing
Real Street
Bud Harrod, Ryan Schnitz, Caleb
Holt, Courtlan Whiting, Brittany
Bohne, Marcus Hylton, David
Stewart, Drae Taylor, Rickey
Gadson, Ty Isaac, Ben Knight,
and Anibal Merced.
MaxxECU Pro
Xtreme
Rob Garcia, Chris Cutsinger,
Chris Theodoridis, Travis Davis,
Kevin Clarke, Ronald JR
Procopio, Tommy Saxon, and John
Collins
HTP
Performance Super Stock
Kimani Goodwin, Felton Goodwin,
Jason Angela, Richard Every,
Mark Blake, Silas Wood, Brandon
Litten, Mike Davis, Dystany
Spurlock, Caleb Holt, Curtis
Mcdougald, Nichols Rothwell,
Terry Geesey, Patrick Cooper,
John Briscoe, Patrick Butler,
Brian Johnson, Blake Johnson,
Darion Payne, and Marcus Queen.
Vance & Hines
4.60 Index
Mac McAdams, Boo Brown, John
Hall, Maegan Powers-Petway,
Darion Payne, Mike Mace, Robbie
Hunnicutt, Ronald Procopio JR,
Troy Hausmann, Ron Bonitatis,
Dystany Spurlock, George
Whitaker, Jewanne Crawford, Wes
Hawkins, Shayne Proctor, Eran
Pielert, Mike Beverly, Durwood
Rawlings, Terry Tompkins,
Douglas Robinson, Kenny Cornnell,
Brad Gleason, Spencer Allen,
Ellis Pierce, Harvey Hubbard,
Broderick Jackson, Darryl
Hollins, Mike Ostrowski, Terry
Tompkins, Mike Stewart, Jimmy
Shifflett, Les Stimac, Terrell
White, Thomas Acres, Larry
Leftwich and Preston Hopkins.
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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