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On Sept 29 - Oct 1, the XDA will
hold its fifth and final event
of the season with the 31st
annual DME Racing Fall Nationals
at Maryland International
Raceway to conclude the 2023
motorcycle drag racing season.
This race is legendary for being
"The Fastest Race of the Year"
and Championship Weekend for the
XDA.
The event will showcase exciting
competition in 6-second, 230+mph
Pro Street, 7-second, 190mph
Real Street, 3-second 1/8 mile
Pro Xtreme, lethal clutch hand
Super Stock, the "Running of the
Bulls" Grudge Shootouts, and
700+ Sportsman motorcycle racers
competing for a total of $90,000
in cash purse at this event.
The vendor midway is the place
for bike enthusiasts as it
offers a wide variety of
motorcycle parts, accessories,
and apparel. You can enjoy
exploring the deals all weekend
long. The vendor midway also
features some of the fastest and
most impressive motorcycles,
allowing fans and kids to get up
close and see these incredible
performance machines.
Orient Express
Racing Pro Street
Points Leader –
Rodney Williford
It’s like Déjà vu in Orient
Express Pro Street, with Rodney
Williford and Jason Dunigan
sitting at #1 and #2 in points
heading into the season finale,
just like last season.
Except this year, Williford
doesn’t have the championship on
lock. The pair will face off in
qualifying to finish the
rained-out race from last
month’s FuelTech Bike Bash. The
winner of that race will set the
stage for the final battle on
Sunday.
But the championship is only a
fraction of the drama unfolding
next weekend. Pro Street racers
will also be fighting for a top
ten finish to qualify for the
chance to compete in front of
50,000+ fans at the 27th annual
Haltech World Cup Finals
presented by Wiseco Import vs.
Domestic event at Maryland
International Raceway on
November 1-5, 2023.
The exclusive Platinum General
Services Shootout at WCF offers
a $ 5,000-to-win purse featuring
the Créme de la Créme of Pro
Street. Due to the shorter
season and a very wet summer,
some of our top performers are
not currently in the top ten.
The fastest Pro Street racer,
Greg Wallace, missed the first
event of the season and is
sitting in the #12 spot.
The upcoming Pro Street race
promises to be an intense and
anxiety-filled experience as you
witness the zealous focus every
time these competitors roll into
the starting beams.
DME Racing
Real Street
Points Leader – Spencer Claycomb
DME Racing Real Street will be a
nail-biter next weekend, as this
is the closest battle in the
class's history. And after
witnessing last month's shocking
upheaval of points positions
between our top four competitors
in the championship chase, we
know ANYTHING can happen next
weekend.
Current points leader Spencer
Claycomb and Rickey Gadson still
need to run the final from the
Bike Bash. Whoever wins this
final round runoff will take the
points lead and momentum into
Sunday’s main event
eliminations.
Previous class champions Mark
Hylton and David Stewart are
also still in the running for
the Championship. Sunday
elimination rounds will start
breaking hearts once win lights
start popping!
MaxxECU Pro
Xtreme
Points Leader – Chris Cutsinger
Next weekend MaxxECU Pro Xtreme
will welcome Brunson Grothus and
Jean Gosselin to their first XDA
event, competing against the
World's quickest Turbocharged,
Supercharged, and
Nitrous-Injected big tire
wheelie-bar monsters. Rob Garcia
will also return next weekend
after missing the first four
events of the year.
Chris Cutsinger currently holds
a forty-point lead over the
class with two wins to his name
this season, but it’s not enough
for him to start celebrating.
John Collins sits behind him in
the rankings and also has a win
to his name this season. Collins
is a fierce competitor and won’t
give Cutsinger room to breathe
once these monsters take to the
track.
MaxxECU Pro Xtreme is presented
by Billy Vose Racing, Fast by
Gast, DME Racing, Dunigan
Racing, Grothus Dragbikes,
Harley Haul, Rob Bush
Motorsports, Robinson
Industries, Schnitz Racing,
Timblin Chassis, and Worldwide
Bearings.
HTP
Performance Super Stock
Points Leader – Mike
Davis
The stock wheelbase class of HTP
Performance Super Stock will
likely see a new champion
crowned this season. Last
season’s champion, Curtis
McDougald, took a win this
season but currently sits in
fifth place for the points
chase. Due to XDA’s Championship
Rule ‘Passing of the Torch’,
this will be McDougald’s last
season he will be eligible to
compete in the class.
Mike Davis, Tim Cottrell, and
Mark Blake hold the top three
spots and have all been in the
final rounds this season. Caleb
Holt is holding on to the fourth
spot, but like McDougald, he has
a long way to go to overtake our
three points leaders next
weekend. In the previous two
seasons, Mike Davis came in
third and second, we know he is
hungry for that coveted XDA #1
Plate!
HTP
Performance Afterdark
Underground
Get ready for an
electrifying Saturday night as
the HTP Performance Grudge
classes and Bulls take on the
season finale, looking to earn
valuable points and showcase
their skills on the best-prepped
grudge surface around.
As we announced at the last XDA
event, the entry fee for the
Running of the Bulls classes
will be doubled at the DME
Racing Fall Nationals with
double the payout for each Bulls
winners! This double
entry/payout is for the Running
of the Bulls classes ONLY and
will not apply to any other
classes.
Boosted Bulls
Points Leader - Geoff
Godfrey
In Boosted Bulls Geoff Godfrey
and ‘Minion’ lead the
championship chase over Malcolm
Phillips on ‘Billy Mays’ by
seven points. Both riders have
been in two finals this season,
with Godfrey taking a win and
Phillips taking two. Don't miss
the championship battle next
weekend to see who has the boost
to reign supreme as the turbos
spool up!
APE Nitrous
Bulls
Points Leader – Desmond
Spaulding
Defending class champion Desmond
Spaulding leads this year's
points chase aboard ‘Sho Nuff.’
And while he is looking to make
it two in a row, he will have a
challenge next weekend with
Jeremy Teasley, Malcolm
Phillips, Lavar Delee, and Matt
Dozier looking to snuff him out
in round one to take the
championship for themselves.
3 Sixty 5
Monster Bulls
Points Leader – Ken Alston
In 3 Sixty 5 Monster Bulls, Ken
Alston overtook the points lead
after his win at last month's
FuelTech Bike Bash. This lead
may be short-lived with only
three points separating him from
the herd. Brandon Tyree, Mike
Burkhart, and Josh Eubanks will
be colluding in round one to
stomp him out and take the
championship for themselves.
Tommie's
Motorsports DMV Bulls
Points Leader - Desmond
Spaulding
In Tommie's Motorsports DMV
Bulls, Desmond Spaulding and
‘Mob Ties’ have a
twenty-five-point class lead.
But this isn’t enough to secure
the championship. Spaulding will
be looking over his shoulder
next weekend as Brandon Litten,
Aubrey Valentine, and Cody Lowe
have all issued a hit to take
over his position as head of the
DMV.
All Motor
Bulls
Points Leader – David Fondon
This is the first year the All
Motor Bulls will compete for a
championship. David Fondon and
‘Bad Bitch’ have appeared in
three of the four finals this
season and earned two wins. He
has a forty-seven-point lead,
and only LA Payne on ‘Dark
Knight’ can take him out. Make
plans for Saturday night and see
if Payne can come out of the
shadows and defeat Fondon for
the championship.
Vance & Hines
4.60
Points Leader – Ronald Procopio
From its 2013 inception, the
Vance & Hines 4.60 Index class
never had a repeat champion
until 2019, when Tyler Cammock
won for the second time. Then,
in 2020, Ronald Procopio also
won his second championship and
has been undefeated since! The
chances of him winning for the
fourth year in a row are
extremely high. He currently
leads the class by 105 points.
And he’s still in last month’s
Bike Bash race that will be
completed during qualifying next
weekend. If he wins that race,
he will have locked up the
championship. If he doesn’t win,
the top five racers in points
will head into Sunday’s
eliminations armed with hope and
determination.
1 Stop Speed
5.60
Points Leader – Dustin Lee
The 1 Stop Speed 5.60 Index
class is wide open for the
championship. Since 2020, Dustin
Lee has held the #1 spot and is
currently leading the class for
the third consecutive year as
the reigning champion.
However, this season, his lead
is only nineteen points, which
equates to one round of racing.
Riders in the second through
sixth spots only trail him by
twenty points. Dustin Davis,
Nick Noble, Mark Schwalm, Duane
Jackson, and Rico Brown only
have to win two more rounds than
Lee next weekend to end his
championship reign.
Mickey
Thompson Tires Top Sportsman
Points Leader - Gary
Clontz
Mickey Thompson Tires Top
Sportsman features the quickest
ET racers on the property, and
Gary Clontz is currently leading
this elite class. Defending
class champion Jimmie Miller and
Bill Maturo Jr. trail Clontz by
ten points. And then five more
racers are only twenty points
behind Clontz. Next week, these
competitors will need a quick ET
to qualify high and quick
reactions at the tree to turn on
those win lights and earn points
for their last shot at the
championship.
MPS Racing Pro
ET
Points Leader – Dale
Hamilton
Dale Hamilton leads the MPS
Racing Pro ET points, but Ben
Knight and Boo Brown are only
thirty points behind him.
Hamilton will need to turn on
more win lights next weekend
than Knight and Brown to keep
his championship hopes alive. If
Hamilton, Knight, or Brown take
a round-one loss, then the chase
opens up to the top ten riders
in the class for a real shot at
the championship. Pro ET with be
intense round after round next
weekend.
Brock's
Performance Street ET
Points Leader – Louis Green Jr
The Brock's Performance Street
ET class covers the gamut of
beginner riders all the way to
the seasoned racer. Going into
the final event, there are so
many possible combinations that
the champion cannot be
predicted. Louis Green Jr has a
win under his belt this season
and holds the #1 spot with
twenty-one points over the
competition. Laray Proctor,
Ryann Gresham, Derrick Barbour,
Clay Davies, and Ben Helland
round out the top five in the
class. With so much diversity in
one class, and re-entry
available after a first-round
loss, competitors in the top of
points all mathematically have a
chance to earn a #1 Plate.
The XDA will also hold
competition in VooDoo Bracket
Bash, and the Hard Times Parts &
Service Gambler's race, awarding
a total of $28,000 in cash
payouts for the sportsman
classes.
The XDA season is almost over,
but you can still launch your
racing career with America's
biggest motorcycle drag racing
organization. Join us next
weekend and for only $65 you can
race and experience the thrill
of the quarter mile!
Experience the thrill of
two-wheel racing at the 31st
annual DME Racing Fall Nationals
at Maryland International
Raceway from Sept 29 - Oct 1.
XDA is where you want to be!
Visit
www.xdaracing.com
for event information, class
rules, payouts, entry fees,
schedule, and more.
Class Entry
List and Resources
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
Orient Express
Pro Street Roll Call
Jordan Haase, Ryan
Bonitatis, Greg Wallace, Darion
Payne, Jamie Lopes, Ricky Wood,
Brandon Litten, Shawn Pinkney,
Michael Sweeney Jr., Jayson
Geerman, Jason Dunigan, Mark
Rendeluk, Tony Ficher, Justin
Shakir, James Waugh, Kenny
Brewer, Brad Christian, Brett
Ware, James Herbert, and Rodney
Williford.
DME Racing
Real Street Roll Call
Drae Taylor, George Cross,
Spencer Claycomb, Jovi Barnes,
Ralphie Navarro, Shane Stubbs,
Bud Harrod, Courtlan Whiting,
Trevor Schnitz, Aubrey
Valentine, David A Fondon, David
Stewart, John Fernandez, Rickey
Gadson, Jamie Lopes, Marcus
Hylton, Anibal Merced, and Caleb
Holt.
MaxxECU Pro
Xtreme Roll Call
John Collins, Dale Leeks, Jean
Gosselin, Brunson Grothus, Chris
Theodoridis, Thomas Gunn, Chris
Cutsinger, George Whitaker, and
Rob Garcia.
HTP
Performance Super Stock Roll
Call
Mike Davis, Patrick Cooper,
Felton Goodwin, Felton D.
Goodwin Jr., Daryl Decorde,
Marcus Queen, Sean Henson, Tim
Cottrell, Darion Payne, Terry
Geesey, Bubba Wallace, Caleb
Holt, and Mark Blake.
Vance & Hines
4.60 Index Roll Call
Jimmy Shifflett, Boo Brown, John
Hall, Ben Knight, Mac McAdams,
George Whitaker, Ron Bonitatis,
Darion Payne, Mike Mace, Duane
Jackson, Nick Hamlett, Ronald
Procopio, Joe Procopio, Troy
Hausmann, Robbie Hunnicutt, Tony
Hunnicutt, Kenny Morgan, Tyrone
Curry, Mike Beverly, Durwood
Rawlings, Steven Shriver Jr,
Terry Tompkins, Ander Kevin,
Barry Pryer, Darryl Hollins,
Rickey Butler Jr, Mike Ostrowski,
Harvey Hubbard, Bobby Holland,
Kevin White, Wes Hawkins, Shayne
Proctor, Kenny Cornnell, Brad
Gleason, Aaron Sherrell, James
Taylor, Curtis Jr Griggs, Jim
Jordan, Mike Stewart, Tim
Shelton, Larry Leftwich, Rickey
Gadson, Eran Pielert, Lowry
Callahan, Ellis Pierce, Rico
Brown, Preston Hopkins, Shawn
Rainey, and Brunson Grothus.
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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