DME Racing Real Street

Class champion Spencer Claycomb is equipped with BST Carbon Fiber wheels.

A schedule change landed the last qualifier for Real Street on Sunday morning, only a few hours before their first round of eliminations. This would be an advantage for the entire class to tune to the track conditions going into round one.

Ashley Sweeney’s GSXR is equipped with our 4-2-1 Sidewinder Exhaust system.

Shane Stubbs on the Ralphi Navarro Real Street Hayabusa is equipped with BST Carbon Fiber Wheels.

Brandon Teasley won the race, set the record, and now leads points on his ZX-14 equipped with BST Carbon Fiber Wheels.

Jeremy had an earned bye in round three, automatically sending him the semi-final. Class champions Claycomb and Merced met in round three, giving Merced a chance and winning another bounty. Unfortunately for Merced he broke traction about 70 feet out and fought with his ZX-14 the rest of the pass but couldn’t catch back up to Claycomb, who took the win with a 7.64. The standout pass went to Brandon, who took the ET record away from his brother running a 7.516. The fans went crazy when the board lit up!

Round four is usually the final for Real Street; however, the larger field size gave the class an extra round of competition to earn a win. Brandon had an earned bye this round while brother Jeremy had to earn the win and attempt to take back his record. Jeremy could not get the record back, but he took out Claycomb with a 7.535 to earn some extra cash on the bounty for him.

Going into the final, the sibling rivalry was at the forefront. Brandon, who has watched his brother win thousands of races and break hundreds of records, wanted this win and record for himself. And Jeremy had every intention of taking it all from him. Father and the crew chief for the boys, Crow Teasley, got both bikes set at the line and then stood in the middle of the track, knowing that the family would ultimately celebrate any outcome together. Brandon cut his best light of the day while Jeremy cut his worse light. And as they raced side-by-side down the track, it was a nail biter waiting to see the win light come one. When the right lane win light came on, the starting line crowd went wild for Brandon, who ran a 7.554 to his brother’s losing 7.599. Brandon Teasley took the win, the record, and the points lead.

HTP Performance Super Stock

The MTC Engineering Bike Bash was the second event for the newly added HTP Super Stock class, and their attendance increased by six to qualify an impressive thirty-one riders. Dustin Clark from Indiana recently qualified #1 at an NHDRO event and decided to make the ten-hour trip to Virginia to see how he would perform with XDA. Clark qualified in the #2 spot with an 8.848 behind points leader David Fondon’s 8.834. Fondon also reset the MPH record on his first qualifying pass running 161.96 mph.

Dustin Clark took the #2 qualifying position equipped with our Alien Head Exhaust system.

In round one of eliminations, Jyrec Givens, who runner-upped at the last event, took a round one loss to Russell Dennison, opening up the #2 spot in points that he no longer holds. Dustin Clark ran the quickest lap at 8.783, while the session’s fastest lap belonged to Ryan Schnitz at 160.12 mph.

Jeremy Teasley on the Brock’s Performance 2017 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Bike Build known as ‘Gixzilla’ took a runner-up finish.

Because this class is all about the rider’s clutch hand control, this class has the worst reaction time average of all of the other classes held at XDA. For example, riders were winning rounds with .176, .196, and .200 reaction times. In two events, we have only seen eleven passes with reactions times under .100, demonstrating how hard these riders are working to control their horsepower at the starting line. The best reaction time of five rounds of competition came from Chris Moore, who had a .052 but unfortunately lost to Richard Gadson running an 8.896 to his 8.985 in round three of eliminations.

David Fondon won the race, set the record, and now leads points on his ZX-10R equipped with our Penta-Carbon Exhaust System.

Points leader David Fondon took out Schnitz, Dennison, and Richard Gadson to reach his second final round appearance. On the other side of the ladder hand clutch master Jeremy Teasley took out Pryer, Gonzalez, Curtis McDougald, and Clark to meet Fondon. At the last event, Fondon took Teasley out in round two of competition. Going into the final, Teasley had just won Pro Street, then lost the Real Street final, and would now be looking for another win, not another loss.

In two events, David Fondon has always held the quickest pass of every session, however, in the semi-final, Teasley was quicker with an 8.919 when he took out Dustin Clark. Fondon ran a 8.994 when he sent Richard Gadson to the trailer. So, for the final Teasley had hoped to outrun the points leader. Teasley cut a better light, but Fondon threw down his quickest pass of the weekend running an 8.756 to Teasley’s 8.895. We might need to check Fondon’s bike for an override button. The rider from Puerto Rico has a stronghold on the points lead and taking the championship from him now will be nearly impossible.

Kevin Johnson on ‘Quick Money’ threw down a repeat performance from the last race remaining undefeated this year at XDA. Johnson took out Cody Lowe on ‘Shonuff’ in the final for the second time this year after defeating the ‘5th Street Bully’ ridden by Jermaine Proctor in the semi-final. Johnson made easy work of the competition and is looking forward to defending his winning streak next month at the DME Racing Fall Nationals.

Kevin Johnson took the win on ‘Quick Money’ equipped with BST Carbon Fiber wheels.

The FBR Shop 5.60 class was on fire at the MTC Engineering Bike Bash featuring the most consistent runs by racers the class has ever seen. Robert Johnson qualified on top with a 5.604 leading the forty-one bike field.

Routine winner circle patrons Jimmie Miller and Shayne Proctor fought through five rounds of competition to meet each other in the Sunday night final. Miller won against Michael Rankin, Wes Brown, Jim Mauro, and points leader Dustin Lee by cutting great lights and never straying far from that 5.60 index. On Proctor’s side of the ladder, he defeated Tom Miceli Jr., Evan Melson, Carson Fields, and Brian Dale. Proctor’s performance was equal to Miller’s, making them an excellent match-up for a final-round battle. However, this final would not feature any sort of battle as Proctor cut a red -.023 light to give away his chance at the win to Miller.

Jimmie Miller wins 5.60 equipped with our 4-2-1 Sidewinder Exhaust System.

Ben Helland led the Crazy 8’s class on Saturday earning the #1 qualifier position with an 8.880. Points leader Tylan Beckelheimer showed up at VMP ready to defend his win and keep his points lead. However, Beckelheimer started the weekend running off the number to qualifying last with an 8.722 in the thirty-four bike field. In round one of eliminations, he was able to get slowed down to run an 8.814, but Carson Fields got a holeshot win on him to end his reign over the class.

DME Racing Real Street standout Spencer Claycomb and Floridian Robert Parker had the 8.88 index mastered on race day to meet in the final round. Parker cut the better light, .076 to Claycomb’s .116 and as the two raced to the finish line side-by-side, Claycomb couldn’t resist the urge to take the stripe first and broke out running an 8.850 while Parker ran an 8.885 to take the win.

Robert Parker took the win in Crazy 8’s on his ZX-14 equipped with our TiWinder Exhaust System.

Stephen Knight took the win in Pro ET equipped with our TiWinder Exhaust System.

Brock’s Performance Street had a .00 Racing takeover as Derrick Milbourne was an unstoppable force no Sunday. Going into the MTC Engineering Bike Bash, Milbourne was tied for first with Montrell Johnson. Johnson lost in the fourth round, and Milbourne kept winning to keep gaining points over the class. With 124 competitors at the ready, Milbourne and John James would each take on half the field until they meet in the seventh round for a final battle. Milbourne dialed 8.90 and James an 8.87. With near-identical reaction times, the pair would take the race to the stripe. As they both played with the throttle at the end of the track trying to judge each’s performance, they would run identical 8.916 passes, meaning James was well off his dial and the win light lite up Milbourne’s lane.

Derrick Milbourne took the win in Brock’s Performance Street ET on his ZX-10 equipped with our Alien Head Exhaust System.