Outspoken grudge racer Chris Moore has kept his promises to become a dominant force in the class.
DME Racing’s Chris Connelly not only improved his ET but also his MPH to a 222.28, making him the fifth-Fastest racer in Pro Street. Brett Ware made his XDA debut running a 7.24, and Lorenzo Ortiz, Brad Christian, Chris Edwards all improved as well. Chris Klassen of Quicktime Racing became our quickest Canadian with his 7.347 pass. And despite the rain and the cancellation of a Pro qualifying round, nine personal records were broken throughout the weekend. Twenty-Eight Orient Express Pro Street racers entered this event to make XDA the series to watch for the most exciting two-wheeled action in the country. This decision would give spectators a solid show on Saturday while providing both Sportsman and Pro racers the best possible outcome for the day. Pro ET and Street ET re-entry and the fourth qualifying session for the Pro classes were canceled. With a late start time on Saturday, XDA adjusted the schedule to make the best of what mother nature handed them.
The weather also didn’t deter spectators as they came out to support the event in record numbers.
Rain came in Friday morning, and again with a torrential downpour on Friday night during round one of qualifying soaking the track and pits to delay Saturday’s start time to noon. With 690 entries, this event set the VMP record as the largest motorcycle participant count in history. And for the second year in a row, the weather did not slow down the XDA War Machine.Ī weak forecast will typically keep racers at home on a race weekend, but not the XDA troops. The Xtreme Dragbike Association (XDA) delivered another exciting round of Motorcycle Drag Racing to Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP) with the 33rd annual MTC Engineering Summer Nationals.