XDA Pro Street - Eliminations - 6 Second | 230+ MPH | 650+ Horsepower Motorcycle Drag Racing

XDA - 4th annual FuelTech Superbike Showdown
Maryland International Raceway
June 18-20, 2021

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Orient Express Racing Pro Street
Winner – Rodney Williford / Runner-up – Jamie Lopes
#1 Qualifier – Rodney Williford 6.478

The Orient Express Racing Pro Street racers continue to show performance improvements while keeping parity between the different motorcycle models.

Ryan Hable on the Lee Tomlinson bike reran a personal best this past weekend with a 6.643 pass, putting him in the #6 qualifying position and showing performance improvements at every race this year. Hable would not make it past round two of eliminations when the bike lost steam at half-track against Greg Wallace. But the team left with smiles on their faces after a weekend of consistently quicker runs.

Mark Gargiulo and Doug Witt both showed up with their new bike builds, making this a testing event for them both as they worked out the kinks of their new builds.

James Waugh entered into the 6’s, qualifying with a 6.977. He would red light in round one but reset his personal best to a 6.930 to move himself up fifty-eight spots on the GOAT list.

Curtis Brown also improved, moving his personal best to a 7.137 in round one of eliminations. However, that improvement was not enough against Rodney Williford’s 6.557 pass. Brown will be looking to make more improvements next month at the WPGC Bike Fest.

Rickey Grayson would also improve at this event with a personal best of 6.584 in round two, but once again Williford would not allow him to advance with his quicker 6.493 pass.

On the ‘Fastest No Wheelie Bar Motorcycle’ in the WORLD, Justin Shakir killed the Miller prep during Friday testing running a 6.47 at 233.88 mph! Unfortunately for Shakir, he could not reproduce the 6.47 during qualifying or eliminations, but the official numbers are coming.

Jason Dunigan has seen improvements at every race and became the third turbo Hayabusa in history to enter the forties with a 6.484 and 6.477 during qualifying and eliminations. Dunigan also improved his MPH standing with a 231.08 mph run, making him the fifth-fastest in the world.

Jamie Lopes also made a massive improvement as he dropped his personal best ET every round of eliminations on his Turbo GSX-R1000. Going into this event Lopes personal best was a 6.830, but by the final, it would be a 6.506!

Lopes would face teammate Rodney Williford, who won the last three XDA Pro Street events dating back to the 2020 season finals. In the semi-final Williford took out Shakir running a 6.479, and on the other side of the ladder, Lopes won with a 6.562 against Greg Wallace.

Williford was hungry and focused when he cut a .006 light to Lopes’ .090, and as the Hayabusa vs. GSX-R1000 battle flew down the track, they stayed close to each other as they approached the finish line. Williford’s pass was straight and smooth as he overpowered Lopes for a fourth straight win running a 6.466 at 231.08mph to Lopes career-best 6.506 at 217.84mph.

Williford has now won 4 consecutive races and 17 consecutive rounds in Orient Express Racing Pro Street. Who is going to step up and stop him?

-----FINALS
W - RODNEY WILLIFORD / .006 / 6.466 / 231.08
RU - JAMIE LOPES / .090 / 6.506 / 217.84

-----ROUND 3
W - JAMIE LOPES / .044 / 6.562 / 216.13
L - GREG WALLACE / .195

W - RODNEY WILLIFORD / .034 / 6.479 / 230.29
L - JUSTIN SHAKIR /.027 / 7.972 / 114.05

-----ROUND 2
W - RODNEY WILLIFORD / .051 / 6.493 / 229.12
L - RICKEY GRAYSON / .033 / 6.584 / 218.19

W - JUSTIN SHAKIR / .044 / 27.462
L - RICHARD GADSON

W - JAMIE LOPES / .034 / 6.641 / 216.17
L - JASON DUNIGAN /.059 / 7.173 / 166.42

W - GREG WALLACE / .045 / 7.470 / 149.76
L - RYAN HABLE / .226 / 14.937 / 48.73

----ROUND 1
W - Jamie Lopes / .030 / 6.647 / 219.33
L - Gaige Herrera / .078 / 6.645 / 203.95

W - RODNEY WILLIFORD / .107 / 6.557 / 231.40
L - CURTIS BROWN / .072 / 7.137 / 206.76

W - Rickey Grayson / .022 / 6.753 / 190.06
L - Jordan Haase / .080 / 6.772 / 197.86

W - Justin Shakir / .029 / 6.556 / 230.06
L - Darion Payne

W - Jason Dunigan / .052 / 6.477 / 230.80
L - James Waugh / -.251 / 6.930 / 208.07

W -GREG WALLACE / .079 / 6.525 / 231.87
L - RJ Bake / .018 / 7.652 / 128.22

W - Ryan Hable / .121 / 6.798 / 215.68
L - MARK GARGIULO / .110 / 7.167 / 175.91

W - Richard Gadson / .128 / 7.589 / 131.75
L - RICKY WOOD

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