Ricardo Marte Still on Top

**REVISION – As of 5/6/18 – We have been notified that Dustin Lee is no longer RETIRED from running the Dragbike.com BAMF. The article below was written prior to this announcement. Click here to read his official retirement announcement from earlier this year. Welcome back Dustin**

The NHDRO Season Opener has just completed after a shortened race weekend. The NHDRO racers were looking forward to the new location of Atlanta Dragway for 2018. However, a forecast full or rain kept many racers home, leaving the classes thin and in jeopardy of not qualifying for BAMF points.

Luckily for our BAMF racers, enough people turned out, and four of the seven classes qualified for points. Unfortunately for winners John Markham, Mike Thyen and Jeremy England, their wins would not gain them more points. These three classes also left runner-up Dustin Lee, two points short of being able to claim the BAMF lead after his first event of the year.

Despite the low turn out, the quality of racers that did show up was the best of the best. 2015-2017 Dragbike.com BAMF Dustin Lee entered five classes, made it down to four finals, and took one win in the Crazy 8’s class, awarding him with 3 points for his first event putting him into second place.

Stephen Knight took a win and a runner-up in Street ET and Crazy 8’s. “I felt pretty rusty when qualifying started, but after making a few passes I started to find my grove,” said Knight. “I am pretty excited to have made it to two finals at my first event of the year.” Stephen’s three points now leave him tied for second with title holder, Dustin Lee.

Another hard to beat racer, Jeremy England from the NHDRO home base of Ohio, took two wins in Top Gas and Street Fighter. England is now holding the fourth spot in points. We are sure to see more points accumulated from England this year.

With two events completed, Ricardo Marte still holds the reigns! This weekend PMRA and the newly added I-65 South series will take their turn earning points.

If you need decals, e-mail your address to bamf@dragbike.com, and they will be sent FREE of charge.

Ricardo Marte

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Last update April 17, 2018

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2018 Dragbike.com BAMF Sponsors

The DBC-BAMF Cash Reward is funded 100% from our sponsors. Please support the companies that support your sport.

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NHDRO
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Total Payout $ 2,850.00

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2018 Dragbike.com BAMF Rules and Information

DBC-BAMF points are earned by final round appearances of any event listed within our schedule below. In the effort to keep the point tracking simple and fair, “BAMF Points” will be awarded based on a formula that involves the type of event, event size, and national recognition. Competitors of sanctioned events listed below do not need to do anything to sign up for the program, we will automatically reward points throughout the season to winners and runner-ups at events on the DBC-BAMF schedule. At the end of the year, points will determine the DBC-BAMF Sportsman Racer of the Year.  See additional rules below.

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SANCTIONED EVENTS – Win: 2 – R/U: 1 – Champion:4

I-65 SDRS / 4.60 – TG -SC (7 events)

AMRA  / TE – SG – SP – PE – SE – E – OS – HS – D (8 events)

Bikes in the Valley / PET – SET – 9B (8 events)

XDA / TS – C8 – 4.60 – 5.60 – PET – SET (6 events)

MAN CUP / 4.60 – TG – SC – C8 – SF – PET – SET – VT (5 events)

NHDRO / 4.60 – TG – SC – C8 – SF – PET – SET (7 events)

PMRA / TG – SC – SG – SS – PET – SET (6 events)

NHRA Harley-Davidson Series  / HS – PG – SEP

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NHRA Divisional Champ and NHRA Race of Champions Winners

Division 1 – Division 7  – Win: 3 R/U: 2

NHRA Year End Pro Bike Champion – Win: 5

Track Championship – Win: 3 (Any U.S. Track)

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PRIZES

• CASH – Winner Take All. There is no second place BAMF. (Splitting is frowned upon.)
• Dragbike.com will be providing the champion with a one-of-a-kind Trophy created by COLD HARD ART

RULES

• All classes must have a minimum of 16 bikes to earn points for that event.
• All classes that have 8 or more rounds of competition will earn the winner and runner-up a bonus point.
• Year-end series champions also earn 4 bonus points.
• Participants MUST have the Dragbike.com decal on their bike all year to be eligible for year-end prize, photo proof required. E-mail us your address if you need them.
• In the event of a tie for the top spot, we will then take into consideration the following criteria, series championship(s), event wins and how many different classes the racer has garnered points in.
• Track Champions are responsible for emailing us notification of their championship along with proof to bamf@dragbike.com. Track points programs must be well documented all year on the track website.

Questions/Comments should be sent to bamf@dragbike.com

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