PDRA North-South Shootout
Maryland International Raceway
June 2-3, 2017

Pro Extreme Motorcycle

Pro Extreme Motorcycle finalists Travis Davis and Eric McKinney made PDRA history when they recorded the first side-by-side 3-second pass in the two-wheel category. Davis was ahead from start to finish in the 3.987-to-3.995 final round, both at 176 mph.

“McKinney and I are real good friends,” said Davis, who won his third consecutive race. “We’ve been talking about how nice it would be to run 3s side-by-side. It’s hard enough to run that number, but getting two bikes to do it side-by-side is something else. Luckily I was on the winning end of it this time.”

Davis slowed from his third-place qualifying effort in his 4.143 first-round win over Rob Garcia, then improved to a 4.046 to defeat Burke Forster. The Douglas, GA-resident dipped into the 3-second range with a 3.994 over No. 2 qualifier Chris Garner-Jones in the semifinals. Davis’ 3.987 at 176.26 in the final round was just one-thousandth of a second away from the official et record.

“When it was hot today we struggled some, but the numbers came back when the cool Maryland air set in,” Davis said. “We just have to find a good tune-up for the hot weather now. I’m just glad to get the win. Thanks to my wife Brandy and my son Brayden, Walt Timblin, and Perry’s Performance.”

The 2017 PDRA Tour resumes next month at the inaugural PDRA Mid-America Indy Showdown, July 13-15, at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in Brownsburg, Ind.

Round 1

W – Travis Davis / .082 4.046 173.29
L – Burke Forster / 0.032 4.110 172.74

W – Eric McKinney / 0.000 4.049 175.78
L – Tyron Lemons / 0.072 4.129 169.64

W – Chuck Wilburn / 0.067 4.037 174.19
L – T.T. Jones / 0.075 4.117 170.60

W – Chris Garner-Jones / 0.068 4.086 168.47
L – BYE

Round 2

W – Eric McKinney / 0.022 4.069 175.43
L – Chuck Wilburn / 0.102 4.035 175.48

W – Travis Davis / 0.068 3.994 175.94
L – Chris Garner-Jones / 0.135 4.130 168.89

Final Round

W – Travis Davis / 0.025 3.987 176.26
L – Eric McKinney / 0.043 3.995 176.74

Final Qualifying

Psn---Num-Rider, Home Town, Machine-----------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd

  1    1 Eric McKinney, Hamersville OH, '12 Suzuki       4.039  175.25  176.19
  2  110 Chris Garner-Jones, Harvest AL, '15 Suzuki      4.042  171.49  171.66
  3  185 Travis Davis, Douglas GA, '12 Suzuki            4.062  173.18  175.05
  4  123 T.T. Jones, Harvest AL, '15 Suzuki              4.067  171.12  172.06
  5    4 Chuck Wilburn, Tupelo MS, '15 Suzuki            4.084  174.28  174.28
  6  613 Burke Forster, Ft. St. John BC, '15 Suzuki      4.117  174.30  174.30
  7  233 Monte Campbell, Dallas GA, '04 Suzuki           4.139  169.81  170.97
  8   27 Tyron Lemons, Atlanta GA, '10 Suzuki            4.190  169.72  169.72
  9  115 Terry Wynn, Jacksonville FL, '13 Hayabusa       4.248  166.50  166.50
 10  239 Tommy Saxon, Bogart GA, '15 Suzuki              4.287  164.41  164.41
 11 1270 Lance Hines, E Dublin GA, '14 Suzuki            4.395  150.28  150.28
 12  480 Rob Garcia, Pottstown PA, '12 Suzuki            4.421  153.89  156.79
 13    5 Ashley Owens, Decatur AL, '11 Suzuki            4.590  113.60  113.60

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