Texas Nationals
May 19-21, 2016
Longtime drag bike rider Chuck Wilburn scored his third career victory in Drag 965 Pro Extreme Motorcycle. He was one half of some of the closest pairs of racing in the class during eliminations, improving each round to defeat Jeff House, multi-time PXM world champion Eric McKinney, and Jay Fisher before finding Chris Garner-Jones in the final round.
Garner-Jones led Wilburn in the points standings after the last race in Rockingham, but Wilburn was the man to beat this weekend. The Tupelo, Mississippi-based rider slowed to a 4.132 in the final round, but his starting advantage was enough to secure the win over Garner-Jones’ 4.105 effort.
Round 1
W – Jay Fisher ’12 Suzuki (0.019) 4.203 173.09
L – Ashley Owens, Decatur AL, ’11 Suzuki, (0.026) 4.467
141.12
W – Chuck Wilburn ’14 Suzuki (0.029) 4.138 172.54
L – Jeff House, Keller TX, ’11 Suzuki, (0.039) 4.159 173.36
W – Terry Schweigert ’13 Suzuki (0.047) 4.119 168.30
L – Mohammed BouRashid Timblin, (-0.006 foul) 4.134 173.63
W – Eric McKinney ’12 Suzuki (0.144) 4.118 174.05
L – Nikki Zak ’10 Suzuki, NT-No Show
W – T.T. Jones ’15 Suzuki (0.063) 4.216 166.87
L – Brad McCoy ’15 Hayabusa, (0.160) 4.168
170.15
W – Mashal al-Saber ’14 Suzuki (0.069) 4.116 171.66
L – Mark Rendeluk ’10 Timblin, NT-No Show
W – Chris Garner-Jones ’15 GSXR 1100 (0.112) 4.223 172.2
L – Charlie Prophit ’11 Hayabusa, (0.089) 4.262 163.71
Round 2:
W – C Wilburn (0.032) 4.108 170.73
L – E McKinney (0.037) 4.120 172.21
W – T Schweigert, Left lane, (0.038) 4.156 167.59
L – T Jones, (0.085) 4.219 163.79
W – J Fisher, Left lane, (0.031) 4.115 173.85
L – M al-Saber, (0.040) 4.188 168.91
W – C Garner-Jones, Right lane, (0.042) 4.126 170.26
L – BYE
Round 3:
W – C Wilburn, Left lane, (0.029) 4.099 173.07
L – J Fisher, (0.036) 4.121 173.43
W – C Garner-Jones, Right lane, (0.036) 4.118 170.32
L – T Schweigert, (0.116) 4.145 169.72
Round 4:
W – C Wilburn, Left lane, (0.028) 4.132 171.75
L – C Garner-Jones, (0.076) 4.105 170.69
Qualifying
1Â Chris Garner-Jones, Harvest AL, ’15 GSXR 1100 Â 4.065Â 173.58Â 173.58
2 Mashal al-Saber, Kuwait City KT, ’14 Suzuki   4.092 171.12 171.12
3  Eric McKinney, Hamersville OH, ’12 Suzuki    4.101 174.53 174.57
4 Brad McCoy, Cleveland NC, ’15 Hayabusa     4.119 169.68 170.21
5 Terry Schweigert, Abbotsford BC, ’13 Suzuki   4.120 169.08 169.08
6 Chuck Wilburn, Tupelo MS, ’14 Suzuki      4.134 171.12 171.84
7  Jay Fisher, Oostanaula GA, ’12 Suzuki      4.135 174.75 174.75
8  Ashley Owens, Decatur AL, ’11 Suzuki      4.153 171.29 172.83
9  Jeff House, Keller TX, ’11 Suzuki        4.154 173.72 173.72
10 Mohammed BouRashid, Omariyah KT, Timblin    4.216 170.69 170.69
11 T.T. Jones, Harvest AL, ’15 Suzuki       4.217 166.60 166.60
12 Nikki Zak, Cobbity NW, ’10 Suzuki        4.414 160.77 160.77
13 Mark Rendeluk, Oklahoma City OK, ’10 Timblin  4.423 161.40 161.40
14 Charlie Prophit, W. Monroe LA, ’11 Hayabusa   4.482 157.67 157.67
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