Congratulations to the racers who have improved their personal bests at the XDA WPGC Bike Fest and NHDRO Summer Celebration.  Rob Aston traveled over 3,000 miles, through two provinces and ten States to make it to his first XDA event. Along the way he stopped for a complete new wire harness and Engine Control Unit install. With these upgrades and one of the best prepped racing surfaces in the country, Aston ran a new personal best of 7.283 during eliminations making him the quickest Canadian, at least for a few days. Rob credits the artist formerly known as “Prostreet Lucky”, and now under the new alias “Lucky Nemo” as well as Yuengling, America’s oldest Brewery, with his performance improvements.

Not to be outdone by Rob, Ethan Barkley took the “World’s Quickest Canadian on a Street Tire” title back from Rob Aston with a 7.097 the following weekend during qualifying at the NHDRO Summer Nationals, although he posted an unofficial 7.05 ET in testing. We will let Rob and Ethan decide which number goes back across the boarder…or perhaps Ethan can rub it in with a 6-second performance at his next race?

Dave Roisen moved up to a 7.119 during his race-winning final round appearance in Indy making him the unofficial “Oldest Winner” and quickest rider over 60 yrs old on a Pro Street bike. Dave also surpassed 200mph for the first (and second, third, fourth…) time. Curtis Ellerbe and Jon Busch also improved on their ET’s with 7.417 and 7.585 performances.

No new overall records. No six-second personal best passes. No extreme speeds. No lack of smiles and celebrations from the racers improving their times and winning races.

The next event for Pro Street racers will be with the XDA at Virginia Motorsports Park on Aug 23-25 for the Innagural Bike Bash and at Dragway 42 on August 30 with NHDRO.