Grudge Nationals

July 26-27 grudge bikes filled Darlington Dragway for the Grudge Nationals hosted by Miss Vee, Miss.Budlightlime, Travis Fattybread Smith, and Sherman Matthews.  The weather was gorgeous and the lanes were full of the fastest grudge bikes around! With so many Grudge bikes and races going down, we don’t have them all accounted for, but here are the best of the weekend:

If your race isn’t on this list, just email us at editor@dragbike.com and we will get it added. 

Weekend Winners

Baby Beast Mode vs Bad Draw
This was the biggest money race of the weekend, and the biggest money race since Caleb Holt lost to Ray Lee in Rockingham in 2013. The ATM powered ‘Baby Beast Mode’ was ridden by Richard Gadson, and Jeremy Teasley was on the JTR Tuned ‘Bad Draw’. Both riders were neck and neck at the sixty-foot, but by the 330′ Teasley was one bike length ahead until he took the finish line with three bike lengths on Gadson.
Winner – Bad Draw / Jeremy Teasley

Murder 1 vs Nipsey Hussle
Jeremy Teasley came off the trailer with ‘Nipsey Hussle’ to take on Hardknox’s  ‘Murder 1′ ridden by Lil’ Charlie.  Charlie had the lead off the tree but Teasley nipped him out at the finish line for the win.
Winner – Nipsey Hussle / Jeremy Teasley
RU – Murder 1

Bad Draw vs Flight Risk
This was another 63″ battle featuring Lil’ Matt on the all carbon fiber ‘Flight Risk’ against Jeremy Teasley who was tuning and riding ‘Bad Draw’.
Winner – Bad Draw / Jeremy Teasley

LHM vs Nipsey Hussle
Winner – Nipsey Hussle / Jeremy Teasley

Mad Dog vs High Roller
Winner – Mad Dog / Richard Gadson

Murder 1 vs Moonshine
Winner – Moonshine / Jordan McDougald

Grave Digger vs Moka
Winner – Grave Digger / Ryan Schnitz

Grave Digger vs Authority
Winner – Authority / Kill Bill

Baby Cakes vs All Pro Joe
Baby Cakes took the win easily, even with ‘All Pro Joe’ staged with the back tire. 
Winner – Baby Cakes / Dre Buckets

Money Moves vs LHM
Winner – Money Moves / Caleb Holt

Murder 1 vs Moka
Murder 1 spun off the line handing the win to Moka.
Winner – Moka

Moonshine vs Murder 1
Winner – Moonshine

Crow vs Shop Boy
Jeremy Teasley came off the trailer with ‘Crow’ to take on Caleb Holt aboard ‘Shop Boy’.  Teasley was on JTR’s new slider nitrous ZX-14 and Holt was on an AM Performance built slider nitrous flat slick GSX-R1000.
Winner – Crow / Jeremy Teasley

Super Stock Wheelbase Shootout
Teasley ran the faster Super Stock pass to date when he won on his Brock’s Performance built GSX-R1000
Winner – Jeremy Teasley 8.801 at 160.83
RU – Curtis McDougald 8.847 at 157.67

5.60 Index
Winner – Nick Hamlet
RU – Barry Pryer

G Ball Shoot0ut
Winner – Kill Shot / Lil Matt

Street ET
This class was not completed, the final four did a 4-way split for the purse.

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