PRO EXTREME MOTORCYCLE

Eric McKinney from Hamersville, Ohio, “hammered” the opposition, won his second consecutive ADRL professional class race at the Gateway event and retained his points lead, taking the Pro Extreme Motorcycle victory with a 4.072 at 176.01 mph against Travis Davis’ 4.248/152.12 (0.015) in the finals.

After struggling at times during qualifying, McKinney turned it on during eliminations, running back-to-back 4.07s in the semifinals and finals. His run under the lights in the finals set a new track record and further bolstered McKinney’s points lead in PXM.

“This year has just been awesome. We couldn’t have had a better weekend after a tough start and we really wanted to keep that points lead,” McKinney said. “The first two passes in qualifying, we didn’t even make it past 330 feet. We just picked it up each round.

“We’ve got a good package and hopefully we can keep it going. This never gets old.”

EXTREME TEN-FIVE

Todd Moyer was the reluctant recipient of a huge break in the finals of Mickey Thompson Extreme 10.5. Points leader and two-time event winner in 2012, Alan Pittman, couldn’t get his car started, leaving Moyer to a solo pass of 4.608 at 125.17 mph to collect his first win in more than two years.

“It was ugly, that’s all I can say, but we haven’t had any luck this whole year so this feels good,” Moyer said. “I almost forgot what this feels like.

“We think we’re onto something now. This car has so much power it’s scary.”