Tommy D’Aprile (Slade Tyree photo)

D’Aprile Leads Winners at No Problem Raceway

Words by Josh Hachat, X-DRL
Photos by Slade Tyree and Roger Richards

Tommy D’Aprile now has his first X-treme Drag Racing League win.

The Pro X-treme standout put together one impressive performance after another during the May 17-18 Bash On The Bayou at No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, La., finishing off his memorable day and the X-DRL’s third-ever event with a 3.673 at 207.34 mph in the finals against Quain Stott.

“I’m so grateful to have won this race and I’m so blessed to be here,” D’Aprile said. “To win for these guys, it’s just awesome and just to race someone like Quain in the finals, it’s great.”

Other Bash On The Bayou winners included Robert Mathis (Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous), Dean Goforth (X-treme Pro Stock), T.J. Tindle (X-treme Pro Mod), Todd Moyer (Precision Turbo & Engine Pro Turbo), Keith Raftery (Top Dragster), Bert Prejean (Mickey Thompson Top Sportsman) and P.B. Candies (Supercar Showdown).

Eliminations began with an adventure for D’Aprile, as he had to peddle several times en route to a 4.391 and a narrow win against Shawn Jones. From there, the Mel Bush Motorsports driver never left the 3.60s, going 3.685 to advance to the finals.