Vantine/Pollard take MIROCK Top Fuel Match Race Championship

Words by Tim Hailey
Photos by Genie Muldoon

With a scant 6 to 5 lead in the won/lost column, David Vantine and the Pollard Nitrosports team took the first-ever MIROCK Superbike Series Top Fuel exhibition match race championship.

Vantine’s bid was helped by a weekend of mechanical destruction for his legendary opponent, Larry “Spiderman” McBride. The 22nd Annual Fast by Gast Fall Nationals at Maryland International Raceway served up a track so sticky that McBride was caught off-guard.