Drag Illustrated Issue 129, January / February 2018 | Page 112

THE CHAMPIONS ISSUE PDRA p ro e Xtreme m otorCyCle T here’s a new king in Drag 965 Pro Extreme Motorcycle. Since the PDRA’s inception, Eric McKinney has sat upon the proverbial throne. He started out 2017 winning the first event and it looked that his van- quishing trend would continue. That was until Travis Davis. This season he was ready to give a championship run serious focus, as he quickly illustrated. He stepped up and won the next four events, subsequently ending McKinney’s three- year domination in PDRA. “It feels great,” Davis expresses. “The McKin- neys have been on top of the pack ever since the beginning. If you’re gonna win a championship, you got to do your homework and put the time and effort in. It all worked out for us in the end.” Although beating his friend and competitor out for the 2017 Pro Extreme Motorcycle world championship was certainly a cause for celebra- tion, it wasn’t the best thing that happened for Davis and his family this year. His son, Brayden, won the MegaCorp Top Junior Dragster world championship as well, making them the first father and son to win PDRA championships in the same season. “For him to win was more important to me and Brandy than me winning the championship,” Da- vis confesses. “Them Jr. Dragster kids are tough. It’s bracket racing. There’s a lot of skill involved in what they have to do. He eats, sleeps drag racing. That’s all he does. Him winning the championship was icing on the cake for us.” This wasn’t a season of fireworks for Brayden with big wins and major victories. Rather, it was a season of consistency, a slow and steady course that won the championship. Brayden avoided first-round losses, leaning on his father’s advice to focus on going rounds, which ultimately led to the biggest payoff. “Indy was the most exciting race this year,” the youngest Davis says. “Me and my dad both got ANDRA PRO STOCK LEE BEKTASH 112 | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | DragIllustrated.com Issue 129 Travis Davis