Drag Illustrated Issue 129, January / February 2018 | Page 112
THE
CHAMPIONS
ISSUE
PDRA p ro e Xtreme m otorCyCle
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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
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