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It was a dominant weekend in Pro Jr . Dragster for Davis , as he qualified No . 1 out of an incredible 46 cars in the first session and held that spot through to eliminations . That performance gave Davis a solid base going into race day .
“ Back at home with our bracket racing in the Jr . Dragster , we race it completely different and we had to make a lot of changes to the car ,” Davis says from the Davis Motorsports pit area at GALOT . “ We didn ’ t test it , so to come out in the first qualifier and go 7.901 , it was just awesome .”
It was a similar story on the Pro Nitrous Motorcycle side . Davis has
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made passes on the bike before , even racing it with great success in index classes , but competing in the heads-up format proved to be a new challenge .
“ We fought with the bike the whole week just trying to get it right ,” says Davis , who qualified No . 6 . “ Even when we got here , it still wasn ’ t right . We kept working hard at it and it finally came back around . We got down the racetrack to go 4.12 and it just showed promise once we finally got a clutch in there that works .”
In Pro Jr . Dragster eliminations , Davis raced past Shawn Nardi , Ryan
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Harris , and Alyssa Tilghman before cutting a . 001 reaction time to beat Danika Miles on a holeshot in the final round . Davis ran a 7.962 to Miles ’ 7.944 , both on a 7.90 index .
Just 18 minutes before the Pro Jr . Dragster final , Davis claimed the Pro Nitrous Motorcycle win when he beat Meshal Al-Saber in the final round . The third-generation rider was first off the starting line with a . 004 to Al-Saber ’ s . 022 , and he was first to the finish line stripe with a 3.992 to a 3.998 .
“ It was a dream , perfect weekend ,” says Davis , who won the 2017 Top Jr . Dragster world championship .
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“ I knew the performance was there with my dad and Dan Wagner on the computer . When those two get together , great things are just bound to happen . I knew I needed to do my part riding . I felt real comfortable on it this weekend , and like Dad told me , he said just focus on the tree and stay consistent . That got us in the winner ’ s circle .”
Davis started eliminations with a holeshot win over 2021 world champion Chris Garner-Jones in a 4.015-to-4.006 race . He also left first against multi-time world champion Eric McKinney in the semis , winning with a 3.985 over McKinney ’ s 4.024 .
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