Round 1: Budds Creek, MD – Maryland International Raceway, July 21 & 22
Round 2: Long Beach, CA – Queen Mary, August 3 & 4
Round 3: Indianapolis, IN – Downtown, August 17 & 18
Round 4: Albuquerque, NM – Napa Speedway, August 31 and September 1
Finals: Portland, OR – Portland International Raceway, September 14 & 15
For more information on the schedule please go to the 2012 Events page.
The final round of the 2011 XDL Championship Series put an exclamation point on an exceptional season, with Graves Yamaha rider Bill Dixon clinching the 2011 XDL title in dramatic fashion.
Going into the XDL Finals, Icon/Monster Energy rider Nick Brocha had a one point lead over Dixon putting them in a virtual lock for the championship. XDL assigns three points difference per position (45 points for first, 42 points for second, etc.), which meant that whomever placed higher would secure the title. Things got off to a rocky start for both athletes. During Thursday night practice Dixon had a hard crash into the water barrier, injuring his knee and breaking the left fork on his Yamaha YZF-R6, making it impossible to ride. Said Dixon about his crash: read the entry »
