Gadson's Back on Top
I
t's taken a few races, but
RevZilla/Vance & Hines Su-
zuki's Richard Gadson finally
feels he's regained the form that
made him the NHRA Pro Stock
Motorcycle Champion in 2025.
At the Summit Racing Equip-
ment Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio,
June 26-27, Gadson swept the
weekend, winning Saturday's
Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge
and following it with an event
win on Sunday.
In both final rounds, Gadson
beat his Vance & Hines team
-
mate, Gaige Herrera, who left
early for a red-light start in
both races. Sunday's win gave
Gadson his second title of the
season and extended his lead in
the championship standings.
"Obviously, I didn't lie yester-
day when I said it's pretty much,
'Are you willing to red-light in
this situation?' He [Herrera] is
a tough competitor, and he'll
rebound, and it'll probably be hell
for us all for the next couple of
races," Gadson said. "I'm happy,
and I don't know if you believe in
energies, but I feel like this place
[Norwalk Raceway] owed me
one. I got the ice cream scoop
[trophy] that I always hoped for:
a double up with the Mission
#2Fast2Tasty win and the overall
win. It doesn't get much sweeter
than this."
Gadson was stout in Sunday's
final round, going 6.849 seconds
at 197.36 mph en route to his
sixth career victory and first
at Summit Motorsports Park.
Gadson and Herrera have now
met in back-to-back final rounds,
with Herrera winning in Bristol,
Tennessee, and Gadson return
-
ing the favor this weekend.
"You know I'm not going to cut
him [Herrera] any slack because
he's not going to do that for me.
I guarantee that," Gadson said.
"We're teammates, and he's
about the best teammate you
WIND
IN THE
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Richard Gadson
celebrates winning the
NHRA Summit Racing
Equipment Nationals
in Norwalk, Ohio.
