The October 2026 issue of Drag Specialties Magazine just dropped, and Speed Farm is in it. Here's our report on the magazine's coverage of Levi Badie (P1 in American Twins Unlimited) and Kurt Wilbur, and where the championship picture stands.
We made the magazine.
The October 2026 issue of Drag Specialties Magazine (Vol. 33, #9) just dropped, and Speed Farm is in it — a full Bagger Racing League race report with our own Levi Badie and Kurt Wilbur front and center, and the points standings to back it up.
The cover headlines "RIDE. RALLY. REPEAT." with the Sturgis Rally feature, and our BRL race report is one of the lead stories inside.
What Drag Specialties Reported
We'll let the magazine tell most of the story — it's their report, and they got it right. Here's what they wrote about us.
The GingerMan Sweep
Rounds 3 and 4 at GingerMan Raceway belonged to Speed Farm. From the magazine:
Levi Badie added another American Twins Unlimited victory in Round 4, completing his GingerMan sweep ahead of Speed Farm teammate Kurt Wilbur and Dirt Bag Racing's Dylan Padgett.
Badie swept the weekend aboard the No. 8 HHI/Wurz Financial Speed Farm Harley-Davidson, adding another pair of wins in Zipper's American Twins Unlimited. The report notes that Kurt Wilbur finished second in both races on the Speed Farm/Wurz Financial Lord's of Gastown bike, with Dylan Padgett taking third overall after a DNS in Round 3.
Mid-Ohio: Round 5
Less than a month after the sweep at GingerMan, the series rolled into Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, for Round 5 — part of the 2026 AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, which drew more than 40,000 motorcycle enthusiasts to the track.
Round 5 brought a change at the front in Pro Stock Bagger. The magazine reports:
Jake Masters took the Round 5 victory, breaking Brendan Foley's run of four straight wins to open the season. Levi Badie continued his rookie season with a second-place finish aboard the No. 8 HHI/Wurz Financial/Speed Farm Harley-Davidson. The result came just weeks after a complete engine rebuild for the Speed Farm team. Carbon Merrill rounded out the podium in third.
That second-place finish came just weeks after a complete engine rebuild in our shop — rebuild the motor, reload, and race for the podium. That's the Speed Farm program in a nutshell.
Where We Stand in the Points
After Rounds 3, 4 and 5, the official BRL standings (source: baggerracingleague.com) put Speed Farm at the top of the board:
Zipper's American Twins Unlimited
- Levi Badie
- David Lancaster
- Caleb Childers
Levi sits P1 in American Twins Unlimited — the points leader, and with that class not on the schedule for the finale, the title picture is already coming into focus. Three years. Three Speed Farm championships. The history books are about to turn another page.
Race report coverage and photography by Carl Schlacht and Ryan David Rutledge, courtesy of Drag Specialties Magazine, October 2026.
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Photos by Ryan David Rutledge
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