Volume X, Issue 7, Page 45
HTP Performance True Street remains the current action class, and the top players from the June race were still tops in July. Despite the heat, Keith Thompson (shown) qualified number one with a record setting 8.13 on his HTP prepped GSXR1000. Running a little slower on raceday, Thompson beat Rickey Grayson with an 8.30 in the semi, while Norman Jackson beat Rickey Gadson's spinning Kawasaki ZX14 in the other semi. Thompson beat his former K&N Motorsports teammate Jackson in the final.

AMA Dragbike's Pro Street bikes made their second MiRock appearance of the year. Alphonso "Lil' Butch" Thompson qualified number one on Saturday, but Mike Kovacevich took his first ever professional win on Sunday. It was also the first win for Kovacevich's Joe Hahn tuned Orient Express/Rush Deal Hayabusa. Bud Yoder runner-upped on a newly built Ronnie Mitchell Racing 'Busa. Mitchell's gray primered beast now has three wins and one runner-up in its first four races.

Schnitz Racing Outlaw Pro Street class champion Dave Norris qualified number one in the slim six bike field, but Ronnie Procopio (shown) did a better job of hustling his seven inch slick down the greasy track on Sunday, beating Norris 7.23 to 7.25 in the final. Procopio missed out on a big payday, losing to Andy Baumbach in the FBR Shop Quick 32 final. Baumbach then beat Sunday's Fast by Gast Pro ET winner Clay Davies in the big money runoff. Mike Herman Jr. won Pro ET on Saturday, while Boo Brown beat Mike Herman Sr. in Saturday's Street ET race. Darrell Mahoney won Street ET on Sunday and Mike Person won Pro Mod.

The MiRock Superbike series continues with the Schnitz Racing Summer Sizzler_at Rockingham Dragway on August 16-17.  

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