The other half of the Pro Stock showdown came from the reigning AHDRA World Champ, Virginian Shawn Reno and his Head Blade ’05 Buell, who was a mere fifteen thousandths of a second behind leader Venia at 8.08/157.59. Bear in mind only two riders, Venia and current NHRA Full Throttle series campaigner Junior Pippin, have run under eight seconds since the PS rules were revised at the beginning of 2007.

Arguably the lightest rider in all of professional motorcycle drag racing, Kersten Heling scored her first pole qualifying position in AHDRA’s Pro Dragster division for nitro-burning, carbureted V-Twins. By the look on her face, the Wisconsin competitor was enjoying every minute.