Fresh Winners and Records at The Rock

Words and photos by Tim Hailey

Mickey Thompson Performance Tires MiRock Superbike Series headlines have mostly screamed “Jeremy Teasley” so far in 2010, as the Ohio teenager has dominated the season at the nation’s biggest all motorcycle drag racing events. And it didn’t look like it would be any different in Orient Express Pro Street at the end of Saturday’s qualifying sessions for the Schnitz Summer Sizzler at North Carolina’s Rockingham Dragway Aug. 21-22.

Shayne Proctor in FBR Shop Quick 32

Teasley laid down a perfect final round lap to set a new street legal nitrous record of 7.19 on the lime green Adams Performance/RS Motorsports Kawasaki ZX14 and claim the number 1 spot. But the team swapped motors overnight and a clutch malfunction pulled Teasley through the staging beams in round 2, giving Brandon Tyree an uncontested win on Big Bo Miller’s nitrous Hayabusa.

Ken Edwards

Tyree carried the opportunity all the way to the final against longtime independent racer Ken Edwards and his “No Joke” turbo ‘Busa. If not a thing of beauty, the nighttime final was at least exciting. Tyree spun at the hit, while Edwards nailed a James Bond .007 light at the tree before an alternate set of spins and wild wheelies that nearly threw him off the bike. The would-be rodeo rider stayed with it and crossed the line for his first Pro Street win in dramatic fashion.