Arabian Drag Racing League defending season points champion Terry Schweigert came all the way from his British Columbia, Canada home to take the Mickey Thompson Pro Mod win, building good karma for the following weekend’s American Drag Racing League event in Topeka, Kansas. Schweigert and tuner Dan Wagner struggled off the trailer with a bike that ran way slower than the 4.13 it ran just before getting loaded on the trailer. Schweigert qualified fifth with a 4.229 in the eighth mile class, well behind number 1 Ronnie Procopio’s 4.166. But raceday was a different matter, as Schweigert worked his way past Tyler Cammock, Robbie Hunnicutt and Procopio on his way to the final with Mark Paquette’s turbo Funnybike. Paquette seemed to be finding his tune-up as the day ground on, but lost it in the final. Schweigert took the tree and ran his quickest lap of the weekend—4.164—to take his first win since Round 1 in Qatar.

“Fearsome” Andy Baumbach took the House of Speed Crazy 8s final over Shayne Proctor, along with a commanding position in the points battle. Former constant winner Proctor is getting his mojo back, also running-up to Fast By Gast Pro ET winner Michael Herman Sr. on Sunday. Saturday’s race was shortened by rain, with the large field electing to split the purse after 3 rounds. Ditto for Schnitz Racing Street ET, with Louis “Kip” Green winning over Willis Warren Jr. on Sunday. It was Warren’s second straight runner-up in the hotly contested class. The all-Maryland FBR Shop Top Sportsman final went to Aberdeen’s Dale Ashton over MIR icon Chris Clontz.

Lavar “Lil’ Charlie” Delee on “Cobra Commander” got past spinning Rickey “Hollywood” Grayson in one of Saturday’s big Afterdark Underground races. Lil’ Charlie and the Commander weren’t so lucky in the light of day on Sunday, losing to Billy Vose and “God of War.”

The Mickey Thompson Performance Tires MIRock Superbike Series races next at the always fabulous Fast by Gast/WPGC
"Bike Fest" July 23-24 at Maryland International Raceway in Budds Creek.

Find out more about the Mickey Thompson Performance Tires MIRock Superbike Series at www.mirockracing.com.