Crossville, Tennessee’s Wes Brown and his GSXR of Renown is the latest racer to double up at an NHDRO event. Brown beat Gateway winner John “Spooky” Markham in the Millennium Trailers Super Comp 5.60 final after taking a slight advantage at the tree. He got off the starting line slightly behind Quinn Orand in the Motorcycle House Crazy 8s final, but ran closer to the number (5.70 on the eighth mile) to take that win as well.

Mark Paquette extended his McIntosh Machine & Fabrication Pro Street win streak to three, taking the stripe over surprise finalist Brandon Coley. Paquette said he would tune his turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa to a 4.60 for the final, and that’s exactly what he ran. Coley’s nitrous ‘Busa slowed on the big end after gaining a slight advantage at the tree.

Paquette only qualified fourth, well behind teammate Bud Yoder—the defending Pro Street champion and number 1 qualifier. But Yoder didn’t have the right answer for Paquette’s .004 light and 4.57 in the semifinals.

Coley barely escaped round 1 against a hard-charging Rudy Sanzottera and his Quicktime Motorsports turbo ‘Busa. Sanzottera spun early and Coley struggled late. Recovered, Rudy twisted the throttle and took the stripe with a 6.55 at 129 mph to Coley’s 6.57 at 79 mph—nearly slower than a mountain-descending Tour de France bicyclist. The difference was back at the tree—Coley’s .040 to Sanzottera’s .087.

Coley then raced past Justin Doucet, who spun, gathered it back up, but came up short in the other semi.

Gateway Quicktime Motorsports/Lindeman Performance Pro Ultra 4.60 winner Jeff Lindeman won his second straight when number 1 qualifier Chase Morris redlit by an agonizing .001 on the Fast Times Suzuki. The world’s quickest two wheeled index class had a strong, growing field at Ohio Valley—as it should be everywhere.