Mark Paquette

Michigan racer Mark Paquette has absolutely swept NHDRO’s McIntosh Machine & Fabrication Pro Street marquee class with his turbocharged ‘Busa. After skipping the Huntsville opener, Paquette has won every single round and already secured the championship with the Indy win.

While others struggled in the heat, Paquette qualified number one with a 6.81 at 213 mph. He ran 6.83 to beat the constantly improving Joey Jobbe in the final.

Paquette’s teammate Bud Yoder, the defending Pro Street champion, had his worst weekend ever with tranny problems and DNQed for the first time in his career. Rudy Sanzottera and his Quicktime Motorsports turbo ‘Busa spun and lost to Jobbe in round 2. Indy homeboy Justin Doucet lost to D.D. Boulware (riding John Drake’s “Ambition”)in round 2, and “Mohug” Doug Gall lost to Paquette in the semis.

Ronnie Mitchell brought bikes for Teasley and Michael Bayes. The Teasley mount (shown) is brand new and lacking the amazing paint job that RMR bikes always sport. Qualifying fifth with a 7.10 on only its second pass, the new bike shows great promise. Bayes lost to Gall in round 2.

With all the intense Big Money bracket action going on Saturday night, grudge racing seemed tame by comparison. Teasley made strong laps on the MSP-built bikes “Venom” and “Clean Getaway.”

NHDRO’s World Finals are September 23-25 right back on the world’s greatest quarter mile at Lucas Oil Raceway.