Justin Doucet

Indy’s Justin Doucet had his Two Wheel Werkz turbocharged ‘Busa running strong on the eighth last year, qualifying number one in Huntsville before juicing it up too much for that final against Doug Gall.

Here in Louisville, Doucet qualified a close second to Frankie Stotz. It was Stotz’s first NHDRO race since getting seriously injured by a drunk driver in a car crash on the street last year.

So perhaps Stotz deserved the easy side of the ladder, vanquishing number six qualifier Brandon Coley in round one and earning the bye to the final.

Doucet, meanwhile, raced past James Hendricks and Muncie winner Gall to reach the final with Stotz. Doucet took the tree with an .028 to Stotz’s .063 and kept it moving to a 4.61 at 167.83 mph for the win.

Tyler Moll was Saturday’s Rookie ET winner.

Bradley Shellhaas has done a good job breaking the DRR stranglehold this year. Dave Page (far lane) took the tree against Shellhaas in the G&G Metal Spinners Top Gas final but couldn’t run the number and Shellhaas took the win. Dino Moran was number-one qualifier.

The world’s quickest two-wheeled index class always stops short at the eighth mile. The would be Quicktime Motorsports/Lindeman Performance Pro Ultra 4.60.

Les Stimac

Chester Lee was number one qualifier on Saturday and took the tree against fellow finalist Les Stimac on Sunday. But Stimac ran 4.605 and took the stripe while Lee must have lost time somewhere in the middle, crossing the line second but at higher MPH.

HMH Motorsports Pro Open used to run the eighth mile, back when it was known as Pro Comp. One guy who’s good at either length is champion Chris Cutsinger. The airplane mechanic from nearby Corydon, IN, seemed to get quicker every lap, finishing with a 4.19 at 179 mph winning lap over Brad Messer.

Running the eighth mile is very different, though, for the world’s quickest streetbikes of McIntosh/Grayson Machine & Fabrication Pro Street, and certain racers seem to rise to the occasion of getting the whole job done in half the space.

No-bar diehard Dustin Lee (shown) took his win in Millennium Trailers Super Comp, taking the tree against Scott Shepard in the final. Former Super Comp champ Spooky was number-one qualifier.

Wes Brown’s .003 light did the trick against Knight in the M2.Shocks Crazy 8s final, run at a 5.70 index on the eighth. Painesville, Ohio’s Tom Cooper was number-one qualifier.

Jerry Turner

Scotty Mulky

 Turner beat Scotty Mulky in Sunday’s Street ET final, but it was a good day for Mulky, who hot-lapped his ‘Busa to the Rookie ET win over Maegan “Bikerchicc” Bowers.