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our shop. We're just a few miles
from here so we had one of our
bikes on the dyno Friday morning
and had it at the track on Friday
night for the start of qualifying."
Once qualifying began,
Krawiec went to the top spot
with a 6.82 run while Hines' bike
bogged off the starting line and
he wound up on the bump spot
which meant the teammates had
to race in the first round.
Krawiec won that battle
and then went on to earn wins
against Michael Phillips and Joey
Gladston before taking on Sam-
pey in the final.
"I feel like I finally got my head
out of my butt this weekend," said
Krawiec who was also an Indy
winner in 2014 and 2017. "Man, I
feel like I'm about to cry like a little
baby. This means a lot to me. To
have the chance to tune my own
bike is special. For the crew be-
hind me and everyone at Vance &
Hines, this is for you."
Following the win, Krawiec has
moved to fourth in the Countdown
to the Championship, meaning
he's in a prime position to claim
his fifth World Championship.
As for Sampey, she was for-
tunate just to be able to race in
Indy after Hurricane Ida devastat-
ed her home state of Louisiana.
The three-time World Champion
had to drive to Mississippi just to
catch a flight to Indy, was able to
maintain her focus and went to
the final following wins against
Cory Reed, Charlotte winner
Steve Johnson, and defending
Indy champ Cory Reed.
The Camping World NHRA
Drag Racing series moves to
Reading, Pennsylvania, next
week where the six-race playoffs
will begin. Despite an early loss
at Indy, Denso Buell's Matt Smith
is the number-one seed followed
by Steve Johnson, Scotty Pol-
lacheck, Krawiec and Sampey.
The series will also include
stops in St. Louis, Bristol, Ten-
nessee, Dallas, Las Vegas and
Pomona, California.
Kevin McKenna
Final:
1. Eddie Krawiec (Bue)
2. Angelle Sampey (Suz)
Kraweic's Vance & Hines team will participate in the six-round play-off despite
sitting out the first few rounds of the regular season.
