Hector Arana Jr. Returns To Norwalk
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n 2008, Hector Arana Sr. won
the first NHRA Pro Stock
Motorcycle event of his career
at Summit Motorsports Park in
Norwalk, Ohio. A year later, he
was crowned an NHRA world
champion. Fast forward 15 years
and Arana's son, Hector Jr., has
joined his father as a Norwalk
winner after defeating Steve
Johnson, the class' most recent
winner, in the final round of
the Summit Racing Equipment
Nationals.
Arana Jr. rode his GETTRX
Buell to a 6.82-second run at
199 mph to cover Johnson's
6.94 aboard his Mac Rak Suzuki.
Arana Jr. now has 18 NHRA wins
to his credit.
"We definitely have momen
-
tum; we've had a fast bike, and
we've been qualifying really well
and running well," Arana Jr. said.
"We had a good bike in Bristol,
we just had a couple little grem-
lins we needed to get through,
but I'd rather have those earlier
in the season than later. We're
working through all those little
details, but this shows that our
team does know how to win. We
build off the momentum, and it
fuels us to keep driving harder
and going out there and turning
on more win lights."
Arana's victory came just a
day after a frustrating loss in
the final of the Mission Foods
2Fast2Tasty Challenge, a special
event that provides a rematch of
the final four competitors from
the previous NHRA event. Arana
was a semifinalist in Bristol,
along with Angie Smith, Gaige
Herrera and Johnson.
Arana lost out on the op
-
portunity to earn bonus cash
and points after a small error in
the final round against Smith's
Denso Buell.
"We made one little mistake in
the Mission 2Fast2Tasty Chal
-
lenge, and we were able to learn
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