DRAG RACING
NHRA PREVIEW
PREVIEW
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what under control. In short, he's
able to do more with less than
many of his rivals and that means
that he's still a major threat to win
another title. Likewise, teammate
Hall ranked as one of the most
improved racers on the tour last
season, will make for a potent 1-2
punch.
Smith, and virtually everyone
else in the Pro Stock Motorcy-
cle class, realizes that it's just a
matter of time before the Harley
V-Rods of Eddie Krawiec and An-
drew Hines return to the forefront
of the class. Krawiec and Hines
might never again combine to
win 15 of 16 races, as they did in
2012, but after two years of de-
velopment on their two-valve en-
gines, they are likely to win more
often than they did last season
when Krawiec scored two victo-
ries and Hines just one. .
"Oh, we're going to be bet-
ter - the question is how much,"
Krawiec said. "Andrew and Matt
[Hines] have been working away
on the dyno; spending a lot of
time on research and devel-
Not many are
betting against
the Vance & Hines
Harley team
rebounding from
an off year in 2013
and Andrew Hines
will be there to
lead the charge.
