BY KEVIN MCKENNA
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MATT POLITO
T
here was something for al-
most everyone at the 50th
annual NHRA Auto Club Fi-
nals in Pomona where Screamin'
Eagle Harley-Davidson's Andrew
Hines clinched his fourth NHRA
Mello Yello Pro Stock Motorcycle
Championship and Lucas Oil
Buell's Hector Arana Jr. won his
second race of the season.
Hines, who won his last title in
2006, entered the season-end-
ing Pomona round with a nearly
insurmountable lead over his
Harley teammate Eddie Krawiec,
and sealed the deal officially fol-
lowing his round one win over
Shawn Gann. The title was the
seventh in the last 11 years for the
Screamin' Eagle Vance & Hines
Harley team.
"I've been waiting a long time
to be able to write '4x' next to my
name," Hines said. "It was nice to
finally get it done, but also to get
it done with a win. I didn't really
want to have to be the guy who
waited for someone else to lose
to clinch it."
Hines' championship season
included six victories in 16 races
including two during the six-race
Countdown to the Champion-
ship - NHRA's playoff. He all but
locked up the title following his
win at the penultimate race in Las
Vegas two weeks ago.
"I appreciate everything my
Screamin' Eagle Vance & Hines
team does for me," Hines said.
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