DRAG RACE
NHRA MELLO YELLOW MOTORCYCLE DRAG RACE SERIES
FINAL ROUND / NOVEMBER 12-15, 2015
AUTO CLUB RACEWAY / POMONA, CALIFORNIA
P92
career win with a 6.846 elapsed
time to beat Smith's 6.888. It
was Krawiec's best run of the
event, including qualifying.
"I made a much better run
against Matt in the final,"
Krawiec said. "We went back to
our pit area and did some work
on the bike and it responded. I
figured we'd have to do some-
thing because Matt was running
pretty well. I couldn't afford to
cut him any slack." CN
ing order I thought the best case
scenario was me racing against
Jerry in round two" Krawiec said.
"We had the top three riders on
the same side of the ladder so I
knew at some point we were go-
ing to meet each other. I needed
to beat Jerry in order to have a
shot at the number-two plate.
I also figured that if Jerry beat
both Drew and I, he deserved to
win the championship. He has a
great program but consistency is
the key. You need to go out and
make good clean runs. Some-
times the fastest motorcycle
does not win."
Krawiec finished off his 31st
crucial round against Savoie. He
nearly crossed the centerline,
which would have been an auto-
matic disqualification. Krawiec
managed to hold on for the win
only after Savoie spun the tire on
the starting line.
"I got really lucky when Jerry
spun the tire," Krawiec said. "I
made one of the ugliest runs
of my career. Everything went
wrong except for the win light
coming on in my lane. I started
to rattle the tire and the bike
drove to the left. I just missed
the foam block by about a foot. It
was a white knuckle ride."
"When I looked at the qualify-
Hines didn't get the win at Pomona,
but he'll gladly take the title.
