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back," Krawiec said. "It was
skidding the front tire and I was
afraid the front end was going
to wash out. I finally got it to go
straight but it was a horrible run
and I was lucky to win the round.
I usually pride myself on being
able to make good runs, but that
was one that I'm not proud of.
It's a mistake that I don't want to
make again anytime soon."
Krawiec managed to avoid
trouble for the rest of the race
and finished off his 37th-career
victory with wins against Matt
Smith, rookie Joey Gladstone
and teammate Hines. On all
three runs, he was solidly in the
6.7-second range.
In addition to the win, Krawiec
also flirted with the magic 200-
mph barrier several times in
Gainesville. After tying the speed
record with a 199.88 mph blast
in qualifying, Krawiec ran an-
other strong 199.76 mph speed
in the final round.
"We've been trying to run
200 for the last six or seven
years but we just can't seem to
get there," Krawiec said. "On
Saturday morning during quali-
fying we had the conditions to
probably run 201 or 202, but
we just couldn't get a hold of
the track. We're not to the point
where we can go 200 with just
horsepower. We need to have
all the right conditions and that
includes cool temperatures and
a good tailwind. Until we get
that, it's anybody's guess when
we'll see someone run 200. I
was really hoping that Drew and
I would run side-by-side 200s in
the final but that wasn't meant to
be either.
Kevin McKenna
Andrew Hines made
it a Vance & Hines
Harley-Davidson 1-2
finish in Gainesville.
