DRAG RACE
NHRA PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 6 / NOVEMBER 9-12, 2017
AUTO CLUB RACEWAY / POMONA, CALIFORNIA
P108
doesn't like it so this was a nice
change. It was nice to have all
the pressure off."
In the final season standings,
Krawiec and Hines finished in
the top two spots, while Tonglet
was third. Scotty Pollacheck and
2016 champ Jerry Savoie round
out the top five. CN
FINAL
1. Andrew Hines (H-D)
2. Eddie Krawiec (H-D)
of qualifying, he extended it to
156 points to officially clinch
the number-one plate. Krawiec
previously won titles in 2009,
2011-12.
"I'll tell you I attribute this to
teamwork and a lot of great guys
who make this bike go down the
track as fast as it does," said
Krawiec. "I couldn't do it without
my team. I've got [crew chief]
Matt Hines. It is awesome to get
this done in qualifying. I'm usu-
ally grumpy as hell on Saturday
on race weekends and my wife
a 6.856. Otherwise, the condi-
tions were really good and I think
I could have run about 6.79.
As for Eddie, I don't know what
was going on in the other lane.
Normally, we share all our tuning
data but I didn't even look at his
bike before the final."
While Hines celebrated his
race win, Krawiec also cel-
ebrated his fourth NHRA world
championship. Krawiec entered
the season-ending Pomona
race with a 150-point lead over
Tonglet and after four rounds
Hines has now won
at least one NHRA
race every season in
the last 12 years.
