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EDDIE AGAIN AT OHIO NHRA
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agle Harley-Davidson's Ed-
die Krawiec continued his
domination of the 2018 NHRA
Mello Yello Drag Racing season
by winning his third event in six
starts at the Summit Racing
Equipment Nationals in Ohio,
June 23-24. In an event that was
plagued by rain for two of three
days, Krawiec weathered the
storm and defeated White Alliga-
tor Suzuki's Jerry Savoie in the
final. Krawiec got off the starting
line first by a huge margin and
extended the lead to the finish
with a 6.923 at 195.05 mph to
Savoie's 7.071 at just 175.39.
"This weekend threw us all
a curveball because we only
got two qualifying runs instead
of four because of all the rain,"
Krawiec said. "Fortunately, my
Vance & Hines guys gave me a
competitive bike from the start
and that helped us tremendous-
ly. We made two solid runs in
qualifying and then four more on
race day to get this done. This
was a good race for me because
I stayed out of the sand. Two
years ago, I was a knucklehead
and drove it into the sand in the
semi final. Then we went back to
the pits and thought we fixed the
brakes and then I went into the
sand again in the final. I man-
aged to avoid that this time. This
has been a good weekend for
us. It was a bit of a struggle for
us early, but we got a handle on
the new track and found a way to
understand what we need to do.
"With all the rain on Friday and
Saturday, we had to do dam-
age control," Krawiec said. "Our
goal was to make sure the bike
left the starting line clean and
smooth and got into the show.
Eddie Krawiec (near
lane) defeated Jerry
Savoie in the final at the
Summit Racing Equipment
Nationals in Ohio.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
EVAN
J.
SMITH
