V-ROD Wins at 2016 NHRA Atlanta Round
Every time a wheel turns in anger, the Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines team takes a Wally and wins a race at the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.
The Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines team remains undefeated as racer Eddie Krawiec won the Pro Stock Motorcycle final at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals in Atlanta on his Harley-Davidson® V-Rod® motorcycle, his second win of the season and the team’s third in a row.
After three of 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle events on the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Krawiec leads the class with 353 points. Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines rider Andrew Hines holds down second place with 233 points. Hines rode his Harley-Davidson V-Rod to a win at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte, N.C. on April 24.
The race bike is a spiritual representative of the production VRSC or V-Rod. Krawiec and Hines race on competition motorcycles inspired by the sleek street style of the Night Rod Special. The V-Rod was developed to compete against Japanese and American muscle bikes. And on the NHRA strip, it certainly competing well against the Suzuki. The V-Rod features the Revolution engine, developed jointly with Porsche that, for the first time used overhead cams and liquid cooling.
It’s good to be a winner
“The weather cooled down and we had great V-Rod conditions on Sunday,” said Krawiec, who has now won 33 times in final-round appearances. “We had a good tune-up since Saturday, so we were focused on making chassis adjustments to keep the bike running as straight as possible down the track. This class is so tight right now making a clean run is essential to winning.”
Krawiec was the number-two qualifier for the Atlanta race with a best elapsed time of 6.880 seconds on Saturday. He had his best run of the weekend in the final, a 6.824-second blast that out-paced the 6.851 effort of runner-up Jerry Savoie. With career win No. 33, Krawiec is now tied with the late John Myers, who won three championships.
The Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines drag racing team leads the series
Krawiec took home an exclusive NHRA Wally® Trophy awarded to winners in each category during winner’s circle activities. He now has two from the 2016 season.
The Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines drag racing team returns to action June 10-12 at the 47thannual NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J.
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2016 NHRA Harley-Davidson Drag Racing Series Schedule
Feb. 11-14 Auto Club Raceway at Pomona (Top Fuel only) Pomona, Calif.
Feb 26-28 Wild Horse Pass (Top Fuel only) Phoenix
Feb 26-28 Royal Purple Raceway (Non-Top Fuel Event) Baytown, Texas
April 29-May 1 Virginia Motorsports Park (Non Top Fuel Event) Petersburg, Va.
May 20-22 Summit Motorsports Park Norwalk, Ohio
June 3-5 New England Dragway (Top Fuel only) Epping, N.H.
June 3-5 Route 66 Raceway (Non Top Fuel Event) Joliet, Ill.
June 10-12 Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park Tulsa, Okla.
June 17-19 Bristol Dragway (Top Fuel only) Bristol, Tenn.
June 17-19 Bandimere Speedway (Non Top Fuel Event) Denver
July 22-24 Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, Calif.
Aug. 19-21 Cecil County Dragway Rising Sun, Md.
Oct. 28-30 Rockingham Dragway Rockingham, N.C.
Nov. 5-8 The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas
