HARLEY-DAVIDSON CONTINUES ONE-TWO PUNCH IN SONOMA
Sat, 2009-07-25 11:00
Eddie Krawiec and Andrew Hines, running the '09 V-Rod, paced a 21-bike field through two rounds 
of
qualifying for the FRAM Autolite Nationals at Infineon Raceway. Matt
Guidera, racing a Buell, was the most noted driver outside the top 12.
Krawiec's is hopeful his 6.973, 190.49 mph run will hold up through the final two rounds of qualifying. Despite six consecutive final round appears, Krawiec has yet to sit on the pole come race day.
“With the headwind, there is some elapsed time left on the table,” Krawiec said. “I happened to make one of the best runs of the session and the bike went straight as a string. I didn’t move around and from that I knew that big e.t.’s usually come up on the board. I just think it’s about making really good runs and that’s what we’ve been doing lately. Eddie Krawiec and Andrew Hines, running the '09 V-Rod, paced a 21-bike field through two rounds
of
qualifying for the FRAM Autolite Nationals at Infineon Raceway. Matt
Guidera, racing a Buell, was the most noted driver outside the top 12.
Krawiec's is hopeful his 6.973, 190.49 mph run will hold up through the final two rounds of qualifying. Despite six consecutive final round appears, Krawiec has yet to sit on the pole come race day.
“With the headwind, there is some elapsed time left on the table,” Krawiec said. “I happened to make one of the best runs of the session and the bike went straight as a string. I didn’t move around and from that I knew that big e.t.’s usually come up on the board. I just think it’s about making really good runs and that’s what we’ve been doing lately.
“We’ve been making nice and straight runs down the track. It puts numbers up on the scoreboard and that’s what we’ve been doing lately.”
After a fairly strong start at the beginning of the year, NRHA officials added twenty pounds to the Harley to bring it closer to the Buell and Suzuki teams. Krawiec says the weight is still and issue, one the team works to overcome on a daily basis.
“I’d say we have recovered but it is still hurting us,” Krawiec said of the move by the NHRA. “There’s no doubt about it. It doesn’t matter which way you do it. Once you get off of the starting line you are still carrying an extra twenty pounds. We are just trying to make it work for us and not against us. We are just putting our heads down. It is a lot of hard work and we go back to the shop after each race. We don’t leave our bikes in the trailer. There’s not one weekend that our bike doesn’t come out of the trailer. We have three guys who put in 40 hours a week. We work on our motorcycles. You get the results out of the amount of work and effort that you put into your program. That’s the one thing we really work and concentrate on and pride ourselves on.”
When asked if he was concerned the NHRA might move against the Harleys again, Krawiec said, ““Why should we? Hector (Arana) ran a 7.00. We’ve just been making consistent runs. For most of the field, if you look at the sheets, where certain runs go back for certain people. I just think if you happen to put A and B together, they are going to equate to good e.t.’s.”
DOWN AND THEN UP – Andrew Hines had a horrific first round run. His 10.445-second run had him 19th in the 21 car field. Then he got better. Hines second round run, a 6.986 second pass, vaulted him into the second spot right behind Krawiec.
of
qualifying for the FRAM Autolite Nationals at Infineon Raceway. Matt
Guidera, racing a Buell, was the most noted driver outside the top 12.Krawiec's is hopeful his 6.973, 190.49 mph run will hold up through the final two rounds of qualifying. Despite six consecutive final round appears, Krawiec has yet to sit on the pole come race day.
“With the headwind, there is some elapsed time left on the table,” Krawiec said. “I happened to make one of the best runs of the session and the bike went straight as a string. I didn’t move around and from that I knew that big e.t.’s usually come up on the board. I just think it’s about making really good runs and that’s what we’ve been doing lately. Eddie Krawiec and Andrew Hines, running the '09 V-Rod, paced a 21-bike field through two rounds
Bob Pellegrini
Krawiec's is hopeful his 6.973, 190.49 mph run will hold up through the final two rounds of qualifying. Despite six consecutive final round appears, Krawiec has yet to sit on the pole come race day.
“With the headwind, there is some elapsed time left on the table,” Krawiec said. “I happened to make one of the best runs of the session and the bike went straight as a string. I didn’t move around and from that I knew that big e.t.’s usually come up on the board. I just think it’s about making really good runs and that’s what we’ve been doing lately.
“We’ve been making nice and straight runs down the track. It puts numbers up on the scoreboard and that’s what we’ve been doing lately.”
After a fairly strong start at the beginning of the year, NRHA officials added twenty pounds to the Harley to bring it closer to the Buell and Suzuki teams. Krawiec says the weight is still and issue, one the team works to overcome on a daily basis.
“I’d say we have recovered but it is still hurting us,” Krawiec said of the move by the NHRA. “There’s no doubt about it. It doesn’t matter which way you do it. Once you get off of the starting line you are still carrying an extra twenty pounds. We are just trying to make it work for us and not against us. We are just putting our heads down. It is a lot of hard work and we go back to the shop after each race. We don’t leave our bikes in the trailer. There’s not one weekend that our bike doesn’t come out of the trailer. We have three guys who put in 40 hours a week. We work on our motorcycles. You get the results out of the amount of work and effort that you put into your program. That’s the one thing we really work and concentrate on and pride ourselves on.”
When asked if he was concerned the NHRA might move against the Harleys again, Krawiec said, ““Why should we? Hector (Arana) ran a 7.00. We’ve just been making consistent runs. For most of the field, if you look at the sheets, where certain runs go back for certain people. I just think if you happen to put A and B together, they are going to equate to good e.t.’s.”
DOWN AND THEN UP – Andrew Hines had a horrific first round run. His 10.445-second run had him 19th in the 21 car field. Then he got better. Hines second round run, a 6.986 second pass, vaulted him into the second spot right behind Krawiec.
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