Eddie Krawiec has won a Pro Stock Motorcycle championship in the least likely scenario. This season he lost one in the least likely turn of event.

Last season, he won a title despite never having won a national event.

This year Krawiec won his fifth national event victory out of eleven final rounds. His NHRA Auto Club Nationals crown came at the expense of second-year Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Douglas Horne.

Eddie Krawiec has won a Pro Stock Motorcycle championship in the least likely scenario. This season he lost one in the least likely turn of event.

Last season, he won a title despite never having won a national event.

This year Krawiec won his fifth national event victory out of eleven final rounds. His NHRA Auto Club Nationals crown came at the expense of second-year Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Douglas Horne.

“Last year I was fortunate to not have to race to win and get the championship,” Krawiec said. “I am still a very lucky person to come in here talking about getting the race win and not the championship. It came down to two points which shows you how important qualifying is. We bobbled a little bit this weekend in qualifying which ultimately could have cost us. We were trying to keep Hector from getting to that three round deficit. Unfortunately we didn't.”

Arana won the title by two points, one of two professional divisions decided by that same point margin.

Krawiec should have an easy winter as nothing earth shattering is scheduled to come out of the Harley Davidson camp.

“We debuted all new stuff this year, so 2010, hopefully we are just basically going to blow the dust off our bikes and pull them out,” he said. “We'll definitely be working on it. We're always working on our stuff over the winter.”

Krawiec won’t lament losing a large amount of points with the Countdown to 1 reset. Instead, he plans to ensure that he makes the most of next season’s championship format.  

While point nemesis Arana’s Buell benefited from Pro Stock car technology implemented into his engine program, Krawiec said these championships will always come down to the team who works the hardest in-between races.

“The end result is whoever puts forth the effort into their program is going to get out of it what they put into it,” said Krawiec. “It shows you Hector did a great job this year. My hat's off to him. Our whole team, just looking back at it he has done an awesome job all year and we can't discredit that.”

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