There's no question, Michael Phillips gets lost in all the hype of the big-name Pro Stock Motorcycle riders like Hector Arana, Andrew Hines and Matt Smith.

Well, Phillips is proving he deserves to be in the spotlight as well.

Phillips knocked off some of the top riders in the class Sunday, the last being Andrew Hines in the final round to capture the title at the Fram-Autolite NHRA Nationals at Sonoma, Calif.

Phillips clocked a 6.886-second time to beat Hines, who came in at 6.909 seconds.

On the road to his victory, Phillips also beat Karen Stoffer, Matt Smith and Eddie Krawiec. During his win over Krawiec, Phillips set a new national speed record for Pro Stock Motorcycles at 197.65 mph.

“That old bike I have is actually one of the best bikes in the wind tunnel, and it works out there on the race track,” Phillips said. “I wasn’t worried about the record, I was just trying to get the win.”

There's no question, Michael Phillips gets lost in all the hype of the big-name Pro Stock Motorcycle riders like Hector Arana, Andrew Hines and Matt Smith.

Well, Phillips is proving he deserves to be in the spotlight as well.

Phillips knocked off some of the top riders in the class Sunday, the last being Andrew Hines in the final round to capture the title at the Fram-Autolite NHRA Nationals at Sonoma, Calif.

Phillips clocked a 6.886-second time to beat Hines, who came in at 6.909 seconds.

On the road to his victory, Phillips also beat Karen Stoffer, Matt Smith and Eddie Krawiec. During his win over Krawiec, Phillips set a new national speed record for Pro Stock Motorcycles at 197.65 mph.

“That old bike I have is actually one of the best bikes in the wind tunnel, and it works out there on the race track,” Phillips said. “I wasn’t worried about the record, I was just trying to get the win.”

This is Phillips’ third win of the season on his Racers Edge-sponsored Suzuki. He also won at Madison and Englishtown.

“I’ve been working with some NASCAR guys on just playing with the carburetor, and that’s actually where my bike picked up,” Phillips said. “I started working with the guys last year at Memphis. Kevin Hamlin stepped up and he wanted to help me. There were a couple of other things we did to the bike that they looked over and found that should have been done to the bike. Ever since then, the bike has been running crazy mph.”

Hamlin has over 20-plus years experience as a NASCAR crew chief, including being a wrench boss for the legendary Dale Earnhardt Sr.

“Kevin and I are real good friends,” Phillips said. “I met him through one of my sponsor guys, and Kevin said he wanted to help me out and we went over and did a few things at the shop.”

Phillips is in fourth place in the season point standings, but is just three points behind Hines and five points back of second-place Matt Smith. Hector Arana, the reigning Pro Stock Motorcyle world champ, is atop the points, 141 points in front of Smith.

“With the way my bike is performing right now, I can win the championship,” Phillips said. “I’m not trying to brag on it, but I have a real fast bike and I just have to stay on my game.”

Phillips’ victory over Hines was somewhat surprising since Hines had a 13-1 round record against him prior to the finals.

“The bike I’m riding is Andrew’s old bike and he had been whooping me pretty good,” said Phillips, who bought the bike from Hines in 2003. “That’s the first time I’ve beaten him on that bike. I just never could get him. He just kept beating me. I would holeshot him and he would find some way to get around me. Pomona last year, I got a holeshot on him and the carburetor jumped off my bike. I just finally got the monkey off my back with him.”