Eddie Krawiec has won three NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle world championships – 2008, 2011 and 2012.

Yet, he never captured the coveted U.S. Nationals title – until Monday that is.

Eddie Krawiec has won three NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle world championships – 2008, 2011 and 2012.

Yet, he never captured the coveted U.S. Nationals title – until Monday that is.

Krawiec was the top qualifier and then sped past the competition for the win at Lucas Oil Raceway on his Screamin’ Eagle Vance & Hines Harley Davidson.

In the finals, Krawiec used a 6.941-second time to cruise past Jerry Savoie’s 6.987-second lap.

“I was going to hand over the keys to my Harley and say I’m out of here,” said Krawiec about what was going through his mind after the huge win. “I’m not even running the Countdown, I’m going to go out on top. At the end of the year, you talk about two things usually, the Indy winner and the champion. So hopefully I can give them two things to talk about, winning Indy and being the champion. I’ve won Englishtown (N.J.) and for me Englishtown was my Indy because that was my home track, but to win at Indy with my team and have everybody supporting us is just awesome.”

This was Krawiec’s 25th career victory and third this season in five final-round appearances.

Krawiec took control of his race against Savoie with a .026 reaction time compared to Savoie’s .143 time on the tree.

“I’m really glad and I’m proud to race for the team I am on,” Krawiec said. “Terry Vance and Byron Hines are basically the pinnacle of the sport and to have my teammate Andrew Hines and everybody standing behind me means a lot. When I came on the team, Matt (Hines) took me under his wing and sort brought me up to speed and got me going. Both he and Andrew did that for me and here I am three championships later. All that reflects on how good those guys are.”

Krawiec was dominant Monday, ousting Shawn Gann, Andrew Hines, Hector Arana Jr., and Savoie. With a win, Savoie could have edged past 10th past Steve Johnson and into the Countdown to the Championship.

“I thought about it for about three tenths of a second,” said Krawiec about Savoie’s Countdown chance. “It was like OK, Jerry needs to beat me, so he’s going to be hungry, but I have to do what I need to do. That’s sort of the way it is with a racer mentality. If you try to alter your program or try to change anything in it, you bobble and make a mistake. You know what to do best and once your helmet is on, go out there and don’t think about anything because if you do, chances are you are going to mess up.”

Now that Krawiec has checked Indy off his bucket list, he’s focusing on another world crown. Krawiec is second in the point standings behind Hines. The six-race Countdown to the Championship begins Sept. 12-14 at the Carolina Nationals in Charlotte.

“I struggled a little bit in the early part of the year and through the middle of the year,” Krawiec said. “I just got into a funk where I couldn’t hit the tree and I was struggling. I sort of revised my game plan. I had what I called qualifying mode and race day mode. It seems to work for me and no better time than now than to figure that all out and move forward. I’m confident and excited going into the Countdown.”

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