Six feet, six thousand dollars.

That's how much Eddie Krawiec came up short in Sunday's Pro Stock Motorcycle final round of the Mopar Mile-High Nationals near Denver in yet another showdown between the two Screamin' Eagle Harley-Davidsons.

And it meant a share of NHRA history for winner Andrew Hines, who joined Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), John Force (Funny Car), and Allen Johnson (Pro Stock) in the winners circle.

Hines claimed his second straight victory and gave his Vance & Hines team its sixth triumph in the bike class' seven appearances so far this year on the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series tour.

Moreover, Hines earned his 45th overall victory, pulling him into a tie with the late Dave Schultz for the most victories overall in the class.

"Forty-five was the benchmark that Dave set, but we all know if he hadn't left us early, he would have kept on winning," Hines said, adding that "the next one [victory] will be the one I look to."

He has a chance to become the class' undisputed leader this coming weekend when the Western Swing continues at Sonoma, Calif.

After qualifying No. 1, Hines had declared Saturday that he has a "good motorcycle," but he was incorrect. He has a great one. His winning elapsed time of 7.134 seconds and his 188.33 clocking rewrote both the E.T. and speed records at the Morrison, Colo., facility.

Krawiec earned just $4,000 for his No. 2 qualifying effort that was only .016 of a second off Hines' pace. He came within six feet, within .0227 of a second, of denying Hines his historic victory. He ran 7.148, 187.21 against Hines, who tied his older brother Matt Hines' record of four victories at Bandimere Speedway.

Hines defeated Scotty Pollacheck, Cory Reed, and LE Tonglet on his way to his third 2016 victory.

"The engine stated in there all eight runs all weekend – never touched 'em, never worked on 'em. It was just a matter of making cleans runs. I don't think I've ever put eight straight runs together like that, ever in my career," the No. 1 qualifier said of his weekend domination. "My team has had my motorcycle really dialed in. This weekend it was such a joy to ride.

"It's a heck of a ride we're on right now. I'm taking it as it comes. This class is so brutal it can turn the opposite direction the next day," Hines, whose first race here was in 2002, said.

Krawiec dismissed Karen Stoffer, Chip Ellis, and Jerry Savoie to set up the meeting with his teammate in the first live-broadcast NHRA final on the FOX national network.

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