PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE

Eddie Krawiec, the 2008 Pro Stock Motorcycle champion who, until two weeks ago in Atlanta, had never won a National event, took his second Wally in a row with the win this weekend.  (Ron Lewis photo)

Krawiec rode his Screamin’ Eagle Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson past runner-up Craig Treble to pick up his second win in as many races for the season. Krawiec’s run of 6.947 at 189.39 mph was strong enough for the defending world champions second career win.
           
“To come out here and get my second win, it’s just a cool opportunity,” said Krawiec. “It’s tough going out there and getting your first win and everyone told me that once you get your first win, it’ll get easy, but I never thought it would get this easy.”

Angie McBride had an impressive Sunday, riding into the semifinals of the O’Reilly Midwest Nationals. It was the third time the driver from King, N.C., was a semifinalist. Her first two came at Dallas and Memphis last season.

Angie McBride made the semifinals for the first time on the Haltech/XXX Racing Fuels Buell. (Ron Lewis photo)

She defeated Matt Guidera and Hector Arana before losing to eventual race winner Eddie Krawiec. She began eliminations with a .021 reaction and a 7.001 at 186.20 to beat Guidera’s .107, 7.039 at 188.75 and equaled her qualifying time of 6.958 second en route to a quarterfinal win over a red-lighting Arana. 

“Overall, it was a very good weekend,” said McBride, who qualified sixth.  “I was happy with the way (crew chief) Robbie (East) was tuning the bike Sunday and he was happy with my driving.”

She didn’t get an opportunity to challenge Krawiec for her first final-round appearance because he had a perfect .000-second reaction time and never looked back. He was timed in 6.955 seconds at 187.63 mph to her .036 reaction and a 6.731-second, 186.43-mph quarter-mile lap.

“It is tough to win when the person in the other lane goes triple-0 at the line,” McBride said. “My .036 wasn’t a bad light; it’s just that his was perfect. And we’re still looking for our first final round.”

McBride is third in the points standings, behind Krawiec and Treble.