PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE

In the first round of qualifying Eddie Krawiec was the first bike to run in the 6.8s with a 6.895. He also set a new track record of 195.42 mph.

In Pro Stock Motorcycle, defending world champ Eddie Krawiec took his second victory of the season, outrunning first-time finalist Michael Ray. Krawiec powered his Screamin’ Eagle Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson to a winning run of 6.905 at 195.53 to hold off Ray’s GottSpeed Racing Buell, which finished in 7.036 seconds at 187.94 mph.

Michael Ray rides out of New Braunfels, Texas.

Krawiec advanced to the final with early round wins over Michael Phillips, Karen Stoffer and Shawn Gann. It was Krawiec’s 13th career victory and second at Atlanta Dragway.

“We are just trying to get a handle on the motorcycle and working on getting it to leave well, and I think we did that this weekend,” Krawiec said. “It ran awesome and I’ve got a killer motorcycle right now.”