MPR & DAM Sport
Suzuki’s Michael Phillips beat defending Pro Stock Motorcycle Champion Eddie Krawiec in the final elimination round at the NHRA Mid-South Nationals this past weekend at the Memphis Motorsports Park. Krawiec, however, retained second-place in the title hunt behind current points leader Hector Arana, in the
NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Championship.
Defending Champion, Eddie Krawiec stages for the final elimination round at Memphis.
Krawiec will have two more tries to drag his Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines
H-D V-Rod into first place ahead of Arana, Lucas Oil
Buell, and with only 28 points separating the two, it’s still a possibility that Krawiec will succeed. This weekend marked Krawiec’s 10th final-round appearance of the season.
Coming into the semi-final elimination round at Memphis it was Phillips vs. Arana and Krawiec vs. Matt Smith. Arana fouled at the starting line, granting Phillips the win, but earned a 20-point bonus for setting the new national ET record of 6.851 seconds which was previously held by Andrew Hines.
After final elimination, Krawiec said, “We had a pretty good bike all weekend, but I’d say we never made a optimum pass. With the cool weather and the rain yesterday, the track was very tight and unforgiving. I spun the tire a little in the final and I’m sure that cost us some ET. We are still less than two rounds out of first place with two Countdown events to go, so anything can happen. We’ve just got to stay consistent and keep going rounds.”
The next Pro Stock Motorcycle event on the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule is the Las Vegas NHRA Nationals, Oct. 29-Nov.1, at the Strips at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada.
NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Drag Racing Results
O'Reilly Midsouth Nationals - Memphis, TN
Round Win/Loss Driver R-Time E-Time Speed
Final (W) Michael Phillips (MPR & Damn Sport Suzuki) 0.014 6.935 193.54
(L) Eddie Krawiec (Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines) 0.039 6.948 192.22
Round 3 (W) Michael Phillips (MPR & Damn Sport Suzuki) 0.033 6.976 191.78
(L) Hector Arana (Lucas Oil Buell) -0.007(R) 7.828 121.62
(W) Eddie Krawiec (Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines) 0.029 6.929 192.03
(L) Matt Smith (Nitrofish Suzuki) 0.023 6.944 191.10
Round 2 (W) Hector Arana (Lucas Oil Buell) 0.014 6.889 192.96
(L) Steve Johnson (Steve Johnson Racing Wyotech -0.005 7.044 187.44
(W) Michael Phillips (MPR & Damn Sport Suzuki) 0.018 6.938 193.40
(L) GT Tonglet 0.022 7.111 188.46
(W) Matt Smith (Nitrofish Suzuki) -0.028 6.940 190.22
(L) David Hope (VRoom Racing Buell) -9.999(R) NT-Broke Before Staging
(W) Eddie Krawiec (Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines) 0.060 6.955 193.18
(L) Douglas Horne (Horne Racing Buell) -0.007(R) 6.917 191.29
Round 1 (W) Hector Arana (Lucas Oil Buell) 0.108 6.914 192.77
(L) Joe De Santis 0.014 12.890 59.65
(W) Steve Johnson 0.024 7.063 189.42
(L) Junior Pippin (Stone Mtn & Granite Mtn HD B -0.011(R) 7.024 187.78
(W) GT Tonglet 0.027 7.080 188.36
(L) Andrew Hines (Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines 0.031 10.557 108.81
(W) Michael Phillips (MPR & Damn Sport Suzuki) 0.026 6.934 194.94
(L) Craig Treble (Team Scream Suzuki) 0.095 6.970 191.40
(W) Matt Smith (Nitrofish Suzuki) 0.097 6.928 192.30
(L) Redell Harris 0.228 9.023 95.38
(W) David Hope (VRoom Racing Buell) 0.087 7.269 177.95
(L) Shawn Gann 0.267 7.095 183.02
(W) Eddie Krawiec (Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines) 0.088 6.976 189.36
(L) Bailey Whitaker (Rum Bum Buell) 0.051 7.078 183.92
(W) Douglas Horne 0.037 6.934 191.70
(L) Karen Stoffer 0.070 6.963 191.92
