BREA, CA – October 3, 2022 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Vance & Hines/Mission Suzuki rider Eddie Krawiec raced into the semi-finals and jumped up three spots in the Pro Stock Motorcycle Countdown to the Championship standings at the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway outside of St. Louis on Sunday.
After qualifying his Suzuki Hayabusa in the third starting position with a 6.745-second/199.88 mph run, Krawiec rode a wave of speed through the early elimination rounds and into the semi-finals. In making the semi-finals, Krawiec moved into fourth place in the Countdown to the Championship standings as the Pro Stock Motorcycle championship enters its crucial final three-race stretch.
After qualifying third, Eddie Krawiec (4) raced his Suzuki Hayabusa into the Semi-Finals.
Krawiec easily cruised past Jianna Evaristo in round one of eliminations, running a 6.821-second/199.61 mph pass to her 7.082-second/160.94 mph run. In the second round, Krawiec knocked off Ron Tornow (no time) with a 6.748-second/200.29 mph pass, sending him into the semi-finals against Jerry Savoie. Despite running a slightly quicker 6.777-second/198.82 mph pass, his 0.046-second reaction time deficit at the starting line turned into a holeshot loss to Savoie, who ran 6.818-seconds at 197.10 mph.
“It was good to move up in the points, but it’s a bittersweet deal,” Krawiec said. “I’ve got a great motorcycle and definitely made progress all weekend. It shows the potential, but the big thing is we’re struggling to get the bike to react off the starting line. There’s a fine balance in the clutch setup. The initial clutch pressure is very sensitive. You can tune the motorcycle to react quickly off the starting line, or you can tune it to have better 60-foot times or better elapsed times. We’re only talking hundredths of a second, but the time to learn is over and we don’t have that time anymore. To lose races like that is not good. We have to work on making the bike react better.”
Setting strong elapsed time and speed marks on the Vance & Hines/Mission Suzuki team’s second Suzuki Hayabusa, Angelle Sampey qualified in the number two starting spot with a 6.726-second/201.67 mph blast that briefly reset the track’s top speed record on Friday evening. In round one she knocked off Malcolm Phillips Jr. with a 6.734-second/201.52 run against his tire-spinning 12.313-second/68.66 mph pass. But a holeshot loss to fellow Louisianan Jerry Savoie…
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