The final round in Indy's Pro Stock Motorcycle featured No. 8 Countdown hopeful Craig Treble, who showed everyone he was serious about winning the championship with his final round berth, pitted up against the Southern steamroller, Matt Smith. Smith entered the final as the defending champ and the POWERade point's leader but the pressure may have been too much, Smith lost his chance to repeat with a -.003 red light start, handing Treble his first career victory at the U.S Nationals. Treble also sent a solid message to the rest of the pack that he is more than capable of stealing the POWERade crown on his Team Tigue Suzuki. It was his second victory of the season and 11^th of his NHRA career and it also vaulted Treble into second in the Countdown point's battle.

Treble didn't even qualify for the Countdown playoffs until eliminations at the rain-delayed race in Maple Grove two weeks ago, when Matt Guidera defeated Chris Rivas, thus giving Treble the final spot.

"I have to tell you," said Treble with a winning smile, "Matt Guidera is my biggest hero in drag racing right now. That guy saved my butt, that's the bottom line, and I showed my appreciation by taking him out in round one today. What kind of guy am I," said Treble laughing.

The final round in Indy's Pro Stock Motorcycle featured No. 8 Countdown hopeful Craig Treble, who showed everyone he was serious about winning the championship with his final round berth, pitted up against the Southern steamroller, Matt Smith. Smith entered the final as the defending champ and the POWERade point's leader but the pressure may have been too much, Smith lost his chance to repeat with a -.003 red light start, handing Treble his first career victory at the U.S Nationals. Treble also sent a solid message to the rest of the pack that he is more than capable of stealing the POWERade crown on his Team Tigue Suzuki. It was his second victory of the season and 11^th of his NHRA career and it also vaulted Treble into second in the Countdown point's battle.

Treble didn't even qualify for the Countdown playoffs until eliminations at the rain-delayed race in Maple Grove two weeks ago, when Matt Guidera defeated Chris Rivas, thus giving Treble the final spot.

"I have to tell you," said Treble with a winning smile, "Matt Guidera is my biggest hero in drag racing right now. That guy saved my butt, that's the bottom line, and I showed my appreciation by taking him out in round one today. What kind of guy am I," said Treble laughing.

"It was a crazy day, we're not the fastest bike out there but when you have a crummy barometer the Suzuki's don't run as fast as the V-Twins. So we had to bracket race today. I just did what I do and I don't know if there's anything spectacular but I got me a really bitchin' trophy.

"This race is huge, it’s a big deal," said Treble, who won in Englishtown earlier this season. "This is the biggest win of my entire life. And I've won some races and I won the K&N deal out here in 2002 and that was a big payday. Going into Memphis, guess what, we've got a better barometer down there. Dallas has a killer barometer down there, so I'm excited, really excited.

"The next two races, weather permitting, the Suzuki's should have a chance at those two events. Today I guess I just sucker punched everybody. It's the U.S. Nationals and there are no rules. This is the U.S. Nationals; I don't care. So that's why I was a rude dog to Matt Guidera.

"I wasn't a big advocate of the Countdown," concluded Treble, "of course after we made it I love it."