A few days before Eddie Krawiec and his team pulled through the gates at Bandimere Speedway they took a detour.

Though Krawiec was leading the NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock Motorcycle points chase he was not happy about the way the year was unfolding. Krawiec wanted to find something, so his team went to look for it.

“It all started out on Monday for us,” he said. “We went testing before we came here because we felt we had to. We made so many changes on our motorcycle coming up here. It wasn’t because we were coming to Denver, it was because we needed to.”

The team certainly found something. Krawiec set a Bandimere Speedway ET record in qualifying No. 1, then reeled off four wins during eliminations to win his first Wally of the year and become the sixth racer in seven events to finish on top.

He defeated Hector Arana Jr. on a holeshot in the final round. Arana Jr. didn’t cut a terrible light with a .038, Krawiec’s .025 was just better. Arana Jr. ran a 7.230 at 186.43 but Krawiec reached the stripe first with a 7.238 at 185.51.

“It’s been kind of a humbling year and winning the way I had to this weekend took a lot of hard work and a lot of digging,” Krawiec said. “We’ve always had dominant motorcycles, but we’ve struggled. This year it hasn’t really gone the way we expected it to but it’s starting to turn around and it couldn’t be at a better time.”

According to Krawiec, what needed to be turned around was one of the most important things a driver could hope for.

“We were lacking a lot of race day consistency,” he said. “We had a fast motorcycle and would qualify well and were doing well in the points but we were struggling on race day when you had to have consecutive runs and be consistent.

“We were able to put some good runs together in testing and felt very confident. We came up here, threw in a tune-up, and right off the truck my motorcycle has been fast and consistent. As a racer if you don’t have a consistent motorcycle it’s hard to race. I’m excited where we’re at and looking forward to the rest of the season.”

As for becoming the sixth different driver in seven races to come out on top, Krawiec praised his fellow drivers.

“That says a lot for our class and where it’s at right now,” he said. “I don’t think we’ve had better racing in the Pro Stock Motorcycle category ever. I’m excited to be a part of it.”

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