Matt Smith still doesn't know what a 200 mile per hour run feels like.  

This is kind of odd considering Smith raced through the traps aboard his Buell at the Auto Club NHRA Finals at 200.56 miles per hour to become the third-fastest Pro Stock Motorcycle rider in NHRA history and rewrite the track speed record. His 6.774 elapsed time was the provisional No. 1 qualifying position.  

"That run didn't feel really any different than the four 199-mile per hour runs I've made before," Smith admitted. "I'm glad to finally be able to mark that off of my bucket list. I wanted to do this before I finally retire from this deal."

Although Smith failed to improve with a 6.799, 199.67 in Q-2, he believes there's more left in his bike.

"I think there is," Smith admitted. "I got over toward the centerline and it was spinning the tire a little bit. There's more left in it. We have, I believe, a 201 left in it. It's really dry here, and that makes it fast here.  

"At first I thought because it was so dry, our weather station was broken."

Smith joins Hector Arana Jr. and Eddie Krawiec as the only riders who officially have posted runs in excess of 200 miles per hour. 

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