Andrew Hines is still likely going to attempt to gain a license in a Pro Stock car, but it will not happen May 25 as originally planned.

Hines, who won Pro Stock Motorcycle world championships from 2004-2006, was going to make some runs in the John Gaydosh Performance Pontiac GTO at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kan., two days after the scheduled completion of the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Summer Nationals at the track this weekend.

“Those runs are not going to happen,” said Hines, who turns 27 Tuesday. “The car I was going to use, John (Gaydosh) hurt his motor on the last qualifier in Atlanta. He broke an oil pump belt and burned up some parts, so he is not racing at Topeka. I’m not sure when I’m going to get to make some runs in his car. He has to get a motor together, and we will just figure it out from there. It is disappointing because I was really looking forward to it, but it wasn’t like a life or death situation. It was something to do to have fun, and to try it.”

Andrew Hines is still likely going to attempt to gain a license in a Pro Stock car, but it will not happen May 25 as originally planned.

Hines, who won Pro Stock Motorcycle world championships from 2004-2006, was going to make some runs in the John Gaydosh Performance Pontiac GTO at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kan., two days after the scheduled completion of the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Summer Nationals at the track this weekend.

“Those runs are not going to happen,” said Hines, who turns 27 Tuesday. “The car I was going to use, John (Gaydosh) hurt his motor on the last qualifier in Atlanta. He broke an oil pump belt and burned up some parts, so he is not racing at Topeka. I’m not sure when I’m going to get to make some runs in his car. He has to get a motor together, and we will just figure it out from there. It is disappointing because I was really looking forward to it, but it wasn’t like a life or death situation. It was something to do to have fun, and to try it.”

Hines believes he still will make some laps in Gaydosh’s car, it’s just a matter of making schedules work.

“It should happen,” Hines said. “He said he should be racing at Chicago (June 3-6) and Englishtown (June 10-13), so we were thinking sometime around then. It’s just a matter of logistics, and figuring out where we can test. It doesn’t matter if it’s after a race I’m racing at or whatever. It depends on where he’s traveling through and where I can meet him. If we can get together something for Monday (June 7) after Chicago or sometime before Englishtown out East somewhere, we will figure something out.”

Hines did get a small taste of being a Pro Stock driver during the O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals in Houston April 9-11, as he warmed up Gaydosh’s car a few times.

“I haven’t been down the track in a Pro Stock car or driven it around the pits or anything, so it will all come flooding in one day,” Hines said.

Hines is presently third in the Pro Stock Motorcycle points standings, thanks to winning at the 30th annual Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Ga., last Sunday. Hines, who drives the Screamin’ Eagle Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson, beat defending class champion and current points leader, Hector Arana. The Pro Stock Motorcycle class isn’t competing at Topeka. The bikes return to action at Chicago.  

“I feel real confident right now,” said Hines, who has won 20 career Pro Stock Motorcycle national event races. “The bike is running strong, and leaving the starting line consistently, which makes it a lot easier to ride, and it’s easier to focus on what to do after you let go of the clutch. It makes it an enjoyable pass when everything goes right, like it did in Atlanta. The key for the rest of the summer is to just run good in the heat. We stumbled on to something there on Sunday in Atlanta, and figured out the setup in the final round. We have a good baseline setup for the heat, and we know we can run good in good air, with the conditions we had in Houston, so we also will be set for later in the season.”