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WIN OVER HARLEY TEAMMATE TIES KRAWIEC WITH SCHULTZ AT 44 TITLES

In sports, intrasquad competition usually pits the first team against the scrubs.

That’s not how it works for Vance & Hines Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson Pro Stock Motorcycle when teammates Eddie Krawiec and Andrew Hines battle each other in an NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock Motorcycle event.

TANNER GRAY CLAIMS PRO STOCK GATORS WIN

Prior to the Gatornationals, Tanner Gray’s Pro Stock team was searching for answers about a tough two-race start to the 2018 NHRA season.

The team found its groove at Gainesville, Fla., as Gray reached the winner’s circle in his Gray Motorsports Valvoline Chevy Camaro.

TWO DEAD, FOUR INJURED IN GEORGIA DRAG STRIP SHOOTING

Macon.com has confirmed two are dead are dead, and four were injured following a shooting Saturday evening at the Headhunters Motor Club Dragway in Eatonton, Ga.

CRAMPTON, BECKMAN, T. GRAY AND KRAWIEC ARE WINNERS AT NHRA GATORNATIONALS

Richie Crampton took home the Top Fuel victory Sunday afternoon at the 49th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway.

Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Tanner Gray (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are also winners in their respective categories at the third of 24 events on the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule.

RICKIE SMITH VICTORIOUS IN FIRST PRO MOD EVENT OF 2018 AT GAINESVILLE

Rickie Smith drove to victory Sunday during the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service portion of the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Dragway. This weekend’s Pro Mod racing, presented by Jerry Bickel Race Cars, is the first of 12 events this season.

Smith ran a 5.794-second pass at 249.76 mph in his Chevrolet Camaro to take down Mike Janis in the final round and earn his first victory since Englishtown in 2017 and the 12th of his career. Smith defeated Bob Rahaim, Jim Whiteley and Mike Castellana on his way to the win.

ROUND BY ROUND RESULTS FROM GATORNATIONALS

Final round-by-round results from the 49th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway, the third of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series:

POINT STANDINGS FOLLOWING 2018 GATORNATIONALS

Point standings (top 10) following the 49th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway, the third of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series -

SPORTSMAN RESULTS FROM 2018 NHRA GATORNATIONALS

HINES STARTS PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE AS NO. 1 AFTER ARANA JR. HITS 200

Hector Arana Jr. made history Friday with the first 200-mph run in NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle history, but it was Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson teammates who ruled qualifying with quick times in the 49th annual Amalie NHRA Gatornationals.

Six-time NHRA world champion Andrew Hines edged his Screamin’ Eagle teammate Eddie Krawiec, the reigning world champ, for the No. 1 qualifying position heading to Sunday’s eliminations in the first of 16 events in the NHRA Mello Yello category’s season.

ANDERSON LEADS PRO STOCK WITH FIRST POLE OF THE YEAR, FOURTH AT GAINESVILLE

While supercharged, nitromethane-fueled teams in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series were subpar throughout two days of qualifying in the 49th annual Amalie NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway, Pro Stock crew chiefs were not as miffed by warm temperatures and a tricky track in northern Florida.

Six-time Pro Stock world champion Greg Anderson and the Summit Racing Equipment Chevrolet Camaro was able to maintain a hold on the No. 1 qualifying position for his first pole of the year. He earned the last one of his 94 pole-winning efforts at last year’s season-finale.

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