Drag Racing: Hines Wins Inaugural NHRA Event in Norwalk July 3, 2007
Andrew Hines had one wish going into the weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. He wanted to win the event the inaugural event, no less, at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park.
His wish came true on Sunday.
Hines rode his Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson …
Drag Racing: Krawiec makes Semifinal Round in Career First NHRA Eliminations March 21, 2007
The Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson team can breathe a little easier on race days from now on.
Not only does the team have three-time NHRA POWERade champion Andrew Hines on their side, but the new guy’s not bad either.
Eddie Krawiec, an Englishtown, N.J., resident and native, not only qualified for his first …
Drag Racing: Hines earns Third Consecutive NHRA Championship November 14, 2006
Hines Caps Challenging Season With Third Title When Matt Hines earned three consecutive NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle championships between 1997-’99, his little brother was 14 years old, just wandering around the Vance & Hines pit area.
Andrew Hines has grown up since then.
Now 23 years old, he spent Sunday celebrating his …
Drag Racing: Hines rides Screamin’ Eagle V-Rod to Victory on way to Points Lead October 31, 2006
Andrew Hines and the Screamin’ Eagle/ Vance & Hines V-Rod Harley-Davidson team now like The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. They really don’t have a reason not to like it now. Sunday was that good for the team.
Hines rode his way back into the NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle points lead …
Drag Racing: Vancil sets ET Record while Turner takes Win in Rockingham October 18, 2006
Jay Turner is making a run for the Screamin’ Eagle AHDRA Nitro Top Fuel Championship and Sunday just helped his cause. Turner took the trophy and valuable championship points, closing the gap between him and the only man who has more points than him so far this season first place rider …
Drag racing: Hines and Tonglet Come up Short in Bid for Reading Win October 3, 2006
Luckily for the Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines V-Rod Harley-Davidson team, they didn’t spot a ‘fat lady’ singing in their pit area Sunday during the 22nd annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway.
Both of the Screamin’ Eagle riders lost in the early rounds of …
Drag Racing: Screamin’ Eagle V-Rod Team ready to make upcoming race count September 28, 2006
Hines Plans To Treat Rerun Race Like It Was the First Time. If you ask Andrew Hines, it never happened. Really. The rumor about how the Screamin’ Eagle/ Vance & Hines V-Rod Harley-Davidson team went to Reading , Pa. , for an NHRA national event nearly two weeks ago is just …
Drag Racing: Jay Turner helps lead Team Manusco to Double Wins September 27, 2006
Jay Turner helped make the weekend one to remember for the entire Mancuso Harley-Davidson team, earning two victories at the Jim McClure Nationals Sunday.
Jim McClure passed away in 2004. Turner gave a eulogy to remember at the funeral. His opponent on the race track Sunday, Doug Vancil, was the first recipient of …
Drag Racing: Hines earns second consecutive victory at Memphis August 23, 2006
Andrew Hines learned a lot this weekend. He learned how his body and his Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines V-Rod work together to produce good or poor reaction times. He learned how important momentum is going into the final handful of races in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. He also learned how valuable a good pair of dry shoes is when the rain clears.
Hines rode his Screamin’ Eagle V-Rod to victory Monday after rain caused a one-day delay in final eliminations for the 19th annual O’Reilly Mid-South NHRA Nationals at Memphis Motorsports Park.
The victory propelled Hines back into the No. …
Drag Racing: Shigematsu turns second final appearance into win August 18, 2006
Tak Shigematsu revenged an early-season loss to Mike Romine Sunday during the Thunder in the Valley Nationals presented by Smith Bros Harley-Davidson. The Ehime, Japan native posted a loss against Romine in Norwalk, Ohio earlier this season. Shigematsu evened the score Sunday, beating Romine in the final at Bristol Dragway.
The win was Shigematsu’s first this season, but second at Bristol Dragway as he also posted a victory there in 2002. He topped the current points leader by riding his Don Johnson Racing Harley-Davidson to a 6.446-second pass at 215.86. Romine and the Salt Lake City Harley-Davidson team recorded a 6.594 …