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Race 8
0f 15 / Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals
Denver, CO / July 14 - 16 2006
Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals - July 14 - 16 2006
** From
NHRA.com **
Defending back-to-back series champion Hines finally
recorded a win this season in his third final-round
appearance. Hines gave up a massive .058-second head
start to Guidera but his Screamin' Eagle
Harley-Davidson V-Rod had made up the gap by the
330-foot timer and he simply cruised away for the
win in 7.435 seconds at 179.97 mph to Guidera's
7.566 at 176.63 mph on the Rocklin Motorsports Buell
V-Twin.
"We
had an absolutely dismal qualifying effort but what
a Sunday," Hines said. "The team did such a great
job making the adjustments and my V-Rod went right
down the track every pass today like it was on a
rail.
"To
come in here 28 points down and leave 28 points up
is unreal. I was hoping this race would be the
turning point of our season and we're looking like
it really might be. This is my first win as a
married man and my wife and son are here today so
that makes it even more special."
This
was Guidera's second final of the season. He's now
0-2 with a trophy on the line but he did move up to
seventh in the POWERade points.
Hines
entered the weekend 28 points in arrears to
three-time former champ Angelle Sampey at the top of
the Pro Stock Motorcycle standings. His win, coupled
with her second-round loss to teammate Antron Brown,
moved him 28 points ahead.
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