ROUND 3/APRIL 28, 2013
ROYAL PURPLE RACEWAY/HOUSTON, TEXAS
P78
HAT TRICK
DRAG RACING
NHRA PRO STOCK CHAMPIONSHIP
BY KEVIN MCKENNA
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARC GEWERTZ
I
t has been more than five
months since Lucas Oil Buell's
Hector Arana last lost a round
of NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle
competition. Arana went winless
during the 2012 season, but is
a perfect three-for-three in 2013
following his latest win against
Sovereign/Star Buell's Scotty
Pollacheck at the O'Reilly NHRA
Spring Nationals in Houston.
"To start the season with three
wins is awesome," Arana Jr.
said. "Of all three races, this is
the most nervous I've been because I know how hard it is to
keep going. There are so many
excellent riders out here and you
always think about what could go
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wrong."
Duplicating his performance
from the Charlotte round a week
earlier, Arana Jr. qualified number one with a 6.87. It was the
12th time in his 35-race career
that he's taken the top spot. Arana carried that momentum over
to race day where he was consistently quick in his wins over his
father, Hector Sr., Shawn Gann,
