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Cycle News 2014 Issue 26 July 1

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NHRA MELLOW YELLO PRO STOCK SERIES DRAG RACING BY KEVIN MCKENNA PHOTOGRAPHY BY MATT POLITO A week after Angie and Matt Smith met in an historic husband-wife final, there was a father-son battle on the NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock Motorcycle tour when Lucas Oil Buell's Hector Arana Sr. and Jr. met in the final round. In perhaps the ultimate example of a rebel- lious youth, Arana Jr. defeated his far more experienced father, 6.92 to 6.94. Afterwards, both Arana's insisted that the victory was sealed long before the two riders staged for the final round. There have been other father- son final rounds in NHRA drag racing and even a pair of father- daughter finals with John Force and his daughters Ashley and Courtney, but never one in the Pro Stock motorcycle class. "We won together," said Hec- tor Jr. "I would not be here with- out [Hector Sr.]. To race him in a final is just a dream come true for our whole team. We've been trying to do this for four years and it finally happened. It didn't really matter who won because we were bringing home a Wally [trophy] to Indiana. Now we just need a brother-brother final with me and Adam. As good as this feels to be honest, I would have preferred to beat one of the other riders. It would feel a lot better than beating my dad." Screamin' Eagle Harley-Da- vidson's Eddie Krawiec had the dominant bike in qualifying and appeared ticketed for the final round, but he lost in the sec- ond round when he red-lighted against last week's winner, Kan- dy Buell's Angie Smith. It was the second time in as many events that Smith has defeated Krawiec ROUND 6/JUNE 29, 2014 ROUTE 66 RACEWAY/CHICAGO, ILLINOIS P88 Hector Arana Jr. won his first Pro Stock final of the season at Joliet Raceway in Chicago. FATHER DOESN'T KNOW BEST HECTOR ARANA JR. DEFEATS HIS FATHER, HECTOR SR. IN HISTORIC FATHER-SON FINAL ROUND

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