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NHRA: Krisher, Hines Give Eagle One 2 Wins

26 June 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

Ron Krisher and Matt Hines both took the Eagle One car care products colors to victory lane late last Saturday night in the NHRA Winston Drag Racing Sears Craftsman Nationals at the Gateway track just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. Krisher, making his third consecutive final-round appearance in the Eagle One Pontiac Firebird, defeated Greg Anderson for the Pro Stock crown. Krisher, who earned his first Pro Stock win June 4 at Joliet, Ill. after qualifying No. 1, then went on to make the finals at Columbus, Ohio, a week ago, and came back to claim another pole and win at Gateway. His streak has moved the 52-year-old from Warren, Ohio, into second place in the Pro Stock class standings.

Hines, trying for an unprecedented fourth consecutive Pro Stock Motorcycle championship on the Eagle One Suzuki, beat Angelle Seeling in the final quarter-mile race. It was the second win of the season for the 28-year-old from Trinidad, Colo., and 25th of his NHRA career. He's now second in points, just 79 behind Seeling, and is the defending bike winner in the Winston Showdown, NHRA's all-star event, July 7-9 at Bristol, Tn..

Meanwhile, five-time Top Fuel champion Joe Amato remains fifth in points in the DynoMax/Valvoline/Keystone Automotive dragster after qualifying No. 1 at Gateway and making the final round at Columbus.

NHRA Extra: How Do You Measure Success?

Since winning his first NHRA Winston Pro Stock race June 4 at Joliet, Ill., Ron Krisher's Eagle One Pontiac Firebird has continued to be a true threat each pass down the quarter-mile. Krisher qualified No. 2 at Columbus, Ohio and again made it to the final round. In last Saturday's Sears Craftsman Nationals in Madison, Ill., Krisher won again from the pole. He's now second in points.

As a successful businessman, Krisher tells the following story, illustrating his philosophy on success on-and-off the track.

"Somebody said to me, 'How do you keep track of what you're doing?' I said, 'Dollars.' He said, 'Well, that's a terrible thing to use to measure success.' I said, 'No it isn't. The more dollars you make, the more you can afford to pay people, the wages and benefits and security and the good feeling they get. The only way you can provide that is with dollars. It's not a horrible thing to measure your success with dollars. You take those dollars and you make everybody else around you successful.' How else can you measure success in business?"

Text provided by Michael Knight

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