By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
At this point, Gaige Herrera may want to purchase land in Gainesville, Florida. He likes the place so much.
The RevZilla Vance & Hines Pro Stock Motorcycle rider has won the 56th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. He has won the Gatornationals for the third straight year.
Herrera went 6.722 at 200.23 mph to get the win. Denso-sponsored Matt Smith went 6.723 at 203.19 mph in the losing effort.
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“This was a good day for me and a great day for Vance & Hines,” Herrera said. “We got here early this morning and had to sit through hours and I was like, ‘Let’s get on with it.’ Otherwise, my bike was deadly consistent. We made three straight runs that were 6.76 and I’m amazed that Andrew [Hines] can do that. In the final, we knew we needed more so we threw everything at it.
“I thought we’d run better but I didn’t expect a 6.72. I’m a neutral person and Matt [Smith] and I are cordial, but he does have a bit of rivalry with Vance & Hines and I think it’s good for the class.”
Before this final round, Herrera held a 7-2 advantage against Smith in previous events. Herrera also held a 4-1 advantage against Smith in their previous final rounds.
Herrera had a better reaction time, which led to his starting time advantage. He had a 0.035 reaction time, while Smith went 0.063 off the line.
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Smith attempted to gain on Herrera. He was close up until the 330-foot mark before he ran out of room to catch up.
Herrera won by 0.0295 seconds over the King, North Carolina native. The DeMotte, Indiana native won by approximately nine feet.
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