Points leader Hines wins NHRA event at Sonoma

SONOMA, Calif. -- Andrew Hines raced to his third NHRA Mickey Thompson Pro Bike Battle victory Saturday at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals.

The Pro Stock Motorcycle points leader and winner of six of the nine events this season, Hines beat teammate Eddie Krawiec in the final round with a run of 6.912 seconds at 193.24 mph on a Harley-Davidson. Hines earned $25,000 in the eight-rider bonus event.

"Racing through this year and racing here at the Mickey Thompson Pro Bike Battle, I had my focus," Hines said. "We had a tuneup we could rely on. I've always been the guy to put too much pressure on myself, and you take the points out of the equation (for a bonus race), and it always seemed to work out for…