The season has not gone as planned for Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Hector Arana Sr. as he works through a frustrating stretch heading into this weekend’s Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway. But the longtime rider continues to…
Hector Arana Sr. Busier than Expected in Lead-in to NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
With six weeks off between the season-opening Gatornationals and this weekend’s eighth annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, most Pro Stock Motorcycle teams had a chance to not only get some work done, but enjoy a few days off. That wasn’t the…
Lucas Oil Pro Hector Arana Sr. Sets Goals High for Dallas
There are three races left in the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, beginning with this weekend’s 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals at Texas Motorplex, and Lucas Oil racer Hector Arana Sr. has a simple goal: Win them…
Hector Arana Sr., Matt and Angie Smith visit Salisbury VA Medical Center
NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle riders Hector Arana Sr. and Matt and Angie Smith visited the W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center on Thursday in support of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program. The Million Veteran Program (http://www.research.va.gov/mvp/default.cfm) is…
Past Champ Hector Arana Sr. Ready to Make Another Title Run
The pressure of racing for an NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series championship is nothing new for Lucas Oil Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Hector Arana Sr. As the Countdown to the Championship begins with the NHRA Carolina Nationals this…
Hector Arana Sr. Concentrating on Quality of Racing and Life in Chicago
NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Hector Arana Sr., rider of the Lucas Oil Buell, has gained immense amounts of wisdom about blasting down the quarter-mile in his almost three decades between the centerline and the retaining wall. He has…
Hector Arana Sr. Wins Atlanta
The old man’s still got it. Lucas Oil Buell racer Hector Arana Sr., still running strong at age 56, stormed to a triumphant victory at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals on Sunday at Atlanta Dragway. The win…
One out of Four for Hector Sr.
Lucas Oil Buell rider Hector Arana Sr. was able to smile Saturday despite getting only one full run in qualifying for the 28th annual Uni-Select Auto Plus NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway. That’s because that pass, in the first…