Victory Racing’s Matt Smith demonstrated true American performance, reached the finals, and finished second in Pro Stock Motorcycle competition at the NHRA’s Lucas Oil Nationals on July 12 at Route 66 Raceway in Chicago.

Racing on his Pro Stock Victory Gunner, Smith reached the final, where he was edged by a front wheel after getting the jump at the start.

Matt got off the line with a great reaction time of 0.039 seconds and ran the quarter-mile in 6.957 seconds at 190.24 mph.

Matt stated: “All in all, it was a great weekend for Victory and everyone that supports us. We had a big and supportive crowd in the hospitality center, the Victory Club. We had people from three Victory dealerships out there cheering us on and they had a great weekend.”