When you're the son of legendary tuner and engineer Byron Hines and the brother of three-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Matt Hines, a career in anything but racing would likely raise a few eyebrows.

With a stellar history of success in his family, Andrew Hines has done exactly what he was supposed to do: He followed his passion. His choice has paid off with gusto, as the 23-year-old Indianapolis resident has been experiencing success before he was legally able to drink the champagne that is sprayed on the victors in winner's circle.

Hines pilots one of two Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson entries in the NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle category. He may be young and inexperienced in life, but in racing, his resume is filled with one success story after another including being the owner of three consecutive NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle championships (2004-'06). By earning his first series championship at 21, he bested the former record, set by his brother in 1997 at age 25.

So far his career has been a series of dreams, flashing together in storybook fashion. He won his first championship in 2004 wire-to-wire, never once relinquishing the lead. In 2005 he wanted to makes waves at his first race as the defending champ. Mission accomplished. The Hines name will forever be etched in the record books as the Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines team did something that was even better than a single victory. They made history.

Hines rode his Harley-Davidson to a 6.991-second pass during qualifying, becoming the first rider in NHRA history to post a sub-seven second elapsed time. Since then Hines has gone on to record four of the top 10 quickest passes in NHRA history as well as six of the top 10 fastest passes in NHRA history.

"Terry (Vance) and my dad (Byron Hines) have been racing together for a long time and I have heard all of their stories including how Terry became the first rider in the 7-second range," Hines said. "The 6-second barrier was one of the last great performance barriers for a long time and it's great knowing that we are keeping the milestone accomplishments in the family."

Hines made his professional debut in 2002, qualifying for all seven events he entered and becoming a finalist for rookie of the year honors. That was when he was asked to join the Harley-Davidson team run by his father and brother. Riding a Harley-Davidson V-Rod Hines earned the first final round appearance of his career in Sonoma, Calif., that same season.

It's just improved since then.

With six full seasons of professional racing on his resume Hines has earned 13 career wins in 22 final round appearances, three NHRA championships and one of the most sought-after performance records in racing. Perhaps he really was born for this.