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This is Savoie's third trip to the winner's circle at
Maple Grove after finishing the runner-up to Hines at last year's event.
Although Antron Brown is Savoie's closest competitor in the NHRA Winston
Pro Stock Motorcycle points, Savoie was more impressed with her win
over Hines.
"The win over Matt was bigger than anything else today,"
Savoie said. "I was happy to beat Antron because he is a tough competitor.
To beat Matt after he had set the national record. I was the total underdog."
Although Hines lost in the second round to Savoie, he
left Maple Grove Raceway with another record to his credit. Hines broke
into the 7.0 second range with a 7.092 run against Joe DeSantis in the
opening round of eliminations. Hines now becomes the only NHRA Pro Stock
Motorcycle competitor to break into the7.0 range, the 7.1 range (1999
Keystone Nationals, Reading Pa.) and the 7.2 range (1997 Virginia Nationals,
Dinwiddie, Va.).
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