INTERVIEW
NHRA PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE CHAMPION ANDREW HINES
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two more than me. That was a
huge difference as far as I was
concerned. That was our game
plan but it didn't quite work out."
Savoie did as many had
expected—he qualified number
one in Pomona and entered the
final day of the season needing
to make up just two rounds on
Hines. Adding to the drama, the
qualifying ladder had Hines and
Savoie on a collision course in
the semi-final round if both rid-
ers managed to get that far. For
Savoie, the math was simple;
win the race and he'd win the
championship regardless of
what Hines did. On race day,
Hines and Savoie each won their
first elimination round and to no
one's surprise, Savoie had the
quickest bike in the round.
Just about the time that Hines
began to have the impending
feeling of doom creep in to his
thoughts, his Harley-Davidson
teammate Eddie Kraweic came
to the rescue. Krawiec was
paired against Savoie in the sec-
ond round and somehow man-
aged to win the round, deciding
the title in Hines' favor. Krawiec,
prevailed in what may have
