Krawiec said. "It was probably
more important to have lane
choice here than at any other
race. In qualifying, we had
the bike setup to make good
clean runs and then the wind
turned on us 180 degrees. It
was blowing across the track
at 25 mph and we needed
the wall to break the wind. We
had to make a chassis adjust-
ment and that was huge. The
problem is that on Sunday, we
just didn't know where to start.
In the second round against
Karen Stoffer, it got me really
hard past the finish line. I had
to yank the bike hard left. A lot
of us were struggling just to get
down the track."
Savoie, in search of his third-
straight win in Dallas, rode past
Gunner Courtney, Gladstone,
and Polaris Victory Magnum's
Matt Smith before losing to
Krawiec in the final.
After the event, Krawiec
holds a 107-point lead over
Tonglet while Savoie is now
in fourth, 146-points back.
Krawiec's teammate, Andrew
Hines sits third, 142 behind.
The final race in Pomona fea-
tures a points-and-a-half format,
which means all four riders are
still very much in the running for
the title.
"We have Las Vegas and
then we go to Pomona and I
like where I'm sitting right now,"
Krawiec said. "We've got a deal
here where any bike in the top 10
can win a race so you have to ap-
proach each race with caution.
I've just got to worry about what's
going on in my camp and do my
job. If I can stay focused, I think
we can win that championship."
Kevin McKenna
IN
THE
WIND
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Krawiec now enjoys a big
points lead but with the
last two rounds coming up
with Pomona final offering
points and a half, it's
certainly not over yet.
