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Lane Shifts Into Overdrive

Chris Lane takes title to secure Classic berth on home waters

Lane Shifts Into Overdrive
Chris Lane had a big celebration in Detroit. (James Overstreet photo)

DETROIT — After leading the first day, then falling into Mark Davis’ wake on the second and third days, Chris Lane kicked it into high gear Sunday to win the Bassmaster Elite Series Plano Championship Chase.

Through the win, Lane, the 2012 Bassmaster Classic champ, got his 2014 Bassmaster Classic ticket punched — what he came into the Chase to achieve. From Guntersville, Ala., he was set on qualifying for the 2014 world championship on his home water of Lake Guntersville.

The win was also his first in the Bassmaster Elite Series and a $100,000 payday.

Lane landed the Chase title by weighing 82 pounds 4 ounces of smallmouth bass in four days of...

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