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I have no problem believing that.
Years ago I read a "normal" vs. "fuel efficient" driving comparison in a magazine article. In the end, the difference wasn't as large as they expected, and one of the conclusions they reached was based on the "normal" driver's background: he was an amateur road course racer.
He was carrying far more speed into and through curves on the test route (as well as steering a straigher path) than an actual normal driver would, and saving fuel as a result. In real life, a normal driver would have braked more before, and accelerated more after the curve than this guy did.
Of course that just gives people who are pre-disposed to knee-jerk reactions another reason to declare hypermilers as dangerous and/or nutty.
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