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Cycle News Issue 27 July 10

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FLAT TRACK AMERICAN FLAT TRACK SERIES ROUND 11 / JULY 7, 2018 WEEDSPORT SPEEDWAY / WEEDSPORT, NEW YORK P76 BY DAVE HOENIG PHOTOGRAPHY BY FLAT TRAK FOTOS A merican Flat Track re- turned to upstate New York for race number 11 of the 18-race season, and for the first time Grand National racing came to the renovated Weed- sport Speedway short track. The speedway hosted regional motorcycle races in the 1980s and '90s, but this was the first national for the beautiful facility. The odd shape of the track (a sharp turn-one that opened to a sweeping arc of a back straight that leads into a sharp turn-four) confounded the riders early on, but as the day progressed the racing got better and better. An overflowing crowd filled the grandstands, forcing the pro- moters to open the "Pit" grand- stands to paying customers. For the first time all year, de- fending Grand National Cham- pion and current points leader Jared Mees (Indian Motorcycle/ Rogers Racing, Indian Scout FTR750) was off his game early on and, after a poor heat race, he looked vulnerable to his hungry pursuers. In their semi, Jeffrey Carver (Roof-Systems of Dallas, TX/Indian of Metro Mil- waukee, Indian Scout FTR750) edged Mees by just three hundredths of a second after a race-long battle. "We struggled a little during qualifying, and we struggled huge in the heat race," Mees said. "We made some big ad- justments because we had noth- ing to lose. We went the right direction, Jimmy Wood changed shocks and we did some engine management stuff with Kenny Tolbert and S&S Cycle for the semi." When the 18-rider, 25-lap main event roared into turn one it was Jarod Vanderkooi (Harley- JARED SPEEDWAY MEES ADDS A SHORT TRACK

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