FLAT TRACK
AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 18 / OCTOBER 6, 2018
MEADOWLANDS / EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY
P98
FLAT TRACK
tions in the last two laps. Both Wiles
and Beach were able to slip around.
Fisher, Cose and Johnson filled out
the top 10.
Smith's win last week in Minnesota
came about when Briar Bauman ran
out of fuel with a lap and a half to go
and that was on Smith's mind as the
race played out. "I had to earn this
one, but it came kind of easy even
though I followed Mees. It was part
of the strategy," said Smith. "We
were a little worried about fuel. I got
lucky on fuel; I didn't want to be the
guy that ran out."
AFT Singles
The AFT Singles Championship had
also been decided well before this
event, but it didn't lessen the inten-
sity any. Defending class Champion,
Kolby Carlile (Estenson Racing/Mc-
Candless Trucking Center Yamaha
YZ450F) got the holeshot in the
15-lap main event and stretched out
to over a one-second lead.
Smith and tuner Ricky Howerton celebrate on the Indian for the
last time. The duo is returning to Kawasaki next year.
The Singles main
gets down to
business. It was
would almost
as close as it
started.
Part of the reason Carlile was able to get away was the huge
battle going on behind him. Shayna Texter (Husqvarna Motor-
cycles/Roof-Systems Husqvarna FC450) was second on the
first lap only to fall to sixth in the next. Dan Bromley (KTM North
America/Bromley Motorsports KTM 450 SX-F) went from sixth
to second.
