FLAT TRACK
AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 3/APRIL 21, 2019
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY/FORT WORTH, TEXAS
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into fourth for a while.
Bauman held the point for two
laps, but Mees grabbed his first
lead on lap three. Mees looked
poised to make one of his patent-
ed runaway moves, but Bauman
stayed locked to his rear wheel.
Bauman continued to press as the
two leaders pulled a gap on Rob-
inson, who was now alone in third.
JD Beach (Estenson Racing/
Monster Energy, Yamaha MT-07)
and Rob Pearson (RJ Perfor-
mance/Hite Trucking/Country Sa-
loon, Indian FTR750) applied early
pressure on Pegram for fourth,
but were eventually replaced by
Sammy Halbert (Harley-Davidson
Motor Company/Vance & Hines,
Harley-Davidson XG750R), who
BLUES TRAVELER
As it turned out, Jared Mees was
lucky to just be at the racetrack
after suffering through travel
problems. "Yesterday, me, Nichole
and Hayden were sitting on the
plane getting ready to back up and
take off. We were due to land at
four o'clock," said Mees. "All of a
sudden, bam, there was some fuel
leak on the airplane. We had to get
off the plane so they could work on
the plane. I got onto another flight
because it was going to be delayed
for so long. Then weather came
in Atlanta, and my plane wouldn't
come. Everything got canceled.
I had to drive an hour and a half
north to a different airport at 3 a.m.
this morning to get on a 6 a.m.
flight, and I landed at 10 o'clock. I
was a little cloudy earlier on. I just
did some old-school remedies to
wake myself up and get going. I
was able to pull it off. A couple
Monster Energy drinks and we
were good."
CRASH FEST
The AFT Pro Singles class con-
tinues to be somewhat of a crash
fest, as, once again, several
riders had to be transported after
several crashes. Fortunately, none
required overnight stays at the hos-
pital. A crash during the main re-
sulted in two trashed motorcycles,
but both riders—Kevin Stollings and
Dylan Bell—were able to walk away,
and the race was not red flagged.
Briefly...
Larry Pegram (72) put himself in the mix for a while.
