FLAT TRACK
AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 4/APRIL 27, 2019
WILD HORSE PASS MOTORSPORTS PARK/CHANDLER, ARIZONA
P76
behind on their Harley-Davidson
XG750Rs.
Bauman steadily enlarged
his lead as Beach settled into
second, and Mees drifted back
in third. The top three positions
looked set as the field circulated
the long, flowing TT track. Bau-
man's lead had increased to over
three seconds by lap 12, but
then the lead began to shrink.
"I knew Briar was going to be
real quick; he was fast all day.
progress toward the front, which is
always the goal. I'm looking forward
to heading to Perris and hopefully
getting back up on the podium."
EARLY EXIT
Shayna Texter, the winner of the
previous Singles round in Texas,
failed to make it out of the Semis,
where she finished 10
th
. "It was a
bit of a rough day for me, being
that it's a pretty unique race track
with multiple jumps, a right-hander,
front brake—all things that we don't
typically see all year," she said. "To
have that many obstacles was a bit
of a challenge for me. Keeping our
head up, though, we're seventh in
the points heading into Perris and
Sacramento, which are two tracks
that I feel pretty confident going
into, and I feel like we could have
two very strong results. Everything
Briefly...
Jeffrey Carver Jr. (23) finished out the night in fourth.
