VOLUME 56 ISSUE 26 JULY 2, 2019 P79
DPC Racing, Indian FTR750) were
stacked up underneath running
almost four-wide.
Bauman was able to lead the first
three laps at the finish line, but who
was in the lead varied depending
on where they were on the track.
Mees was able to lead lap four, but
Bauman would lead off turn two
only to give it back off turn four.
The battle for the lead overshad-
owed the war over third between
Johnson, Price, Carver and Wiles.
As the leaders were finishing lap
seven, the red lights came on for a
crash in turn three.
Mees led the restart off the line
with Bauman repeating his chal-
lenges. Lap nine saw a bizarre
incident when Briar's Indian shed
its rear tire, coming completely off
the rim.
Mees' lead instantly grew to
almost one second as it took a bit
for Carver to fill the void left by Bau-
man's departure. Wiles took over
third with Price and Johnson all
over him. Johnson's Yamaha began
in second place, with Chad Cose (Par-
kinson Brothers Racing/Ritchie Reyn-
olds, Kawasaki Ninja 650) nabbing the
win just ahead of Texter. James Rispoli
(Black Hills Harley-Davidson/Pro Beam
by Custom Dynamics, Harley-Davidson
XG750R) gave Harley-Davidson its first
podium finish in the class. Texter retains
his lead in the championship, with a
27-point lead over Ryan Varnes. Their
next race is not on the schedule until
August in Rapid City, SD.
TO THE POINT
Despite his tire problems, Briar Bauman
still has his position atop the AFT Twins
points chase, but the lead is now down
to 13 over Jared Mees. Mechanical
problem also claimed Brandon Robin-
son and he failed to qualify for the main.
He now holds third, 24 points behind
Mees.
CRASHED OUT
Two hard crashes during the day side-
lined both Jarod Vanderkooi (Harley-
Davidson Motor Company/Vance &
Hines, Harley-Davidson XG750R) and
Jordan Harris (RRCF Racing/Iowa City
Brakes, Kawasaki Ninja 650). Both
took pretty heavy blows to the head and
opted to sit out the rest of the day.
Briefly...
to go south about the halfway mark
and he would eventually drop all the
way to a 14th-place finish.
The great race between Mees
and Bauman was replaced by an
equally great race between Mees
and Carver. Wiles, eventually was
able to shake Price and he closed
on the leaders who were occupied
with each other.
With the laps winding down
Mees was running into the turns
(Above) Bryan Smith takes a
face-full of Lima's infamous
pea gravel. (Below) Briar
Bauman challenged Mees
for the lead, but his night
ended prematurely when his
Indian shed its rear tire.
