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FLAT TRACK AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 12 / AUGUST 6, 2019 BL ACK HILLS SPEEDWAY / RAPID CIT Y, SOUTH DAKOTA P102 Mischler was relegated to the best seat in the house and finished a half-second back in third. Michael Inderbitzin (Morris Racing/Mark Strock/Pacific Tile & Tub, Honda CRF450R) was a solid fourth. lap pass stick to the finish line as he won his first-ever AFT Singles main event. "I don't know if I want to call it lucky or good or somewhere in between, but the race craft comes into play," said Cose. "I know [Texter] has so much experience at this, and it was a game of cat and mouse. Luckily I crossed the finish line first." said Fisher. "I think a Harley rock broke my foot, well it was kicked up by Vanderkooi," said Larry Pegram, while soaking his foot in a bucket of ice after posting an eighth-place finish. GETTING TO THE POINTS Briar Bauman's win, along with defending AFT Twins Champion Jared Mees' problems, has pushed Bauman to a 32-point lead over Mees and 50 over his brother, Bronson. Jeffrey Carver is fourth, seven behind Bronson. Despite his problems in the AFT Singles main event, Dalton Gauthier continues to hold onto the points lead. Dan Bromley and Mikey Rush's sixth- and seventh-place finishes, respectively, did move them closer to the top, though. Bromley is 10 points back, while Rush is 18 back. AFT Produc- tion Twins points leader Cory Texter finished off the podium for the first time, but he held on to his lead over race winner Ryan Varnes. Texter's lead is now at 15, with Chad Cose and Kolby Carlile in third and fourth, respectively, over 40 points down. Briefly... IIIMY OWN RACE: 37 BRONSON BAUMAN 3RD AFT TWIN "I felt really strong early on. My brother is an excellent racer. I knew he would have to make a big mistake for me to get around him," said Bauman. "It felt really good to run up front. All in all, I'm really happy with where we were running tonight. I started losing ground on him because I started making more mistakes than I needed to. Jeffrey got by me be- cause of that. Brandon Robinson was hot on my bu . We started charging Briar down. The next thing you know, four riders were going for the lead. When the red flag came out, I think it probably helped us, but if the red had not come out, I think it would have been one hell of a race. This is the anniversary of me ge ng to ride this bike. Last year I got sixth as a backup rider, and I am happy to take third this year." 44 BRANDON ROBINSON 4TH AFT TWINS "The red flag was my enemy tonight. My bike and my re were just star ng to come in," said Robinson. "I was able to get by Bronson for third right at the red flag. Unfortunately, the red flag came out because I felt like I had something for them tonight. We were catching Briar even though we were ba ling behind him before the red flag. I was doing Suzuki-mounted Chad Cose ended out Shayna Texter for the Singles main-event win.