VOLUME 57 ISSUE 24 JUNE 16, 2020 P57
KAILUB'S
BACK
away. I've been struggling a little
bit, so I did a little bit of a warmup
routine before the race, and I felt
better the first half a lap. I was
able to stretch it out but then got
into lappers, and I kind of tanked
myself. It's just frustrating. I'm glad
to win, but I'm not really happy
with the ride, to be honest with
you. I know it's part of the sport,
but those lappers are so slow and
it's dangerous. It's just frustrating.
That's all I can say."
In fact, Russell lost his voice
from yelling at lappers to move out
of the way.
Despite getting off to a terrible
start, Strang (Babbitt's Online/
Monster Energy/Team Green
Kawasaki) finished a close sec-
ond to Russell in a race that got
interesting on the final lap. Strang
botched the start and was way
down but still inside the top-10 on
the opening lap. It wasn't until lap
three when he found his pace and
started to move to the front, which
eventually put Strang into second
behind Russell.
The Aussie played cat and
mouse with Russell, moving to
within 10-seconds of the leader
when Russell hit the ground on
Kailub Russell (1) and Mike
Witkowski (523) fight for
the holeshot at the start of
the High Point GNCC.
KAILUB RUSSELL RETURNS
TO THE TOP AT HIGH POINT GNCC
