Chad Cose (Wally Brown Rac-
ing/Suzuki Motor of America,
Suzuki RM-Z450), Ryan Wells
(Waters Autobody Racing/D&D
Powersports, KTM 450 SX-F)
and Michael Inderbitzin (RMR
Honda/Honda Talon, Honda
CRF450R) right behind.
As the leaders battled away,
youngster Brandon Kitchen
(Donley Excavating/Certified
Plumbing, Honda CRF450R)
was carving his way to the front.
"I came from the third row and
didn't think I had a shot at the
win," said Kitchen. "Then the last
five laps I thought, 'I might have
a shot.'"
The lead pack had shrunk to
three, Wiles, Rush and Inderb-
itzin on the last lap. "I got a real
good draft around all three of
them and then got a good drive
off turn four," said Kitchen. "I
knew I had to sweep down the
front straight so they couldn't
draft me. I could hear them com-
ing around the outside, but I got
it done."
Wiles finished just 19-hun-
dredths of a second back. Rush,
Inderbitzin and Wells rounded
out the top five.
Kitchen's confidence was
overflowing as he set the fast
time and sat on the pole for
Saturday's main. Kitchen held an
early lead over Tanner Dean (1st
Impression Race Team/Florida
Plumbing, Honda CRF450R)
and Cole Zabala (Cornerstone
Masonry/B&M Masonry, Honda
CRF450R) while Henry Wiles
worked his way to the front along
with Dallas Daniels (Estenson
Racing/Yamaha Racing, Yamaha
YZ450F). Positions were chang-
ing all around the race track as
the top ten riders were all within
a second of each other.
Wiles was able to take over on
lap 14. The lead was never very
large, but unlike Friday, he never
gave it back. Zabala made one
FLAT TRACK
AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUNDS 3-4 / AUGUST 21-22, 2020
INDIANA STATE FAIRGROUNDS / INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
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Brandon Kitchen (105) squeaked out a win in Friday night's Singles class.
