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ing and see what happens." Meanwhile, the day proved absolutely brutal on the (former) points leaders. On a day in which Shayna Texter-Bauman failed to qualify for the AFT Singles main and Chad Cose finished a distant 10th in AFT Production Twins, Jared Mees made just a brief and painful appearance in the Mis- sion SuperTwins Main. After injuring his left knee in a motocross training accident, Mees did all he could to save him- self for the final. He skipped Friday and turned as few laps as possible on Saturday. In the end, however, he could only turn a couple laps at second Estenson runner Kolby Carlile rounding out the top five. Added to his opening-week- end second and ninth, Beach's victory springboards him into an unexpected championship lead. He said, "[Team Manager] Tommy [Hayden] just showed me the points… I'm leading. That's a first ever for me. That's awe- some, but we have a lot of work to do. We're going to keep charg- Mission Roof Systems' Jarod Vanderkooi was particularly im- pressive, taking full advantage of the back-and-forth battle waged by a pair of TT race winners in Grand National Champion Briar Bauman and Coolbeth-Nila Rac- ing's Sammy Halbert. As the two executed attacks and counters on one another, Vanderkooi made quick work of both and powered away to a career-best runner-up result. A frustrated Bauman ultimately finished a lonely third. Halbert dropped to sixth after a late- race mishap with BMC Racing/ Dick Wall 60's Davis Fisher and FLAT TRACK PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FL AT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3 / MAY 1, 2021 ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY / HAMPTON, GEORGIA P116 Singles Champion Dallas Daniels competed in one of his select Production Twins races at the Super TT and came away with the win over Dalton Gauthier.