for the final spot on the box, and
pretty much everyone else was
in contention for fifth.
And that's how it went; Beach
worked his Estenson Racing
Yamaha MT-07 DT past a quick-
starting Mees before they had
even exited the second corner
and then capitalized on the fact
that Bauman had not.
A couple laps later, Bauman
made his move but was already
The pre-race expectations
played out as precisely as
such things can. The prevail-
ing thought predicted a toss-
up between Beach and 2019
winner (and defending double
Grand National Champion) Briar
Bauman. Behind them, Bau-
man's fellow factory Indian rival
Jared Mees and Mission Roof
Systems Jarod Vanderkooi were
expected to be the contenders
ROUND 11 / AUGUST 22, 2021
PMC PARK / PEORIA, ILLINOIS
P80
FLAT TRACK I PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK
MYOWNRACE
27 ROBERT PEARSON
5TH SUPERTWINS
Home favorite Robert Pearson scored his
second top-five of the season the hard way.
The Rackley Racing/John Franklin-backed
Pearson nearly went over backwards land-
ing the jump in his semi, which put him at
the back of the field in the main. Numerous
overtakes later, he ended up a figh ng fi h.
"I put myself in a pre y bad posi on for the
main," he said. "I had a big moment in the
semi and ended up riding around to last. So,
I started last and found a good line through
the switchback and was able to make some
good passes. We had a good ba le with me
and Bronson and Davis. I finally got to the
lead of that pack and brought home a fi h.
From where we started, we'll take it. And
I love to do it here at my home race so I'm
pre y excited."
1 BRIAR BAUMAN
2ND SUPERTWINS
Reigning Mission SuperTwins king Briar
Bauman scored his ninth podium in 11
races with an extremely compe ve run to
second in which he was o en the fastest
rider on track. He said, "The main event was
insane. Nothing really crazy happened—I
had to pass Mees—that was about it, but I
was running JD down and pu ng in really
good mes. I had some lappers, but he was
probably going to win anyway. So all-in-all,
a really good race. How about it rained and
the track got really, really good? It's kind of
weird how that works."
JD Beach added his
name to the list of
legendary winners of
the Peoria TT. Here,
he leads runner-up
Briar Bauman.
