Mees was fast and decisive enough to quickly dart
up the inside of holeshot winner JD Beach and
steal away the lead early in the main event. He
then spent the bulk of the race maintaining his gap
at the front while staying out of trouble.
Behind him, the Estenson Racing Yamahas
continued to prove up to the task, whether on
a thunderstorm-soaked track as they did in the
opener, or on a slick track that struggled to hold its
moisture as they did for their encore.
Round-one winner Bauman pulled off some
impressive maneuvers to work past Mission Roof
Systems' Jarod Vanderkooi and rising star Dallas
Daniels. But after applying pressure on Beach
for second, Bauman found himself reeled back in
by Daniels and, following some back-and-forth,
dropped back down to fourth.
With a little over a minute on the clock, Bauman
went off the groove and dropped out of podium
contention. At that point, a racy Daniels sought
a clean way past Beach while the two Yamahas
closed quickly on the once untouchable Mees.
ROUND 2 / MARCH 19, 2022
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY / FORT WORTH, TEXAS
P84
FLAT TRACK I PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK
MYOWNRACE
10 JOHNNY LEWIS
6TH PRODUCTION TWINS
Following two par al seasons spent
developing the Royal Enfield Twins
FT, Moto Anatomy X's Lewis is finally
expected to compete for a full season in
32 DALLAS DANIELS
3RD SUPERTWINS
Only two races into his Mission Super-
Twins career, Dallas Daniels is looking
less like a class rookie and more like a
rider who could win races in 2022. A er
finishing a close third in Fort Worth, he
said, "It was a great day here at Texas. I
started off qualifying third and was able
to advance into the dash for cash, even
though I was a li le disappointed with
the semi. Jared came by me like I was
standing s ll, so I knew we had to figure
something out for the main. And we did,
but I got a terrible start. I kept making
silly rookie mistakes, which I guess is
normal, but we for sure had the speed
to win tonight. The bike was handling
great. I was ge ng killer drives off the
corner, and, even with the mistakes
I was making, I was able to make the
gap up and get on Briar and JD. I almost
passed JD for second, and we were reel-
ing in Jared."
Mees got out in front
but had to hang on for
the win at the end.
