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Odessa. Robinson worked past Beach and then made inroads on the battle for the win before ultimately coming home in third. While the brand did lock out the box, the main event wasn't the complete Indian benefit that had become customary in recent years as the next four spots went to Yamaha and Harley-Davidson. Rising star Dallas Daniels battled past his Estenson Rac- ing teammate to claim fourth. And behind the Yamaha pilots, Latus Motors Harley-Davidson's Bronson Bauman and Mission Production Twins regular Jesse Janisch, came home sixth and Briar. I felt him breathing down my neck the entire time. A track like this makes for a lot of tiny little mistakes, but everybody has their fair share of them, and we stuck it out and got to the check- ered flag first." The evening proved to be a good one for Indian all around as the manufacturer earned its first podium sweep of the season. Mission Roof Systems' Brandon Robinson, who had seemingly taken a bit longer to come to grips with the new rules meant to level the playing field than the factory pilots, was back to his familiar frontrunning form in VOLUME 59 ISSUE 17 APRIL 26, 2022 P105 MYOWNRACE only go en a slightly be er start. He said, "So far this year has been a struggle, so it was good to have some speed early on. It was good to be on the front row again. I got a decent start off the line but kind of got squeezed out. Mees and Briar were ge ng away, so it got a li le fran c trying to make a pass on JD (Beach). I ended up s cking my foot in a hole going into Turn 3, and snagged that thing and tweaked it a li le bit. I was able to get around him and push forward throughout the main event. I made a li le push and was making strides, but I started figh ng some brake fade— that was kind of tricky. It's rewarding to get back on the box. I feel like I'm finding my stride again." 13 MORGEN MISCHLER 3RD AFT SINGLES American Honda/Progressive Insurance's Morgen Mischler built his reputa on on s rring charges up through the pack, making up for poor starts with bravado and crea ve line choices. He's played against type the past two races, ge ng holeshots and then milking them for a win and a third. He credits that par cular improvement to his game to the team's highly decorated rider coach. Mischler said, "Kudos to Kenny Coolbeth… Obvi- ously, we've spent a lot of me working on our starts. It comes down to being fast out of the gate and we were that. We were either first, second or third in all our sessions. I told the guys what the bike was doing, and they buckled down and got it working good. The track got a li le choppy and chasey halfway in. It sucked to give up the lead to Kody but he was on it. But at the end of the day, to come away with a podium isn't bad." Mees edges out Bauman for the win.