pared to Bauman's 11th.
Former Mission Production
Twins stalwart Ben Lowe held
off Mission Production Twins
Challengers Jesse Janisch and
Cameron Smith for seventh
in the main, while Californian
Andrew Luker joined Rackley
Racing teammate Lowe in the
top 10 by finishing 10th.
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three-rider, or four-rider affair.
Mees now leads Bauman by an
increased nine points, Daniels
by a shrunken 16 points, and
Beach by an expanded 29
points (229-220-213-200).
Meanwhile, Robinson over-
took Jarod Vanderkooi in their
intra-team fight for fifth in the
standings. Robinson's fifth
place in Sacramento vaulted him
ahead of 'VDK' following a dif-
ficult evening that saw him wind
up down in 15th.
Likewise, Bob Lanphere's
BMC Racing's Davis Fisher
closed ground on Latus Mo-
tors Harley-Davidson's Bronson
Bauman for seventh in the points
with a sixth on the night com-
ously a really good day. We fast
qualified, won our Semi, won the
Mission Challenge, and won the
main. I haven't done that at all
this year. It was really good.
"I was kind of real stiff at the
last race, so I had a more fun
approach to today. The track
was a little treacherous, and
in the main, I wasn't riding as
good as I was all day. So, I
couldn't just pull away—I had to
kind of outsmart those guys. I
saved my move for the last lap,
and it worked."
In terms of the champion-
ship, the outcome either loos-
ened it, tightened it, or loosed
it more, depending on whether
you look at this as a two-rider,
MYOWNRACE
13 MORGEN MISCHLER
7TH SINGLES
Turner Racing Honda's Morgen Mischler
lined up for the Semi despite losing his
rear brakes. However, he was prevented
from taking part when rivals Kody Kopp
and Chad Cose blocked his path and made
their concerns known, causing a delay in
the start. Mischler was forced to dig out
his provisional start card to make the main
and then raced his way from row five to
seventh. In the end, he was le to wonder
what might have been. He said, "We were
ready to go for the Semi and then we
weren't. The people around me wouldn't
let me race because they were scared. On
the prac ce lap, I lost my brake. I was will-
ing to go. I didn't really have an issue with
that–I've done it before. Obviously, it's not
ideal but it's doable. But they wouldn't
let me, which is kind of whack. I know I
would have done well and set myself up
be er for the main event, which would
have been crucial tonight. We're just going
to move on. We know what this was and
we know what we showed. We've got two
more Miles coming up, and we're going to
do good."
Mees held off third-place
finisher Briar Bauman (3).
