was never really in contention
for the win, but he did well to
fend off Robinson's Mission
Roof Systems teammate Jarod
Vanderkooi and later the charg-
ing Jeffrey Carver Jr., who
hustled his Dodge Brothers
Racing Harley-Davidson XR750
around "VDK" and into sixth.
The scene-stealing Robinson
said, "We knew that starts and
being aggressive were going to be
important and we saw that in the
main events. Guys were bumping
and banging and being cutthroat.
In the first main, I was able to
benefit from that and sneak into
the lead. But when we did that, I
snapped the tip of my brake lever
off, so I raced with no brakes from
lap three on. That was kind of
scary actually, and I don't want to
ever do that again. But thankfully I
figured it out and was on rails."
As impressive and unlikely as
Robinson's no-brakes-necessary
victory may have been, it merely
set the stage for the explosive
drama yet to come.
Bauman gradually fell from
second and into the clutches
of both Mees and Beach as the
minutes ticked away. He was
unceremoniously removed from
a podium position soon after (it
would get much worse for him
before the day was out).
Rookie phenom Daniels
own desperation, as he was
forced to race without brakes for
the remainder of the main. While
less than ideal, he had no choice
but to explore the upper limits
of corner speed around Cedar
Lake Speedway and managed to
translate that hard-earned knowl-
edge into a dominant victory.
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ing season-ending doubleheader. Texter
said, "We fast qualified, we won the
semi, set pole in the main, and won the
main. It can't get much be er than that.
It was cool, man. I had fun. It was a dicey
racetrack, and the race was dicey. I think
people give me a lot of flack for not being
aggressive enough, and people think they
can push me around. And I didn't want
to do anything dirty, but I am going to
fight for this. It's a championship. Jesse
[Janisch] is riding amazing, so I've just got
to go out these last two races and have
fun. That was key for me. I have two races
le before I re re. I'm just enjoying it."
