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ROUND 3 / MARCH 25, 2023 SENOIA RACEWAY / SENOIA, GEORGIA FLAT TRACK I PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP P82 thought maybe I had him where I wanted him. I had a golden-ticket line off [turn] four that was work- ing really good. I didn't really want to show him. I knew he probably wasn't going to let me sit behind him, but I did for a long time. We kind of diced it up a little bit, and I had a plan. But I think—actually, I don't think, I know—I showed him my cards a little early." Mees said, "It was a battle. I felt good right out of the truck— fast qualified it, won the dash. I knew going into the main, if I could get a rhythm early, I might be able to pull away. But heck no, Dallas was so strong. He moved around and got by me and got back by me. It was a duel. That was a good battle. That's what the fans pay to see and it was good to win that fight. When we get into those scraps, I've won my fair share of them, and I was thinking, 'this young kid, he's go - ing to do something to me on the last lap.' But we held it together." While Mees bolted, Daniels wasted little time in overhauling Beach and setting sail after the leader. Daniels then slowly ate away the gap to first, and once on Mees, he chose to sit and observe until the race hit mid-distance, and the two encountered the first of a suc - cession of lappers. What then ensued was—in Mees' words—a "fist fight in a phone booth." The two went back and forth with crisscross - ing lines and evolving strategies, all the while, weaving through slower riders. While Mees spent more time at the front, Daniels looked to be in control—at least until he wasn't. The reigning champ reclaimed the lead for the final time just before the clocks hit zero and managed to keep his young chal - lenger behind him over the race's final two laps, if only just. Runner-up Daniels said, "It's hard to out-fox the fox, but I for the first ten laps. But then it was a mixture of my lines going away and me not finding it at the right time; we kind of faded back from there. But overall, it was a successful weekend. I learned a lot about the bike." 44 BRANDON ROBINSON 4TH SUPERTWINS Mission Roof Systems' Brandon Robinson came into the weekend as a popular pick to win the inaugural Senoia ST due to his prior success at similar venues. Unfortunately, a heavy fall four laps into the day's first practice dimmed those chances from the very start. "My day started off horrible," he said. "I basically pile-drove myself in the first practice session. I've been MYOWNRACE Mees edged out Daniels by less than 0.2 seconds.