ROUND 4 / APRIL 1, 2023
WILD HORSE PASS MOTORSPORTS PARK / CHANDLER, ARIZONA
FLAT TRACK I
P88
class champ Dalton Gauthier
continues to step up his chal-
lenge.
Kopp
issued a clear warn-
ing that he intended to deliver
another championship blow-
out with a pair of dominating
outings in the Dayt
ona double
opener. But Gauthier has since
clawed himself back to within
one-point of the lead.
Some questioned the wisdom
of Gauthier's decision to exit
Systems' title hopeful Brandon
Robinson suffered a heavy fall
in practice. While he was able to
fight his way back to an even
-
tual fourth at Senoia Raceway,
Robinson was
forced to sit out
the reminder of the day at Wild
Horse Pass Motorsports Park.
SINGLES
Kody Kopp's Parts Unlimited
Singles title defense might be
even more compelling as '19
suddenly let off the accelerator
when the schedule shifts more
to Mees' liking.
There's also one more Short
Track and three more TTs still
ahead.
It's early and Mees still has
plenty of tricks up his sleeve, but
the '23 championship outlook con
-
tinues to amp up its intrigue as the
pieces continue to
fall into place.
Unfortunately, for the second
time in two weeks, Mission Roof
21 TREVOR BRUNNER
4TH SINGLES
Estenson Racing Yamaha's
Trevor Brunner felt he had a good
shot at winning, right up until he
made a fateful selection of starting
position for his heat race—a deci-
sion that haunted him for the re-
mainder of the day. Brunner said,
"My day started off really well. The
bike was working, and we gelled
with it. We fast qualified but made
the wrong choice picking our posi-
tion on the inside on the start line.
We thought we could get in there
in the first turn and jam everybody
up, but it was a little drier down on
the bottom. That kind of set me
back. I got shuffled back in the
heat, and it was hard work after
that. Once you get put back on a
one-line track, it's hard to make
passes. One bad decision kind of
upset the whole day. I ended up
finishing fourth, which is a bum-
mer because we had the speed to
win the main event."
MYOWNRACE
KTM-mounted Dalton
Gauthier captured his
first Singles win of
the season.
