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Jacob Companies-backed KTM 790 all year long to relatively good effect, earning his third podium of the season at the Red Mile. With further development and refinement for his KTM, Bauman has the potential to join Mees and Daniels up front on a regular basis. But for now, he must be pleased to reunite with them at the podium post-race. Fourth went to Beach just 0.086 seconds back. The independent Indians, meanwhile, remain weekly podium contenders. This time around, that contingent was spearheaded by eventual fifth- place finisher Davis Fisher on the Rackley Racing FTR750 and sixth-placed Jarod Vanderkooi on the JMC Motorsports entry after the two battled to the flag with Bauman and Beach. And one race after missing out on a maiden premier-class podium finish by just fractions of a second, G&G Racing Yamaha's However, Daniels continues to hold a 16-point advantage because he's finished no worse than second all year long. Mean - while, in Daniels' three wins, Mees has finished fourth, fourth and third. So, Daniels may soon be at risk of growing desperate to finally win a head-to-head duel with the legendary master. Mean - while, Mees, who has only been picking up a maximum of four points on Daniels even when he wins, may come to the realiza- tion that even slightly off-days are seriously detrimental to his title hopes and feel pressured to push past the limits on occasion. While Mees and Daniels con - tinue to monopolize the spot- light, the class's various B-plots advanced as well in Lexington. Bauman rebounded from his early mistake to claw his way for - ward. The supremely talented two- time champ has been wrestling the raw but powerful Parts Plus/ ROUND 8 / MAY 27, 2023 THE RED MILE / LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY FLAT TRACK I PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK P94 67 DAVIS FISHER 5TH SUPERTWINS Rackley Racing/Bob Lanphere's BMC Racing's Davis Fisher continued to make his claim as this season's top independent Indian pilot with his fourth top-five finish of the year. This, despite lacking the top-end punch of Mees' factory-backed machine and the leading Yamahas and KTM around the high-speed circuit. Fisher said, "I was fast qualifier for the first time this season, but in the heat race, I just didn't have enough motor to get by the production-based bikes to make it into the dash. In the main event, I got a good jump, but Briar's bike shut off or something. So, I com- mitted to going around him and then his bike took back off. So, after the first lap I was 10th. I had to work my way up and got to as high as fourth before JD got back by me. I had good corner speed, but we were down a little bit on horsepower compared to the production bikes, so hopefully we find that before the next mile." 59 TOM DRANE 3RD SINGLES Estenson Racing Yamaha's Tom Drane earned his second straight podium—and the third of his career in just nine attempts. And yet his third MYOWNRACE The Red Mile was Mees' 25th career Mile win.