ROUND 11 / JULY 1, 2023
WEST VIRGINIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY / MINERAL WELLS, WEST VIRGINIA
FLAT TRACK I AMA/PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK
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its potency. That marked Ott's
third top-three of the season and
his second in as many weeks.
Turner Racing Honda's Trent
Lowe made a big push to join
the fight for the lead before ulti-
mately earning a lonely fourth.
He
was followed home by team-
mate Chase Saathoff, who saw
his
five podiums snapped the
week before due to a mechani-
cal issue.
Kopp's
factory KTM team-
mate Max Whale finished sixth,
just good enough
to hold on to
second in the points. However,
Kopp's title advantage expanded
clocked up another win.
Despite coming up short of
victory, second place was still a
step forward for Brunner after
failing to finish on the podium
ever since he took third at the
season opener, despite not fin
-
ishing worse than sixth since.
1st
Impressions Husqvarna
Racing's James Ott factored in
early as a third potential winner
before gradually fading to third
once his extreme high line lost
a TT during his young career.
But at the half-miles, he's
more than superb—he borders
on miracle worker.
The defending champion did
it again at West Virginia Mo-
tor Speedway, overcoming an
inspired ride
from Estenson
Racing Yamaha's Trevor Brunner
to score his seventh-career HM
win in just two-and-half seasons
of trying—second most in the
category's history.
Brunner even threatened to
make a break for it at one point,
but Kopp ran the calculations,
made the adjustments, and
Trevor Brunner put up a
tough fight en route to second
in the Singles main.
