man's challenge with a series of
inch-perfect laps on a track that
welcomed mistakes.
Mees ultimately claimed the
checkered flag with more than a
half-second in hand over Bau
-
man. It was his 35th-career HM
checkered flag, a number that
saw him match the unmatch
-
able Scott Parker for most Half-
Mile wins in series' history.
on the independent HRP Racing
Yamaha MT-07 before he could
worry about the escaping Mees.
That left just Bauman to push
Mees at the front. And that he
did, pressuring him with intensity
and culminating with an attempt
to square the champ up to steal
the lead at half-distance.
But Mees survived the bar
-
rage and finally outlasted Bau-
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tour. But a mechanical suffered while
running third at Lima and a fifth-place
follow-up in Mineral Wells now sees
Saathoff 40-odd points back and
anxious to rediscover the form he had
tapped into just weeks before. He
said, "Not the best day. We started
off a little bit slow, got a little bit bet-
ter, and then got a little bit worse.
It shaped up a little bit for the main
event. P5 is not bad, and I'll take it,
but I want more."
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5TH SUPERTWINS
Rackley Racing's Davis Fisher has
demonstrated that he can beat
anyone—Jared Mees included—on
his day, but things have to go just
right for it to be that day. This one
had shaped up in that general direc-
tion before a poor start pretty much
squandered any hopes of a second
Mission SuperTwins win. Fisher said,
"We put together a pretty good day
today. I qualified second overall,
won my heat race, and went to the
(Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge).
I got caught off guard in the first turn
and had to work for it. I came through
from fourth to win. The start of the
main event, I spun off the line, sat
back, and it ended up hooking up and
wheelieing. The rest of the guys got a
jump on me. The track was a little dry
and skittery, so it took me like six laps
to find some momentum. I laid down
some good laps and caught the battle
for third. I was trying to get through
that pack and struggled. Dallas and
Bromley got into it and that scattered
us all up and I had to catch them
again. I ended up getting Bromley
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