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Fisher jumped right back up and remounted his Indian quickly enough to rejoin the fray before the field could make its way around the short and scenic beachside track. The early chaos must have hit the racing gods' quota for mayhem, as Bauman faced little resistance while clearing off from that point forward, ulti - mately lapping up inside the top ten en route to his win. The outing may prove to be the breakthrough ride Bauman felt coming. Despite having a year of experience on the KTM and with the Rick Ware Racing operation, the two-time Grand National Champion started from scratch in some equally pivotal ways for 2024. Following years of working in close collaboration with Dave Zanotti and Michelle Disalvo, Bauman elected to start fresh this season, now circled he bounced off the wall and crashed back into the pack. The resultant chain reaction also caught out Rackley Racing's Ben Lowe, promising GOMR rookie Declan Bender, and Big Red Super Twins' Morgen Mischler, who actually impacted Lewis and his fallen machine, sending him flipping through the air. Incredibly, all four riders walked away from the accident, although only Lowe continued on to the second start. That one was similarly ab - breviated with local ace (and Mission Roof Systems suspen- sion tech) Kayl Kolkman crash- ing early, forcing him to line up at the back of the field for the third start after running as high as second following the initial launch. The third and final start very nearly suffered the same fate, but Rackley Racing's Davis ROUND 5 / MAY 11, 2024 VENTURA RACEWAY / VENTURA, CALIFORNIA FLAT TRACK I PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK, SANCTIONED BY AMA PRO RACING P114 The lopsided performance was actually somewhat welcome after an overdose of drama drenched the race in its earliest moments as a result of crashes in each of the race's three starts. In the first, Moto Anatomy x Royal Enfield's Johnny Lewis caught traction and was sent surging up the track, where 98 KAYL KOLKMAN 7TH SUPERTWINS Kayl Kolkman has long made his presence felt in limited opportuni- ties, scoring top 10s pretty much every season despite only entering a race here or there each year. He was expected to excel at his home- town Short Track in Ventura, even while pulling double duty as Brandon Robinson's suspension tech. He didn't disappoint, even if he might have been left wondering what might have been if he hadn't crashed and been forced to restart from the back of the field. Kolkman said, "I felt like the bike was pretty solid right off the truck. I tried a couple of things for the heat race and felt like I kind of went the wrong way with that. I corrected it, and the bike felt really good in the main event. I think I was actually up to second at the first start, but we had the restart, and I cut the inside too short and got into the side of Vanderkooi and went tumbling. That started us all the way in the back, and I just put my head down and did the best I could coming from last with a bent-up bike." MYOWNRACE Dallas Daniels is the new SuperTwins points leader.