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breakthrough ride at the Texas Half Mile in 2018. Kopp was followed by two more of the SuperTwins class's bumper crop of rookies, fifth- placed Aidan RoosEvans on the FRA Trust Advisors Harley- Davidson and sixth-placed Hunter Bauer on the G&G Racing Yamaha MT-07. Meanwhile, American Honda Turner Racing's Trent Lowe, IFS Waste Services/D&D Cycles' Aprilia's Morgen Mischler, Fred - ericktown Yamaha's Cameron Smith, and OTB Racing's Declan Bender completed the top 10. It was another day to forget for Rackley Racing KTM's Davis Fisher, who has boasted frontrun - ning speed this season but large- ly lacked the luck to make good on it. At Budds Creek, Fisher was again forced through the LCQ and then suffered an early fall in the main that brought out the red flag. He remounted for the restart and soldiered on to 15th. AFT Singles Turner Racing Honda's Kage Tadman clearly had the speed to secure his first win outside of his home state and away from a Short Track. He just had to get a start that enabled him to make use of that pace on a track that was becoming harder and harder to pass on. His chances of scoring a fourth-career win evaporated when he was shuffled down out - side the top five as the Kicker AFT Singles main event got underway. Those chances were then rekindled by an immediate red flag and complete restart. combined with a difficult run of lappers, narrowed the gap to just over two seconds at the flag, but the win was never really in doubt. Kopp, meanwhile, was ever so slightly off his game on the day. It's a serious credit to a rookie when an off day is qualifying fifth quick and finishing two- tenths off the podium in fourth. However, the championship advantage is now on signifi - cantly shakier ground. Bauman, who trailed Kopp by 26 points and Daniels by 22 after the first three races, has narrowed those gaps to just nine and two, respectively. Something is going to have to change in a hurry to prevent that change from being the one atop the leaderboards. Unsurprisingly, Bauman is thrilled with his team's current state after earlier admitting that his slow start was largely his own fault and that his revamped crew, led by Bryan Bigelow, took some time to figure each other out. "There's something about do - ing it with a crew you thoroughly enjoy doing it with," he said. "We just work at it. We weren't the quickest all day. We were a bit off. But they turned that thing upside down. I'll be upfront—we didn't change a clicker on the motorcycle the last two Nation - als, except for gearing. And to- day we threw the toolbox at that thing, and we found it. I'm just proud of my whole Rick Ware Racing team." For Cose, the third-place fin - ish marked the Californian's first premier-class podium since his ROUND 6 / MAY 16, 2026 BUDDS CREEK / MECHANICSVILLE, MARYLAND FLAT TRACK I AMA PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK P104 Polesitter Daniels gave Bauman a battle at the start but it was Bauman's day.