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race-long duel at the front, while Bauman struggled to hang on. He slowly fell off the pace and was swallowed up by Fisher, then Carver, and then everyone else, as Bauman was forced out of the race by a mechanical is - sue of his own. At the front, Kopp braved the roost and applied every ounce of pressure he could, but Dan- iels withstood it all, including a late-race run through a thick patch of lappers, to claim the checkered flag. The win came as both relief and renewed hope, instantly reminding Daniels and everyone else that he's the defending champ and not just some under - dog who has to get creative in order to fight his way on the box. "That main event was good," Daniels said. "I had a phenomenal motorcycle. My first few laps were good, but I could feel somebody right there. And to be quite honest, I didn't really know it was Kody until about halfway, and it felt like he was getting ready to put a move on me. I kind of buckled down with two minutes to go and put in a good, good last few laps. "I was a little nervous as we started catching some lappers. They were all kind of racing together, but I ended up pulling off the win. And man, I needed this. Not really even a win, just a ride like that where I felt good and the bike felt good, and that was it tonight. "Today wasn't easy for a lot of reasons. Obviously, we had a bad accident in the heat race, and all of us riders don't take that lightly. It's tough. It's tough to line back up after seeing that and watching it. So, my thoughts go out to all of them. My thoughts are with them and with their families." Kopp said Saturday, "I kind of put myself in a hole. We were quick yesterday, and then that was just a super unfortunate DNF. But with that Triple Challenge format, it really worked out in our favor. Ended up fourth overall. And then today, we were fast early on, but in the heat race, we just had a bad first lap. And at Lima, you either have momentum or you're going backward, and we were trending backward. But in the main, I just nailed that start. I think I technically might have had the holeshot into the corner from the second row. That was pretty cool. But Dallas had that drive down the back straight, and all I saw the whole main event was his rear tire, so I ate a lot of roost." Fisher again capitalized on ROUNDS 8-9 / JUNE 26-27, 2026 ALLEN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS / LIMA, OHIO FLAT TRACK I AMA PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK P98 Saturday's racing returned to the standard single-main-event format, which defending champ Dallas Daniels won.