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ROUND 10 / JULY 5, 2026 DU QUOIN STATE FAIRGROUNDS / DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS FLAT TRACK I AMA PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK P90 and I was like, 'Alright, I can't do this anymore. I got to sit in.' Honestly, I thought I blew it the last lap when I didn't get around Dallas into turn three. I thought it was over. I thought I had to lead it off four, and somehow we rolled them on the exit and won the thing. "It feels good to win again. It just says a lot about my team that they've been work - ing on this Mile package so hard. That's a big one for the confidence as we go into next weekend in Pennsylvania. It kind of relights that fire of knowing there's a championship here now." Runner-up Fisher said, "It's been a long weekend. We were just trying anything we could, and we came up with something for the main event that just worked. It was a heck of a race, one of the most demanding Miles we've had for sure. I had some good corner feel coming off. I had to work for it. And it's cool to see BMC Racing go 1-2. Kody was a little guy growing up racing in the Pacific Northwest, so it's cool to battle with him." Fifth place went to rookie Hunter Bauer on the G&G Ya - maha that Ott took to second here a year ago. Meanwhile, American Honda-backed Trent Lowe put the Turner Racing CB750 Hornet sixth, finishing just ahead of Bender and Fish- er's Rackley Racing teammate, Ben Lowe. Sunnyside Cycle Yamaha's Cody Johncox and Moto Anatomy X Royal Enfield's Dalton Gauthier rounded out the top 10. rained out yesterday and came back this morning hoping to get on track at 10 a.m. We were fastest yesterday, so it's kind of hard to go to sleep after you're as fast as we were and not get to race. I just wanted to get out on track, hoping it was going to be wet and gnarly and some- thing that played into my book of inconsistent tracks. We kind of got that, although it was a little more dry and skittery. "Man, I pulled a good start. I put in a couple burners, and I knew I broke from them a little bit. And then I spun her up once, the flag, was left off the podium entirely. The win was the third of Kopp's rookie season, good enough to move him into a tie for second-most rookie wins in GNC history. It also stretched out his title advantage over Dallas to eight points (192-184) and Bauman to 20 (172) while proving that he won't be a sitting duck when the championship is decided in doubleheader fashion at the Springfield Mile in September. "That was honestly a crazy two days here at Du Quoin," Kopp said. "Obviously, we got Chase Saathoff, second in the Singles main, is still seeking his first win of the year.