moved back to the penalty line,
it didn't look good - in spite of his
dominating performance earlier
in the day.
Yet from the back row Smith en-
dured the sand blasting, dodged
the deep ruts and quickly sliced
his way to the front and on lap
four emerged as the leader on his
Villa-Esparza/Crosley Radio Ka-
wasaki. From there Smith gradu-
ally pulled away from the rest of
the 19-rider field and crossed the
finish line 2.559 seconds ahead
VOL. 51 ISSUE 34 AUGUST 26, 2014 P71
Briefly...
Bryan Smith's win at Colonial
Downs marked a series leading
fourth win of the season. It was
Smith's 16th-career AMA Grand Na-
tional win, tying him with Randy Goss
and Mike Baldwin for 22nd on the all-
time wins list.
Cory and Shayna Texter made his-
tory when they both qualified for the
Mega Mile National, marking the first
brother-sister combo to qualify for an
AMA Grand National main. Cory's
Racing Unlimited Kawasaki started
losing power and leaking oil caus-
ing him to drop out after five laps.
Shayna finished the race in 14th on
the Latus Motors/Castrol Triumph.
The word seems to have gotten out
about the motorcycle racing at Co-
lonial Downs. After a decent debut
last year, there was a packed house
on hand for this year's race, this in
spite of rain across the region. Fans
not only packed the grandstands,
but there was standing room only all
the way down the front straight.
Briar Bauman suffered a major
crash in turn two in his heat race
aboard the Bill Werner Kawasaki.
Bauman was taken to an area hos-
pital with a broken thumb and con-
cussion. He was kept overnight for
observation.
Bryan Smith made a slew of points
on Jared Mees and Jake Johnson by
qualifying for and winning the points-
paying Dash for Cash, while Mees
and Johnson both missed the Dash
with bike issues.
J.R. Addison's comeback victory
in Pro Singles was remarkable con-
sidering the injuries he suffered at
continued on next page
Come-from-behind victory leads to
championship lead for Bryan Smith
Bryan Smith
raced from last
to first in just
four laps and
went on to win
the Mega Mile
in convincing
fashion.
MEGA WIN
FOR SMITH
