FLAT TRACK
AMA GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 12/AUGUST 23, 2014
COLONIAL DOWNS/NEW KENT, VIRGINIA
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on the fifth lap to get into
fourth. He then moved
past the KTM of Jake Lew-
is on the next lap to sneak
into the top three.
"For the first five laps I
didn't know where I was
at," Shoemaker said. "I just put
my head down and was picking
off people."
Colonial Downs took its
toll on motorcycles. Jeffrey
Carver Jr. was one of four
riders who suffered a DNF in
the shortened 15-lap final.
(Below) Shayna Texter won
her semi to make her third
main of the year and join her
brother Cory in the main.
It marked the first time a
brother and sister qualified
for an AMA Grand National
together.
cruise control.
Meanwhile, the quiet mover in
the race was Jake Shoemaker on
his Montgomeryville Cycle Cen-
ter Kawasaki. Starting 10th on
the grid, Shoemaker moved up a
slew of positions on the first cou-
ple of laps and moved past Kopp
