FLAT TRACK
AMA GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL ROUND/OCTOBER 11, 2014
LA COUNTY FAIRPLEX, POMONA, CALIFORNIA
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been so long since Kenny Tol-
bert's had one. A guy like Kenny
Tolbert in the paddock… it's cool
to be able to link him and I togeth-
er as a championship team. Sam-
my Sweet - just everybody that's
contributed; it's a big thank you
to everybody and they deserve
all the credit."
As for Smith, he was disap-
pointed to come so close and
end up three points short of the
championship, but he took com-
fort in the fact that he did every-
thing that he could do.
"It's a bummer, obviously after
the Calistoga incident, and then to
come up that close in the champi-
onship," Smith said. "And knowing
that, theoretically, it should have
been mine. But that's racing, as
they say. It's definitely a bummer,
but I know that all season and to-
night I didn't leave anything on the
table. I did everything I could ev-
ery weekend. So I'm pumped on
that. And you know obviously my
people are pumped on it. They
know what I did and what I've
done, so they're already excited
for next year."
With five wins and nine po-
diums for the season, it's hard
