VOL. 52 ISSUE 7 FEBRUARY 18, 2015 P71
Briefly...
to charge hard the last half of the
race and make up some positions.
With my first race over, I'm feeling
more comfortable and I'm ready to
get back to racing in Atlanta."
Monster Energy Kawasaki's Davi
Millsaps had a disappointing night,
though it started off pretty good. Mill-
saps, who was celebrating his 27
th
birthday Saturday, was running third
in the main when he and Trey Canard
got together. Millsaps went down
and slammed his chin on the handle-
bar in the process and was unable
to continue. "Things are starting to
come together, but some bad luck
has come up and bit us this week,"
said Millsaps. "I feel like I had a po-
dium finish tonight, but then I got hit
from behind and it ruined my race.
I'm sore right now, but I should be
good to go in Atlanta next week."
Texan Blake Wharton came to Ar-
lington armed with a guitar, not a
motorcycle this time. The former
250 Supercross winner entertained
the crowd from the pits while play-
ing in his rock band "Blake Wharton
and the Rogue Locusts." Most peo-
ple agreed that he "sounded pretty
good!"
Ken Roczen summed up his night in
Texas. "It's still a long season but I
have to work on my starts so I can
be out front," he said. "Ryan is a re-
ally good starter. I just need to get
holeshots. Third and fourth out of the
gate isn't going to be good enough.
We need to win races and can't
make mistakes. Obviously, there
are enough guys who can win. You
just have to go in the main, get that
holeshot and ride smart. You have to
win."
take and lost the train a little bit,
but I had a steady ride to fourth
and we're making progress.
We're just a few seconds from
being on the box and I'm just go-
ing to keep plugging away and try
to keep my momentum going in
Atlanta."
Baggett's fourth marked his
best result of 2015 and moved
him up two positions in the series
standings to seventh.
Rounding out the top five was
Andrew Short, the BTO Sports
KTM rider matching his best fin-
ish of the year. He also had his
best qualifying position of the
year, as well, which gave him a
good spot on the gate for his heat
race.
In the main, Shorty started
right behind Baggett and stayed
