FLAT TRACK
AMA PRO FLAT TRACK
ROUND 3/MAY 24, 2015
INDIANA STATE FAIRGROUNDS/SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
P88
My Own Race:
6 BRAD BAKER 3
RD
It was factory Harley's Brad Baker who
caused the four-rider breakaway after
the red-flag restart. Baker said he was
drag racing Sammy Halbert into the
first turn on the start and didn't want
to shift. "That kind of messed me up
because I had to grab third and fourth
and they got a gap on me," Baker said.
"It was enough to mess up the people
behind me and then I took off and
caught them. It kind of gave myself…
all of us, some breathing room. I was
able to pass Sammy [Halbert] going into
three, but it was difficult because Bryan
[Smith] was controlling the lead up
front and Jared [Mees] was just having
to tow in behind him and I was tow-
ing in behind Sammy most of the way.
We couldn't draft Bryan on the front
straightaway. It made it a little difficult,
but it was a pleasure riding up there
with Bryan and Jared and getting on
the podium. It kind of turns my season
around after a lot of injuries over the off
season. All the hard work and pain I've
gone through has definitely paid off."
7 SAMMY HALBERT 4
TH
Sammy Halbert was in the leading
quartet all afternoon aboard his Briggs
Auto/Scott Powersports Kawasaki,
but came out on the losing end of the
drafting battles on the final lap. "I led a
little bit," Halbert said. "And then I got
shuffled back to third. I couldn't seem
to do anything with those guys. I was
right there, but I couldn't really make a
move to get in front of them. I thought,
'okay third's not going to be too bad.'
I settled into third, doing what I could
to hang there, but Brad [Baker] got un-
derneath me, and then I slipped off the
groove and lost touch a little bit. I was
just catching up, but wasn't quite close
enough to do anything."
