VOL. 52 ISSUE 22 JUNE 2, 2015 P105
Briefly...
Former factory Kawasaki road racer
Tony Meiring, from Tracy, Califor-
nia, raced Sacramento in the GNC2
class. Meiring, who raced flat track
as an amateur, was a road racer by
the time he turned pro. "I'm working
full time, getting old," Meiring joked.
"This is the second pro dirt track
race I've ever done in my life. I did
dirt track all the way up until I was 15
and then I went road racing. Daytona
was my first pro race as a flat tracker.
I have my GNC1 license; I just haven't
had the opportunity to ride a Twin. I
think I'd ride a Twin better than I do a
450. I think I'd fit on it better. I'm just
racing to have fun. I'm having a good
time." Meiring made the GNC2 main
and finished 15th. Meiring shared the
AMA Dirt Track Horizon Award with
Bryan Smith in 1999.
Jay Springsteen won the "Clash of
the Titans II" a rematch of last year's
wildly popular exhibition between
him and Chris Carr. "Springer" also
won last year's race and beforehand
Carr joked with Jay, "You've got to
let me win this year so we can hook
these guys for a rubber match next
year." The two drafted one another
and ran nose to tail the entire four-
laps, but in the end Springsteen
got it again. "I think Chris spun it up
coming out of four and lost his drive,"
Springsteen said. "That was a lot of
fun and it's always great to come out
and see these fans at Sacramento."
Jay Springsteen donated his helmet
and number plate from his Clash of
the Titans 2 with the proceeds to go
to injured racer Jethro Halbert.
Nine-time Sacramento Mile winner
Chris Carr was hard at work not
only handling analysis duties for Fan-
1 JARED MEES 3
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Jared Mees had to be running on fumes after racing in Wisconsin the night
before. He and his Las Vegas Harley-Davidson/Rogers Racing team had
it all together come race time though and were in the hunt all night lead-
ing three laps along the way before finishing third. "I just didn't put it all
together," Mees explained. "I'm a little frustrated because I felt like we had
it to win tonight, I really did. I made one little mistake trying to run down
Brandon [Robinson] and just drifted a little wide and that's what actually
cost me right there. I was able to get off the corner good enough to get a
podium, so all in all it was a good night.
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TH
Brad Baker has moved up to sixth in the points after two solid performanc-
es on miles at Springfield and now Sacramento. He said at Sacto the chal-
lenge was getting the factory Harley to hook up out of the turns and it re-
sulted in him having to come from behind in the main. "I was having issues
spinning coming out of the turns, but I think that was pretty much because
I had cords showing in my tires by the end of the race," Baker explained.
"After a not so good start I finally found my stride and was able to pick a
bunch of guys off. By the time I got up to the lead I pretty much had no tire
left. I could feel it. I wish I could have been on the box for how hard I fought
to come back, but congratulations to those guys for a great race."
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