"Going out there I knew Kenny
[Coolbeth] was the top guy to
beat," added Mees. "This is his
type of track. Just to overcome
and beat him straight up was just
awesome."
Coolbeth had established
himself as the favorite early in
the day by posting the fastest
qualifying time, then backing that
up by winning the fastest heat
race of the night on his Zanotti
Racing/Harley-Davidson Motor
Company/Gator Harley-David-
son backed XR 750. A poor
start in the main event doomed
Coolbeth's hope for garnering
his second win of the year.
"The start was where he beat
us. I don't know what the deal
was, I just had terrible starts all
night," said Coolbeth. "I had to
come from the back. I had a
charge going there for a while
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Mees dominates the Black Hills
his first win of the season
and then faded back again."
At the end of the first lap
Mees held an impressive six
tenths of a second lead over
Latus Motors/Castrol/Triumph
America's Brandon Robinson.
"I got the holeshot," said
Mees. "Like Johnny Goad just
said, 'You did what you had to
do didn't you?' Yes I did!"
Coolbeth was sixth at the
end of the first lap, but quickly
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