FLAT TRACK
AMA PRO FLAT TRACK SERIES
ROUND 9 / AUGUST 16
PEORIA RACE PARK / PEORIA, IL
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for Wiles' Honda. And then a
rookie Dominic Colindres actu-
ally beat Mees in the first heat
race. Suddenly Mees didn't
look so invincible. Then Wiles
won his own heat race by seven
seconds. After that win Wiles,
feeling newfound confidence,
threw in a subtle jab directed at
Mees.
"I want to thank Jared for
coming out here and giving me
a challenge," Wiles jibed. "He
to anyone leading up to the race.
Mees was obliterating Peoria's
daunting jump, making it look
like child's play as he soared his
Montgomeryville Cycle Cen-
ter Honda CRF450R 140 feet
before landing. Wiles saw what
Mees was doing and was sweat-
ing bullets.
But then things gradually be-
gan to turn around. The Zanotti
Racing crew began chipping
away and finding better setting's
There was real concern on
Wiles' face. He knew he had to
get beat sometime at Peoria—
his streak, after all, can't last
forever. And Mees had the bit
between his teeth. Series points
lead be damned, Mees already
had Grand National Champi-
onships on his resume, it was
clear he wanted to be the guy
who knocked Henry Wiles off
the throne at Peoria. He was so
focused that he would hardly talk
