FLAT TRACK
AMA PRO FLAT TRACK SERIES
ROUND 11 / SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUND / SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
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TWO WOMEN: A FIRST IN PRO FLAT TRACK HISTORY
When Nichole Mees and Shayna
Texter both qualified for a national at
Springfield it made the history books.
It marked the first time in AMA Pro Flat
Track history that two women qualified
for a main in the same national. It was
something that a lot of pundits thought
would happen last year in Texter's
rookie season, but for whatever reason
in 2014, whenever Texter made the
main Nichole missed it and vice versa.
This year Mees is having one of
her best seasons, making the main at
four rounds coming into Springfield.
Texter was having a tougher time of it
and hadn't made the start of a Grand
National all year long.
But on this weekend it all came
together for both.
Mees, riding Willie McCoy's Harley-
Davidson, made it into the Springfield
II main in a big way winning her heat
race. It marked the first time in her
career she scored a heat-race victory.
Texter made it directly into the main
as well, finishing fourth in heat-race
three on her Richie Morris Racing
Kawasaki.
In the main, Mees ran as high as
fifth in the early going before settling
into eighth. Unfortunately with about
five laps to go Mees hit the rail.
"I would have kept going, I wasn't
hurt or anything, but the shifter got
jammed under the frame and it put
it into neutral," Mees explained. "I
couldn't get it shifted back into gear.
But I'm very happy with our perfor-
mance today. I can't thank my dad and
Smith edged out Jared Mees at the finish for his
second Springfield Mile win of the season.
