FLAT TRACK
AMA PRO FLAT TRACK SERIES
ROUND 12/SEPTEMBER 19, 2015
DELAWARE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY/DELMAR, DELAWARE
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with Smith's title hopes a little
more damaged. He'd drawn to
within a single point of Mees af-
ter his Springfield Mile II victory.
Smith is now seven points back
(188-181) with two races remain-
ing. Both riders are still in control
of their own destiny.
Sammy Halbert's crash and
since he couldn't get out of
second gear. Finally he kicked it
up into third and he was able to
soldier on to 14th.
The two riders most likely to
win the championship this year
ultimately didn't hurt their cause
all that much. Since both had is-
sues, it came out almost a wash,
misfiring just before the start.
Delaware was a hard track to
pass on, but Mees managed to
get up to eighth by the finish.
Smith's problems went from
bad to worse when his Crosley
Brands/Howerton Motorsports
Kawasaki had a shift linkage
break. He almost pulled off
YAMAHA BECOMING A PLAYER
Dominic Colindres was fast all day
and night at Delaware International
Speedway. His Babe DeMay/Mem-
phis Shades Yamaha FZ-07 powered
him to second in timed qualifying and
a victory in his heat race, got him
into the Dash for Cash and a front
row start for the national. The speedy
GNC1 rookie parlayed that strong
lead up into an excellent fourth-place
finish.
It marked Colindres' best ever
Twins result in GNC1 and the best re-
sult to date for DeMay's new Yamaha.
Yamaha's racing boss Keith
McCarty came to several Grand
Nationals earlier this year and made
it known that Yamaha is looking to in-
crease its presence in the champion-
ship and now with DeMay's machine
starting to click, the company could
have a good baseline motorcycle to
start from.
Colindres talked about the charac-
Coolbeth (2) got out to a good
start each time, not letting the
red-flag take away his hard
fought win.
