FLAT TRACK
AMA PRO FLAT TRACK GNC CHAMPIONSHIP / SUPERPRESTIGIO
FINAL ROUND / NOVEMBER 19-20, 2015
THE ORLEANS ARENA / LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
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run at the number-one plate next
season.
KOPP PUTS A HUSKY
ON THE PODIUM
All Joe Kopp wanted to do was
try to qualify for the Superpres-
tigio of the Americas. He didn't
quite make it, finishing second
to Briar Bauman, 26 years his
junior, in Friday night's AMA Pro
Flat Track final. What Kopp may
have done in the process is not
sure coming in of course, just
because it's a short track and
what happened to Bryan (Smith),
that was my biggest fear, kind of
like beating yourself. I've done
a lot of these indoor races and I
know that sometimes the fastest
guy can end up sitting on the
bumper of his truck watching the
race."
Mees said at this point he
plans on keeping his same team
together and making another
the podium a remarkable nine
times in the 13-race series. He
overcame the heartbreaking loss
at Charlotte where he had the
race won before his bike broke
on the last lap.
"It's awesome," Mees said of
winning the championship. "I
said last year that that one meant
the most to me then, but this
one feels like it means the most
to me now. It just gets sweeter
and sweeter. There was pres-
Joe Kopp, 46, is
very likely the oldest
rider ever to earn
an AMA Pro Grand
National podium
finish. It also looks
to be the first time
a Husqvarna ever
finished on the
podium of at Grand
National.
