FLAT TRACK
AMA PRO FLAT TRACK SERIES
ROUND 4 / MAY 14, 2016
TURF PARADISE RACE COURSE / PHOENIX, ARIZONA
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Davidson Motor Company)
both slipped off the pace with
Johnson dropping all the way to
eighth.
At the halfway mark, the
leaders were moving into
lapped traffic. Baker held third
over Brandon Robinson (Ken-
nedy Racing/Armbruster Rac-
ing), Cory Texter (Cory Texter
Racing/Cycle World/McElroy
Packaging), Henry Wiles (USC
Racing/Hart Racing) and
Sammy Halbert (BriggsAuto.
com/Martin Trucking).
With five laps to go Texter
was the first to drop Baker
and front-end push and lose
so much time," said Mees. "I
would run him back down for a
minute and then bam have the
same problem. I felt like I was
just over-riding the motorcycle.
After a few almost get offs, I
decided I would just settle in
and take my consistency like
I've done in the past."
While the lead two were in a
different time zone there was
a major battle going on for the
final podium spot. Early con-
tenders, Jake Johnson (Zanotti
Racing/Classic Harley-David-
son) and Brad Baker (Harley-
field. "It was the most boring
race of my life," said Mees. "I
saw the halfway-to-go [mark]
and thought, 'come on. It was
no fun; it was just a boring
race. In the beginning I was
running kind of Bryan's pace.
I would kill him in one and two
and then he'd get me in three
and four. Every time I would get
really close to him in the corner
and the dust would get blown
in my face, I would miss my
marks.
"The groove was like six
inches wide. I would miss the
groove and I would step off
