HINES
VOL. 53 ISSUE 20 MAY 24, 2016 P99
Baker made 12 laps and Jared
Mees' race came to an end
once again on lap 17.
Briar Bauman (Weirbach
Racing/Racing Unlimited),
Henry Wiles, Sammy Halbert
(BriggsAuto.com/Martin Truck-
ing), Cory Texter (Texter Racing/
Cycle World) and Shawn Baer
(Schaeffer's Motorsports SBR)
rounded out the top 10.
Smith moved all the way from
fourth in the GNC 1 point stand-
ings to a two-point lead over Hal-
bert. Jake Johnson is nine back
and although Mees was able to
minimize the damage by making
the restart, he is 13 points back
of Smith heading into Memorial
Day Weekend and the Spring-
field Mile.
hoping to come out of here with
at least a podium. I finished fifth
and beat the two guys in front of
me in points. Jared [Mees] had
a horrible night. Looking at that
it could have been worse. I'm
not sure where Sammy [Halbert]
finished, but I finished in front of
him. All in all it was a good day of
damage control."
The race certainly had it's fair
share of attrition, after the restart
for Kolkman's problem. Davis
Fisher (Harley-Davidson Motor
Company), who was making his
first start in a GNC 1 Twins main
event had his "Street 750" quit
on lap 11, the same lap Kennedy
Racing's Brandon Robinson
went out. Harley-Davidson Motor
Company/Vance & Hines' Brad
save my tire. At the end I started
going to the front. It was cool."
Title contender Jake Johnson
was able to guide his Zanotti
Racing/Classic Harley-Davidson
mount into a fifth-place finish.
"The race was eventful and not
in the ways that I would like.
I just struggled all day," said
Johnson. "I couldn't really get
going. I just didn't have the pace
to run with the front pack. I was
in a pack with [Briar] Bauman,
Wiles and Vanderkooi. We had
some moments. [Brandon]
Robinson was in there and he
blew up right in front of me.
There was a bit of chaos going
on all around me. Fifth is not
what I wanted. This is typically a
pretty strong track for me. I was
Jake Johnson (5)
and Briar Bauman
had a good battle
going for a while.
