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ing to catch him," said Robinson. "He was
flawlessly smooth tonight. When someone
is that smooth, it's hard to beat them. I felt
good, just not good enough. That's just the
way it goes, I guess. I'm feeling really good
on the motorcycle. Lima was a huge confi-
dence booster for me. Jared and I went at
it in the Gary Nixon Invitational; it was a little
local money race in Timonium, Maryland. I
was able to get the better of him there, as
well. I'm just feeling really confident on the
motorcycle right now. I'm feeling like I can
do anything on it now. It's cool."
Dominic Colindres made his first ride on
the Myers Motorsports Kawasaki pay off
with a sixth-place finish. Jeffrey Carver's first
ride on the Briggsauto.com/Martin Trucking
XR750 Harley-Davidson resulted in seventh
place, while Johnny Lewis' (Lloyd Brothers
Motorsports/Dillard Family Racing) Ducati,
Cory Texter's (RMR/McElroy Packaging)
Kawasaki and Brandon Wilhelm's (Sammy O
Racing/Mike Butler Racing) Kawasaki filled
out the top 10.
A solid start to the day for Smith—second
able to get one back there," added John-
son. "When Sammy broke I got one back
there. Brad was struggling there at the end
and I was able to get by him with a couple
laps to go. I was able to pull a fourth out of
it. It was looking really bright at the begin-
ning and then went down the tubes and
started coming back. Obviously it wasn't
what we wanted, but it was a good strong
finish."
With the laps winding down, the potential
of lapped traffic problems for the leaders
was a real threat. "I just started ticking off
my laps. I looked back before I got to the
lappers and I had a pretty decent little lead.
I looked back as I was crossing the finish
line and Brandon was right there. I didn't
know that Sammy was gone. I knew Sammy
was running a pretty good pace. I figured he
would be glued right to me and maybe give
me another dive-bomb pass."
Coming off his Lima, Ohio, victory, Rob-
inson kept the pressure on the champion. "I
just kept pushing and pushing and pushing.
I damn near fell off a couple times just try-
