VOL. 53 ISSUE 32 AUGUST 16, 2016 P85
With just three races remain-
ing on the schedule, Mees is
12 points ahead of Smith with
Johnson and Robinson a distant
third and fourth.
GNC2
For as big of a runaway as the
GNC1 race was, the GNC2 main
event was close. Last year's
winner Jesse Janisch (Nergia
Young Henry's Brewing Com-
pany), Sammy Halbert (Van's
Yamaha/Fredericktown Yamaha)
and Davis Fisher (Parkinson
Brothers Racing) filled out the
top 10.
Smith's misfortune resulted in
Mees, once again, taking over
the points lead in the Harley-
Davidson GNC1 presented by
Vance & Hines Championship.
main event and [I] was running
twelfth. I made a big mistake and
went back to 16th. We learned
from that. A fifth this year is awe-
some."
Mick Kirkness (Nitro Civil/
Hayden Gillim (69C) won what
was an exciting finish to the GNC2
main. He edged out Andrew Luker
(11Z) by less than two-tenths of a
second.