VOL. 53 ISSUE 32 AUGUST 16, 2016 P89
FIGHTS FOR IT
Company's Brad Baker and
Zanotti Racing/Harley-Davidson
Motor Company-backed Kenny
Coolbeth. On lap five Baker got
by Smith in turn two only to see
his XR750 expire going into turn
three.
Things looked to be settling
down, although still tightly dis-
puted, with Mees, Halbert and
Smith holding their positions.
On lap eight, Halbert had brake
by Wiebler's Harley-Davidson's
Sammy Halbert and defending
champion Jared Mees, on the
Las Vegas Harley-Davidson/
Rogers Racing-backed H-D.
Mees was making a remark-
able dash through the field from
the second row. An uncharacter-
istic third place finish in his heat
had left him with the undesirable
starting position. "The mechan-
ics on my team just flipped the
bike upside down to get us in
the ball park and we were there,"
said Mees. "I think I led that race
on lap two. I was pretty stoked
with that. We rode as hard as
we could. In the heat we made a
bad call and just went the other
way."
After leading the opening lap
Smith slipped to third behind
Halbert and came under attack
from Harley-Davidson Motor
THE BLACK HILLS
