VOL. 53 ISSUE 35 SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 P71
The combination of the two of
us wasn't enough to get to the
front quick enough. Fifth place
is better than the results I've had
here lately. I finished, so that
was good. Harley-Davidson and
all the crew did a pretty good job
today."
JR Addison (Smith Racing/
J&F Construction) worked his
way from 14th on lap one to a
seventh-place finish some five
seconds ahead of Lawrence
who was over eight seconds
ahead of a pack that was made
up of all the riders left in the
race. That pack was led by Jake
Shoemaker (Bonneville Perfor-
mance/Castrol-Triumph).
Making his first ride on the
outside third row. I wanted to get
a good run into turn one. I was
like fifth or sixth in the first turn
so that wasn't bad. I had some
serious corner speed; it felt
really good, especially between
one and two. The front stretch
had a bad headwind and every
time I would make good time
through the corner and hit the
front straightaway, it was like
being tied to sail or something,
then I just couldn't go anywhere.
Cory would go blasting back by
me. I wish we could have gotten
up to Bryan and Kenny a little
bit sooner, and then maybe we
could have mixed up with them.
I had the corner speed and he
had the straightaway speed.
or six laps to figure it out. I got
a good jump and struggled for
the first five or six laps. I kind
of drifted back. I was probably
sixth, seventh or eighth, some-
where around in there. I was
able to just kind of keep work-
ing. I got back up to fourth; I just
didn't have what I needed to be
with the front guys today. All in
all it was a good finish. It's pretty
cool when your bad days are a
fourth or fifth right now. On our
good days, we're on the box."
In the middle of a snake-bit
season, Brad Baker was able
to come away with a fifth-place
finish. "It was a pretty good
race," he said. "I decided to pick
the third outside pick, so I had
Cory Texter was
stoked to get on
the Springfield Mile
podium in third.
