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Cycle News 2017 Issue12 March 28

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FLAT TRACK AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 2 / MARCH 25, 2017 DIXIE SPEEDWAY / WOODSTOCK, GEORGIA P88 Price trapped under his bike the red lights came out. This main would also be decided with a five-lap shootout. Ben Evans Racing/Dave's Cycle's Kevin Stollings (Honda) had held second early in the race and inherited the position back. The restart was a carbon copy of the first and Gauthier eas- ily pulled away from Stollings. The race for second was tight, back and knew I had a pretty good gap," said Gauthier. "I think I had a straightaway lead. I knew I had the best motorcycle out there. I was just calm the whole race too." Don's Kawasaki/DPC Rac- ing's Brandon Price worked his Kawasaki into second on lap four and was trying to run Gauthier down. He slid down in turn one on lap thirteen. With Harley-Davidson Motor Company rider Brandon Robinson for ninth. AFT SINGLES It took last-lap heroics for Es- tenson Racing's Dalton Gauthier to win last week in Daytona, but that was not the case this week. Gauthier had dominated all day on his YZ450F Yamaha and it contin- ued in the 15-lap main event. "I got the holeshot and put in some really solid laps; I looked With American Flat Track officially designating the Dixie Speedway as a short track, and on the heels of his TT win last week in Daytona, Jared Mees was able to become a Dirt Track Grand Slam winner. Mees now has wins on each of the disci- plines: half-mile, mile, short track and TT. Many were questioning if the track was truly a short track, but 18- and 19-second lap times pretty much answer that. "I know I'm going to hear a lot of grief on the grand slam, but it is what it is, you know," said Mees of his accomplishment. A large crowd turned out for the first Grand National race in Georgia since 1973 when Scott Brelsford won the dust-aborted Atlanta Mile. With the competitive racing the Dixie Speedway will hopefully become a regular stop on the tour. Dalton Gauthier's dominant per- formance was all the sweeter for his dad, Marc, who got to take the checkered flag with his son. "It's my dad's birthday, so it's a really good birthday present for him," said Gauthier. " I was pretty confident to win this one." While Sammy Halbert's night certainly didn't go as planned he did see some positives. "Mees made a Briefly... Gauthier, Kevin Stollings and Shayna Texter made up the AFT Singles podium.

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