faster so I could get up there
and get racy with Jared and
Sammy," said Smith. "I thought
for the main I could; I was right
there with them. I got to battling
with Brad and slowed myself up
a little bit, just trying to work my
way around. Third was just it,
I couldn't figure it out. I would
gain on him and he would inch
away and I would reel him back
in and then I would mess up."
Zanotti Racing/Rod Lake
Racing-backed Briar Bauman
pushed his Dave Atherton built
Harley-Davidson XR750 into the
battle for second, but would have
to settle for a fourth-place finish.
RMR/McElroy Packaging's
Jarod Vanderkooi bounced back
from last week's disappointment
with a fifth-place finish on his
Kawasaki, but was under siege
from Halbert, who had come
from last to sixth in just four laps.
Bob Lanphere Beaverton Mo-
torcycles' Davis Fisher (Kawasaki)
was a solid seventh over Daytona
200 winner Danny Eslick on his
Harley-Davidson of Staten Island
XR750. BKR/Go-Moto's Jake
Mataya (Kawasaki) held off the top
a little bit," said Baker. "You
never want to look behind you.
You want to focus on where you
are going. He poked it in on me
one time going into three on one
lap and I glanced over to see the
number one. I thought. 'Okay,
I'm racing with my teammates.' I
didn't know if there was anyone
back there with him. I just tried
to keep smooth."
Smith salvaged another
podium finish on a track where
not much was expected. "I was
just a little bit off today. I just
couldn't get that one more click
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Dalton Gauthier won
the AFT Singles for the
second week in a row.
