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track battle with Jared, like we've
done so much. You just had
to skid it in there and then get
through the pot holes and get
back to racing off the corners."
Some of Mees' problems
could be traced to a broken shift
able to catch on to his draft and
luckily pull away from everyone
else. It was a dogfight between
us. Honestly, it fell like a big
short track race with the way the
corners were. It felt like another
typical Wednesday night short
Bryan Smith and Brad Baker.
The track was terribly unforgiv-
ing as any slip off the groove re-
sulted in lost ground and usually
lost positions. "Jared was strong
today, too, and we knew that
going in," said Halbert. "I was
The Red Mile
played out in
front of a sold-
out crowd of
6000.