VOL. 54 ISSUE 25 JUNE 27, 2017 P75
birthday at the track and seemed to
be getting unexpected gifts. First,
the man he was chasing in the points
race fails to make the main, then
the man chasing him in points, but
ahead of him on the track (Sammy
Halbert) couldn't make the restart. "I
got a couple birthday presents. First
Jared with his deal and whatever
happened to Halbert's bike. I thought
I had something for the win today. I
beat Jared in the heat race by a fair
amount," said Smith. "After the red
flag I was going in high and turning
and coming out low. I thought I could
get Davis and we were catching Wiles.
Whoever was laying in turn two; I had
to check up and Davis gapped me."
(A rider had fallen with four laps to go
and was on the inside edge of the
track.) I thought I could get one more
run and catch back up to him and he
was laying there again, which kind of
sucked, because I had to check up
again. It definitely cost me at least
one spot, I think. Sixth was definitely
all she wrote. It was an all right day,
considering I was almost upside down
a couple times. With Jared's deal,
we'll take what we can get."
Going into an off weekend Bryan
Smith has regained the points lead
by five over Mees. Brad Baker has
moved up into third, putting all three
Indians into the top three spots.
Baker is 50 points behind Smith and
Sammy Halbert is seven back of
Baker. Jeffrey Carver rounds out the
top five at the midpoint of the season.
The AFT Singles points race also
had a major shake up as contender
Kolby Carlile (Parkinson Brothers
Racing Honda) had his exhaust pipe
come off while he was running away
with his semi. Unable to finish the
race, Carlile had to miss the main.
Championship leader Shayna Texter
benefited from this and the red flag
in the AFT Singles main. Texter was
mired in 11th place when the red
flag halted the race. She was able
to work her way up to a sixth-place
finish and now holds a 22-point lead
over Brandon Price, who leap-
frogged over Carlile into second.
Parker Norris
(24) held off
Kevin Stollings
to win the AFT
Singles main.
