FLAT TRACK
X GAMES HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLAT TRACK
JULY 13, 2017
MALL OF AMERICA / MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
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podium tonight," said Mees.
Odds are when Mees gets a great
start the party is over. Estenson Racing's
Sammy Halbert was out to challenge that
theory on his venerable Harley-Davidson
XR750. Halbert, who has struggled with
gate starts in the past, had different ideas.
"For me to come off the X Games start
in second, that was by far the best start I've
ever gotten here," said Halbert. "It really
Qualifying, heat races and a Last
Chance race trimmed the 24 invited riders
down to the 12-rider main. Unique to flat
track, a motocross-style starting gate was
used for a single-row start.
2016 Gold Medalist, Jared Mees, led
the charge into turn one on his Indian
Motorcycle/Rogers Racing-backed Indian
Scout FTR750. "I got a fabulous start and
I needed one if I was going to get on the
Henry Wiles,
Mees and
Bryan Smith
rub elbows for
positions in a
heat race.
