IN
THE
WIND
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HALBERT
CAPTURES
STEEL
SHOE WIN
R
ound two of the Steel Shoe
National Series came to the
Isabella County Fairgrounds
in Mount Pleasant, Michigan,
August 19. The race was desig-
nated as the Bart Markel Memo-
rial and the large crowd on hand
was treated to some real "Old
School" dirt track racing.
The premier class of the series
is the Pro Super Twins and the
20-lap main event showed why.
On a track he considers his
hometown track, Henry Wiles
took command of the race when
he wrestled the lead from Ryan
Wells in the first turn.
Wiles (Willy Built/Kawasaki)
was pulling away, but Sammy
Halbert (Mike Stauffer Racing/
Harley-Davidson) was working
his way through traffic and just as
the halfway flags came out, Hal-
bert caught Wiles. At the same
time a puff of smoke came from
Halbert's bike and it looked like
the pending battle might be over
before it got started.
Instead, it was game on. Wiles
and Halbert exchanged the lead
repeatedly and the last ten laps
of the race were nothing short of
outstanding.
With two laps to go, Halbert
gained just a little advantage
and won by less than a second.
Steven Vanderkurr was a distant
third on his Kawasaki.
Davis Fisher (Kawasaki) and
Parker Norris (Kawasaki) round-
ed out the top five.
The Framer 450-505cc class
was dominated by Chad Cose
on his Tom Engelhart Racing
Honda.
Kyle Johnson was second
almost six seconds back. Davis
Fisher, Halbert (Yamaha) and
Wells (Honda) filled out the top
five.
The largest class of the day
was the Pro 450cc DTX class.
After a short scuffle with Kur-
tis Lee (Honda), Kyle Johnson
extended his lead to almost four
seconds.
However, Lee was the run
down by Jeremy Orr (Honda),
but was able to hold on to
second by nine hundredths of
a second. Jayson Bloss (Kawa-
saki) captured fourth and Kaley
Johnson, Kyle's sister, brought
her Honda home in fifth.
Dave Hoenig
1. Sammy Halbert (H-D)
2. Henry Wiles (Kaw)
3. Steven Vanderkurr (Kaw)
4. Davis Fisher (Kaw)
5. Parker Norris (Kaw)
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
DAVE
HOENIG
Sammy Halbert came away with
the win at round two the Steel Shoe
National Series in Michigan.
