FLAT TRACK
2017 AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHP
ROUND 15 / SEPTEMBER 2-3, 2017
ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS / SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
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go. By that time it was too late to
get a good draft. Obviously now
I would rather go back and draft
Jared into turn three and lead it
off of turn four. You don't know
until it happens."
Baker was stuck in third, while
Halbert stumbled just enough to
not be able to grab any draft and
finish fourth. Robinson was able
to lead the next wave across the
to the bottom so I didn't get as
good of a draft," said Smith. "It
definitely helped him, when he
ran down low, because I was
kind of hung out and not in the
draft for a minute. I figured he
would move one way or the
other. He came off high and I
figured he was going to go low,
but he started to go to the inside
and I was still spinning waiting to
came off turn four. "I definitely
wanted to either lead it off four
or be second. I don't think I
could have pulled it together
from third," said Mees. "I felt
so good off turn four. I felt like I
could lead it, I felt like I could fol-
low. It didn't really matter. I finally
planned everything perfect and
right. I did my job."
"Jared was leading it and dove
Bryan Smith was
hoping to get a win
at the track he loves,
but he came up
0.021 of a second
short.
