FLAT TRACK
AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 16 / SEPTEMBER 9, 2017
WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY / MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
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and another red. After the third
red I was getting frustrated. I
thought, come on, let's just get
this over with."
With Smith on the sidelines
the title was a virtual lock.
Mees was determined to fin-
ish off the day as the winner.
"What I was focusing on was to
go slow right in the middle of
the corner and walk the thing
off hard every lap," said Mees.
"The last thing I needed to do
was to go in there too hot and
especially on these little slippery half miles
like this. You've got to get off the line good
and just run your own race," said Mees.
"The most nerve wracking thing was see-
ing those red flags. I was going around
and saw the 'five to go' and just knew in
the back of my head that there was going
to be a red flag. I knew that it couldn't be
that easy and that they wouldn't give it to
me that easy. Then there was another red
(Above) Jake Johnson
was happy to finish
out the day in fourth.
(Right) Brad Baker
(6) gave chase but
couldn't quite stop
his teammate Mees
from winning. (Below)
Kevin Stollings won
the Singles final by
1.5 seconds over
Kolby Carlile.
