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last lap dropped him to fourth. "The
Gary Goodwin/Ben Evans Racing
Harley was just tracking out there,"
said Carver. "I've ridden this bike
before. We were due one. This
motorcycle has been really good
to me."
The points race in the AFT Twins
class has been settled. The only
close riders are Brian Bauman
and Jeffrey Carver, who are sepa-
rated by one point for fifth place
behind Jared Mees, Bryan Smith,
Brad Baker and Sammy Halbert.
Shayna Texter's win has kept her
AFT Singles points chase alive,
but barely. Kolby Carlile holds a
24-point lead going into the last
race of the year. A win is worth 25
points. Brandon Price had been in
second, but his DNF has eliminat-
ed any chance he held for the title.
As an added event the Terry
Poovey Privateer Shootout was
the opening race of the night with
the six fastest AFT Singles riders
from timed qualifying racing for
$1000 to the winner. Dan Bromley
pocketed the cash, while Kolby
Carlile, Jeremiah Lindberg,
Kevin Stollings, Brandon Price
and Morgen Mischler received
$500, $400, $300, $200 and
$100, respectively.
Carver. "I was trying to keep it as
hooked up as possible and stay
off the gas.
Carver's lead grew to about
three quarters of a second and
remained there until very late
in the race, when the lead duo
normal charge to the front, but
Carver had other plans.
The track didn't have a vis-
ible "groove," but there was little
room for error in finding the fast
away around. "I was just trying
to stay very, very smooth," said
Indian Factory right on his tail.
Jared Mees (Indian Motorcycle/
Rogers Racing Indian Scout
FTR750) and Bryan Smith (In-
dian Motorcycle/Allstate Insur-
ance, Indian Scout FTR750)
looked poised to make their
