VOL. 55 ISSUE 14 APRIL 10, 2018 P85
REIGNS
A new day brought new life to the Mees team
and suddenly he was picking up where he left
off last year. "I came a long way from yesterday
to today," Mees said. "I think raining out and
coming back today was just good for me men-
tally to just relax, debrief and get a good night's
sleep. Yesterday we started with the wrong
gearing. We went the opposite direction that I
wanted to go for the second round and it was
worse. In the third round, we were finally in the
ballpark. We were nervous. I felt like we were
pushing an uphill battle. We were behind a step.
W
hat a difference a day makes. On Sat-
urday, defending American Flat Track
Champion Jared Mees had posted
13th fastest time in qualifying and the Indian Mo-
torcycle/Rogers Racing team was struggling to
get their Indian Scout FTR750 back in the hunt.
Just before the semis were called out, pos-
sibly the best thing that could have happened
for the team, a light rain began to fall. While the
heavy rains that were forecast failed to material-
ize, enough rain fell to force officials to suspend
the action until Sunday.
