FLAT TRACK
AMERICAN FLAT TRACK SERIES
ROUND 2 / APRIL 7-8, 2018
DIXIE SPEEDWAY / WOODSTOCK, GEORGIA
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down low where it was flat. I got a good
jump and that was half the battle."
Mees nailed the holeshot and was
never headed. Henry Wiles (Wilco Rac-
ing/Willy Built Indian Scout FTR750)
grabbed second with Jarod Vanderkooi
(Harley-Davidson Motor Company/
Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson XGR
750R), Coolbeth and Jeffrey Carver
(Roof-Systems/Indian of Metro Milwau-
kee Harley-Davidson XR750) giving
chase.
"I ran my own race," Mees said. "I
looked back, I don't know, with maybe
six or seven laps to go, and I had a
pretty good lead. Fighting back and
winning in a race like this is just mentally
good on the team. I'm not saying we
want to do this every race, but there
were people walking up and saying,
'Dude, you were out to lunch yesterday.'
I was like come on; I wasn't like out to
It felt like everybody had three practices
under their belt and I didn't have any-
thing yet because we were so far out to
lunch, which is unlike us."
The high-banked little D-shaped
oval turned slick and technical. Kenny
Coolbeth (Nila Racing/Columbia Avion-
ics Indian Scout FTR750) was one of
the few that was able maintain his good
results from day one and had the first
pick of starting positions for the 25-lap
AFT Twins main event, but it didn't gain
him the advantage he was looking for.
Coolbeth had opted to start on the bot-
tom, with Mees just to his right.
Everyone knew a good start was
required and it was Mees that accom-
plished the feat. "I finally had a good
starting position. In the heat race, I had
a crappy position and I just spun off the
line," said Mees. "In the semi, the same
thing. In the main event, I was finally
(Left) Mees and
Kenny Tolbert
celebrate their
second win of the
season.
(Right) Kenny
Coolbeth and
Henry Wiles go at
it during the AFT
main. Coolbeth
pulled away for
second, while
Wiles slipped
back to fifth.
Jeffrey Carver (23)
battled Coolbeth (2)
for second place but
couldn't quite get
around Coolbeth's
Indian.
