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FLAT TRACK 2018 AMERICAN FLAT TRACK SERIES ROUND 4 / MAY 5, 2018 CALISTOGA SPEEDWAY / CALISTOGA, CALIFORNIA P86 grow, Shayna Texter pulled away from an all-out war for the last podium spot. Price, Cory Texter, Dan Bromley, Kolby Carlile, Kevin Stollings and Morgen Mischler were all tightly bunched, looking for any advantage. As Wells and Shayna Texter crossed the finish line, Stollings and Price, who were fighting for third, came together, with Stollings hitting the ground. Bromley was the benefactor of this, moving from fifth to third. Mischler grabbed fourth as Price regrouped for fifth. Defending class champion Car- lile finished sixth just ahead of Cory Texter. Oliver Brindley and Tristan Avery filled out the top 10. now," said Wells. "We made some major headway today, and I can't wait for the rest of the season." Cory Texter (Cory Texter Racing/ Law Tigers, Honda CRF450R) got the holeshot and led the first lap, but Wells dropped Texter to second on lap two. Current points leader Brandon Price (Parkinson Broth- ers Racing/DPC Racing, Honda CRF450R) held third until moving by Cory on lap four. Cory Texter came under fire from his sister Shayna (Husqvar- na Motorcycles/JCS Racing, Husqvarna FC 450). Shayna sys- tematically disposed of Cory, then Price by the halfway point. While Wells' lead continued to Halbert grabbed ninth over Jake Johnson. AFT SINGLES While the AFT Twins class has been dominated by Mees, the AFT Singles class has spread the love around. After four races there have been four winners. This week it was former class champion and 2017 AFT Twins Rookie of the Year Ryan Wells (Richie Morris Racing/Al Lamb Honda, Honda CRF450R) return- ing to his championship form and running away with the 15-lap main. "Hopefully this is the first of many podium appearances. I think we know what we've got to do iii My Own Race: 23 JEFFREY CARVER AFT TWINS 2ND "I don't know when it was that I turned my fastest lap of the night. I would have thought maybe more towards the beginning of the race, but I was really working a line towards the end," said runner-up Jeffrey Carver of his race. "I carried momentum and just kind of worked the racetrack. I think his line started to get a little bit slicker. It's easier to follow. It would have been a dogfight if we had one more lap. It was exciting. My goal was to run as hard as you possibly can and never look back. I was getting into one really high. That's where I was making momentum. I was getting in really good through the center and it was helping me carry it off." 2 KENNY COOLBETH AFT TWINS 3RD "If I could get off with them I could probably give them a run for their money," said podium finisher Kenny Coolbeth. "These things [Indian Scout FTR750] just act so different, the clutches are so weird. Indian has had some problems with them and they are trying to work through them. They've been trying different clutch levers and stuff like that. I just can't get used to it, but we have to. I have to figure it out. Every practice I stopped and practiced my start, half the time I felt good and half the time I felt not too good. It's just little things we need to work on. We've kind of figured out the setup on the bike, to know what does what. I just need to work on myself here and there." 6 BRAD BAKER AFT TWINS 4TH "I started on the outside and got a good start; I just kind of got bullied in the first corner," said Brad Baker. "Carver was the first one to take the line away and that made me check up, Bauman was the second one. We came off of two and I just kind of got up near the wall and had to back off. That's when Mees went by as well and I sat in fourth. I had a pretty good drive on Bauman coming off of four on the first lap, but Mees was already on the inside of him. Briar had to check up and I checked up. Carver and Mees had probably eight bike lengths on Bauman and me by that time. Bauman was running pretty good. Maybe he was riding a little aggressive; he was trying to make up time. On a track like this it's more about being patient and keeping your wheels in line. If you ride too aggressive, you end up making more mistakes. By the time I got past Briar, Mees and Carver were already a good distance ahead. I knew Coolbeth was right on my tail because he showed me a couple wheels as I was trying to get past Bauman. Right when I got past Bauman I kind of slipped off coming off of four and Kenny got by."