VOL. 55 ISSUE 22 JUNE 5, 2018 P79
Singles champion Kolby Carlile (Es-
tenson Racing/McCandless Trucking
Center Yamaha YZ450F) and Shayna
Texter (Husqvarna Motorcycles/JCS
Racing Husqvarna FC 450) were right
on Stollings' tail.
The three leaders proceeded to thrill
the full house with a 15-lap classic "mile"
race. Each led laps, Stollings (6), Texter
(3) and Carlile also with six, including
the all-important 15th lap. The lead was
rarely more than 0.03 of a second.
Jesse Janisch (Roof-Systems of Dal-
las, TX/West Bend Harley-Davidson Ya-
maha YZ450F) was just back by himself
in fourth. Most of the rest of the 18-rider
field made up a large pack fighting over
fifth. The slightest mistake would cost
many positions much quicker than they
could be made back.
The chess game was being played
out at over 100 miles per hour. Texter
has the most mile experience and the
most wins, but could she position her-
self to draft for the win. Ideally you do
not want to lead off turn four on the last
lap of a tight race like this, but that is ex-
BACK TO NORMAL
Jared Mees quickly recovered from the
"disappointment" of his second-place
finish last week at the Springfield Mile as
he continues to pad his AFT Twins points
lead, now 170 to 116 over Henry Wiles.
Brad Baker (101), Jeffrey Carver (99) and
Kenny Coolbeth (99) are the top five.
STILL IN CONTROL
Despite being stuck in the middle of a
wild race for fifth place in the AFT Singles
main, Dan Bromley extended his points
lead with a ninth-place finish. Bromley
now has a 28-point lead over the injured
Brandon Price, 136-108. Jesse Janisch
(105), Kolby Carlile (97) and Ryan Wells
(95) round out the top five.
ESTENSON
INDIAN DEBUT
After riding the first seven rounds on
the Estenson Racing Yamaha FZ-07,
Jake Johnson made his first ride on
the Estenson Racing Indian Scout
FTR750. Johnson bounced around
from sixth to 10th before settling into a
ninth-place finish.
BACK ON TRACK
The Harley-Davidson Motor Company/
Vance & Hines team improved on their
disappointing Springfield results, as
Brandon Robinson and Sammy Halbert
were in and out of the top five the
whole race. After all three team Harley-
Davidson XG750Rs failed to make 10
laps at Springfield, they followed that
up with solid fifth-, seventh- and 14th-
place finishes by Halbert, Robinson
and Jarod Vanderkooi.
BETTER BUT…
While the track was still a narrow
groove it was an improvement over last
year's effort. "The track is better than
Briefly...
The factory Harley-
Davidson team had
a good night with
Brandon Robinson (44)
taking seventh and
Sammy Halbert (69)
cracking the top five.
