FLAT TRACK
AMERICAN FLAT TRACK SERIES
ROUND 8 / JUNE 3, 2018
THE RED MILE / LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
P80
it was last year. It's just narrow and
hard to pass," said Bryan Smith.
"If I would have been a click better
in the corners, Jared and I would
have probably been drafting back
and forth every lap and it would
have been a show. It wouldn't have
seemed so boring. This place could
probably be cool, like Pomona
where there is not a groove but a
little bit of fluff. They had the right
idea earlier trying to keep it loose.
It needed more water; it was just a
day late and a dollar short on that.
Maybe the next time they will get the
water in it earlier and we can have
multi-line racing. At least some-
thing to catch you if you get off the
groove. You are just ice skating and
twiddling your thumbs until you get
back on the groove."
Briefly...
smarter than me, passing up the
front stretch. But it worked out.
I've got to give it up to Shayna
and Kevin. We kept it clean, and
it was a great battle; the fans
loved it I'm sure."
Stollings was just 0.012 of a
second away from repeating his
Red Mile win and Texter was
another 0.049 back, looking
to give Husqvarna its first dirt
track win. Janisch was fourth
well ahead of the scrum over
fifth that went to Jordan Harris
(S&J Coal / Roy Built Honda
CRF450R).
Tristan Avery (Honda), Mor-
gen Mischler (Yamaha), Ryan
Wells (Honda), Dan Bromley
(KTM), Cameron Smith (Honda),
Tanner Dean (KTM) and Ben
Lowe (Honda) were all packed
together shooting for fifth
through 12th place. CN
actly where Carlile found himself.
"It came down to the wire.
Coming off of four, I didn't think
I was going to win," said Carlile.
"I was hoping one of these two
would pass me down the back-
stretch, but they were a little
The Singles final featured great
racing with Kolby Carlile (1) eventually
taking the win. Shayna Texter (52)
was third behind second-place Kevin
Stollings (behind Texter).
