WG AFT (flat track) thread. Now with pics from Deke

[guzzisteve]

Mechanicsburg, PA going on now.

[oldbike54]

 Mees is gonna be hard to beat in the twins class .

 Go Shayna 

 Dusty

[guzzisteve]

Smith goes down, lots of red flags w/5 laps to go, Mees clinches the championship w/the domination of Indian team.

[LowRyter]

What?  The race was run on Saturday afternoon?

[oldbike54]

What?  The race was run on Saturday afternoon?
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 Except for the two Springfield races they run on Saturday .

 Dusty

[LowRyter]

Usually saturday nite...

[oldbike54]

Usually saturday nite...

 Only at tracks with lights .

 Dusty

[guzzisteve]

OK Dusty  Elizabethtown, TX  Lone Star 1/2 mile SAT.

[oldbike54]

 Yep . They are calling this a short track , but is just a skosh less than a 1/2 mile , so it will race like one .

 Dusty

[oldbike54]

 Oh , and Johnny Lewis is entered on an Indian , and Brad Baker is out replaced by Larry Pegram . Baker got hurt on a dirt bike .

 Dusty

[oldbike54]

 RIP Barry Boone , long time FT announcer and friend to motorcycling . Weird to not hear "Kentucky's" voice during a broadcast .

 Dusty

[oldbike54]

 Here we go , singles main . Shayna is on the pole , go girl .

 Dusty

[guzzisteve]

1st race I missed in a while, got to wait for the re-runs.

[LowRyter]

was this the first win all season for the old XR?  Will it be the last?

[oldbike54]

was this the first win all season for the old XR?  Will it be the last?

 Yes , first win , although is Sammy hadn't crashed at Atlanta (?) on his XR he probably would have won . Funny how we call the XR obsolete , when we watched Mees win at OKC last year riding one , and very convincingly at that . If tuners could get them to last a season W/O replacing very expensive crankshafts there would still be several XR's racing , especially on shorter tracks . I'll bet that Mees could still win races on one .

 Dusty

[guzzisteve]

Last Race, CA State Fair.

[guzzisteve]

OK Boys & Girls it's on again starting today. Come one come all. Should be interesting w/HD's revamped motor.

[Guzzistajohn]

I'm on it dude, already bought my tickets for the mile Memorial weekend.

[timonbik]

Well the Harleys weren't a factor (faster than last year but still slowwww) but unlike last year Indian didn't steal the show either.  Although Mess did win on an Indian he was being  seriously challenged by a Yamaha and a Kawasaki came in third.
What is with the Indian breaking in half during qualifying.  That's a little embarrassing to say the least.  Never seen anything like that before.

[Daniel Kalal]

What is with the Indian breaking in half during qualifying.  That's a little embarrassing to say the least.  Never seen anything like that before.

I must have missed what you saw.  Which Indian?

The Kawasaki of Stevie Bonsey fractured a swingarm leaving the wheel (with the remains of the swingarm still attached) rolling along while Stevie came to a pretty quick (and low) stop.  This year's jump was bigger than last year, and nearly all the bikes had rear suspensions that were bottoming out.

[LowRyter]

Daniel,  the track did look a little bit bigger than last year.  quite a bit more competitive too.

Are sponsoring a bike this year?