The Crosley Brands Kawasaki rider rolls to his sixth-straight Sacramento Mile victory.
The following is from Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.:
Irvine, Ca (May 22, 2016) – Bryan Smith rolled into the Cal Expo Fairgrounds in Sacramento, California, this weekend during round five of the AMA Pro Flat Track season. TSmith claimed a dominating win in his heat race and followed it up with his sixth-straight win at the Sacramento Mile.
Riding his number 42 Kawasaki Ninja 650-powered bike backed by Crosley Brands, Smith controlled the day, qualifying fastest and lining up for the main event on pole position. After grabbing the holeshot, Smith would control the first few laps until a red flag resulted in a restart. On the second start Smith would yet again take the holeshot and begian ticking off laps. With two laps remaining Smith began struggling with brake fade, but he was able to hold it together and cross the line with a .024 second margin of victory.
“I started the weekend with confidence in myself and my Kawasaki,” Smith said. “I was hoping to just get away at the front, and that didn’t happen, so I started pushing hard. A red flag came out, which helped us to regroup and check my tire wear. I hammered the restart and looked behind me in the first turn to see where we were at. After a few laps I decided to let someone else lead for a minute so I didn’t have the target on my back for a bit. As soon as I did the leader blew his motor and almost took me down. I decided that was enough of that and went for the lead again. With a couple laps to go my brakes went out going into Turn 1. With how much we use our rear brakes to keep wheel spin down, it made tough the last couple laps. Luckily I had a little spin out of Turn 4 but was able to tuck in and take the win and the points lead!”
2016 AMA Pro Flat Track Series
Sacramento Mile
Cal-Expo State Fairgrounds
Sacramento, California
Results: May 21, 2016 (Round 5 of 14)
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1. Bryan Smith-Kaw
2. Kenny Coolbeth, Jr.-H-D
3. Steve Bonsey-H-D
4. Jarod Vanderkooi-Kaw
5. Jake Johnson-H-D
6. Briar Bauman-Kaw
7. Henry Wiles-Kaw
8. Sammy Halbert-Kaw
9. Cory Texter-Kaw
10. Shawn Baer-KTM
11. Nick Armstrong-Yam
12. Jeffrey Carver, Jr.-Kaw
13. Jake Shoemaker-Tri
14. Jared Mees-H-D
15. Brad Baker-H-D
16. Brandon Robinson-Kaw
17. Davis Fisher-H-D
18. Kayl Kolkman-Kaw
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