TYLER BOWERS (No. 74 Dodge/Sycuan Casino/Hart and Huntington/Bel-Ray Racing Kawasaki) Finished 15th
“It
started out to be a pretty solid night on the bike. I had a really
comfortable Heat Race and felt good all day. The track was pretty
tricky tonight. It’s always tough coming out here and finding what the
bike likes because of how the sun just bakes the track all year.
“In
the Main, I thought things were going pretty good. I was sticking the
bike in on some guys and finally got aggressive. I jumped into one of
the corners and a guy in front of me (Metcalfe) tucked in under the guy
in front of him while I was tripling in the air. I hit him a bit and on
the exit of the turn I clipped his heel and the front-end was just
gone, handlebars straight into the dirt. I was having a great battle
with (Justin) Brayton just before I put the bike down, but that’s
racing.
“From that point in the race I
just wanted to make sure that I finished strong and tried to gain as
many positions as I could. When you have an incident like I did early
in the race you just have to focus on the next lap and not get caught up
in what position you’re riding. I rode hard the last 17 or 18 laps and
brought home a 15th-place finish.”
KYLE REGAL (No. 36 Dodge/Sycuan Casino/Hart and Huntington/Bel-Ray Racing Kawasaki) Finished 20th
“Not
the way that I wanted to ride during the last race of the year. I felt
pretty good during the Heat Race but just couldn’t carry the same ride
into the Main. I didn’t have a good starting spot at all and when the
gate dropped I fell behind. I think it was around the halfway point of
the race when I jumped off the track, clipped a tuff block and the bike
ended up on the pavement. When I tried to get going the back wheel just
kept spinning and the bike just did circles. It’s a bummer. I wanted
to have a solid ride for these guys here in Vegas.”
5/6/2012 1:29am
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