AMA Pro Racing Press Release:
Being from the state of Washington, Sammy Halbert did not disappoint his hometown crowd as he won tonight’s AMA Pro Grand National Championship race at Castle Rock Race Park in a landslide. A large mass of viewers all over the nation, as well as a packed house in Castle Rock, Wash. witnessed Sammy Halbert kick off the second half of the season with a win. Halbert was last year’s winner at this very race and is the first rider to win two races this season in AMA Pro Flat Track’s premier class.
“This is awesome, I have to give it up to the local crowd for coming out, you guys fired me up and helped me get the win.” Halbert said. “I just got a good start and stayed focused the whole time. It feels great. We got to keep this thing rolling; I’m fired up and want to carry this momentum to next race.”
Coming off a solid restart after Brandon Robinson bit the dust, Halbert took the lead and never looked back as he was the clear-cut winner and was barely contested the entire way. With five laps remaining, Jared Mees was the only rider in Halbert’s vicinity but was never really a threat as Halbert continued his dominance at Castle Rock Race Park and got to enjoy the sweet taste of victory for the second time this season. Mees and Jake Johhson closed out the podium, respectively. Jethro Halbert, Sammy’s brother, claimed the fourth slot of the main event with J.D. Beach closing out the top five.
2012 Current Standings (GNC Combined)
1 Jared Mees
2 Jake Johnson
3 Sammy Halbert
4 Bryan Smith
5 Johnny Lewis
6 Jeffrey Carver Jr.
7 Brad Baker
8 Henry Wiles
9 Matt Weidman
10 Jethro Halbert
11 Briar Bauman
12 Kenny Coolbeth, Jr.
13 Brandon Robinson
14 JD Beach
15 Steven Bonsey
16 Robert Pearson
17 Willie McCoy
18 Shawn Baer
19 Mikey Rush
20 Doug Lawrence
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As for the single engines, Jacob Lehmann took advantage of several restarts and claimed his first ever career victory. After Wyatt Maguire’s crash called out a red flag, Lehmann shot out of the restart like a torpedo and maintained the lead for the entire race. Second place finisher Rodney Spencer was Lehmann’s only competition of the night as they both ran away from the pack and were neck and neck for the final three laps. The battle for third also proved to be an intense race as Dominic Collindres edged Jake Shoemaker and Garret Callies to close out the podium.
“I just came out hoping that I can at least come in the top ten and make the main event.” Lehmann said. “I got lucky on the restart and I was just thinking please don’t red flag it again. I was just trying to get a gap on the last few laps so I could have room to breathe but Spencer just kept creeping up on me.”
2012 Current Standings (Pro Singles)
1 Gerit Callies
2 Ryan Wells
3 Jake Shoemaker
4 Jason Isennock
5 Stephen Vanderkuur
6 Shayna Texter
7 Hunter Taylor
8 Wyatt Maguire
9 Adam Bushman
10 Dominic Colindres
11 James Monaco
12 Zakk Palmer
13 Jake Cunningham
14 Eric Stump
15 Hayden Gillim
16 John Long III
17 Michael Bickerton
18 Ryan Foster
19 Jake Quick
20 Jacob Lehmann
Next Up:
The stars of AMA Pro Flat Track will return to Peoria, Illinois on August 11, 2012 for another TT event.
For more information: www.amaproracing.com
