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MPG • DECEMBER • 2017
GARRETT MARCHBANKS
Although this track isn’t an exact replica of Anaheim One, per se, it does offer many characteristics that the neighboring outdoor circuit can’t provide. Multiple rhythm lanes, act as a showcase for ultra-specific timing. Tight chicanes offer a place for bar-banging action, and true tests of aggressiveness. And you can’t forget these mammoth-esque bowl turns, with arcs wide enough for three and four bikes to t-bone each other. Whoever comes out as champion in this class, will have earned their keep, and truly deserve the title they keep. A quick shift to third gear
off the line had many of the front end’s wheeling inches above mother earth, as they bottlenecked into the first few sections. Lance Kobusch jumped to the front of the line, to the lead the field in the opening moments. Riding the front end cautiously, due to the tracks severe degree of slickness, Kobusch’s race win hopes were dashed, when a mistake on lap four cost him to fall back outside of the top ten. Halpain, meanwhile moving into second after passing Justin Rodbell, eyed the win and that illustrious gate pick. It was the law of attraction, and his wishes would