Brandon Robinson awaits the first practice session at the Indy Mile on Saturday, August 17 before heading out onto the track for the day's activities. Robinson made the best of what could have been a miserable day after losing a motor in the first qualifying session during round 8 of the 2013 AMA Pro Flat Track presented by J&P Cycles Grand National Championship season at the Indy Mile and rebounded with a great last lap pass coming out of turn 2 that saw him get the best of Jared Mees and Brad Baker in the 25-lap National main event that landed him in the 2nd-place spot on the podium.
Check out the press release below from BRob44 and the TJ Burnett Farms/USC/Hart Racing Kawasaki team about the great turnaround the team made after overcoming the adversity of losing another motor on the day at the legendary Indy Mile.
Brandon
Robinson & the TJ Burnett Farms Kawasaki team take 2nd-place
finish in round 8 at the Indy Mile
Press
release – For Immediate Release
Oxford,
PA. – August 21, 2013 –Round
8 of the 2013 AMA Pro Flat Track presented by J&P Cycles Grand
National Championship season is history and the TJ Burnett Farms
Kawasaki team with rider Brandon Robinson earned a hard-fought
2nd-place finish at the legendary Indy Mile on August 17 with a
last-lap pass to secure a spot on the box at the Indiana State
Fairgrounds-hosted event. It was Brob44's second-best finish of the
season after the Daytona win.
After
two rough results in rounds 6 & 7 of the season at the Castle
Rock TT (DNQ) and the Peoria TT (18th-place finish), let alone
fighting a painful tooth over the Peoria weekend, BRob44 put himself
back into the top-5 of the championship hunt with a great effort at
Indy.
“Things
started rough with losing a motor early in the day, especially after
we practiced in the 6th-place spot, but we rolled out the back-up
bike to qualify 19th
out of the 47 riders on-hand who took a qualifying time,” stated
Robinson. “Hats off to James Hart (Robinson's tuner), Billy
Gruwell & TJ for getting us back on track after losing the motor
early in the first qualifying session.”
Brandon Robinson feathers the throttle on the #44 TJ Burnett Farms/USC/Hart Racing Kawasaki coming through turn one at the Indy Mile during the final qualifying session on Saturday, August 17. BRob44 did a magnificent job of rebounding from a blown motor in the first session to return to qualify in the 19th spot and end the evening with a stellar 2nd-place finish, his second-best effort of the season after winning the Daytona Short Track II round on March 15. Photo by Mike Stuhler/Stu's Shots.
As
a result of finishing in the 2nd-place spot behind winner Bryan Smith
on the Howerton Motorsports Kawasaki, Robinson and the TJ Burnett
Farms Kawasaki team left Indy with 97 points in the championship hunt
and only 6 points behind 4th-place man and defending 2012 AMA Grand
National Champion Jared Mees.
AMA Pro Flat Track official announcer Barry Boone talks with 2nd-place finisher Brandon Robinson after his last lap move that put him onto the podium at round 8 of the 2013 AMA Pro Flat Track presented by J&P Cycles Grand National Championship at the Indy Mile on Saturday, August 17. 3rd-place finisher Brad Baker talks with one of the lovely ladies of AMA Pro Flat Track while winner Bryan Smith relishes in his moment while cooling off after the 25-lap main. Photo by Mike Stuhler/Stu's Shots.
With
five races in the 2013 season left (Colonial Downs, Springfield Mile
I & II, Santa Rosa and Pomona), the team is poised for their run
to the end of the season. “Colonial Downs coming up this weekend
(round 9 on August 24) is a toss-up for us and the rest of the teams,
but Springfield could really play into our hands over the Labor Day
weekend,” continued Robinson, “and we're really looking forward
to the doubleheader there after the weather postponement from the
Memorial Day weekend. And I'm also looking forward to Santa Rosa and
Pomona, where we ran in the top-10 last year.”
The
TJ Burnett Farms/USC/James Hart Racing Kawasaki team hopes to see all
of our fans stop by to say 'hi' to us at each of the remaining events
so we can share with them the great time we are having this season.
We hope to see you all soon!
Brandon Robinson #44 &
the TJ Burnett Farms Kawasaki AMA Grand National Championship team
would like to thank all of our sponsors for the 2013 season:
TJ
Burnett Farms, USC Racing Kawasaki, James Hart, Arai, Next Moto
Champion, ATI Physical Therapy, Penske Racing Shocks, AXO, Saddlemen,
Protect All, Pro Plates, ISC Racers Tape, Motion Pro, Southland,
Matrix Race Products, Race Tech, Lemonds Kawasaki, WKR, Mr. Sign,
Bill Built, Royal Publishing, VC Graphix, DAOapparel.com,
PMP Sprockets, Spectro Oils, CP Pistons, G2 Ergonomics, Works
Connection, K&N, Hartman Photography, Mitchell Mechanical, J&H
Repair, Big Dawg Racing, Ricko, Jim Chapman, Tom Scibek, Joe
Reynolds, John Y, Mom & Dad
Press
release prepared by:
Mike
Stuhler/Stu's Shots/Indianapolis, IN 46234 (317) 373-0522
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