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Ben Bostrom, Graves Motorsports Yamaha, 1st Place

“For some reason Josh (Herrin) and I were getting in each other’s face just a little bit and then I got upset and shook my head and then I was like, ‘I shouldn’t shake my head at the kid because he’s doing a phenomenal job, plus he out-qualified me.’ In the end, these guys were putting up a really incredible pace and I was riding semi conservative and they would just wax me coming onto the straight. I would try to make it back up, but I said, ‘If I keep trying to make it up like that you’re going to fall down.’ Josh and I got to fighting a little bit and I shook my head and he went by and I was like, ‘Okay, let ‘em go.’ They were definitely going as fast as I wanted to go. Unfortunately for Josh, instead of being a photo finish with the three of us, he went wide and that let Jake (Zemke) and I fight it out. We had a battle of red and blue and we have to win now without Josh up there I had to uphold the honor. It was good times. It was fun. I don’t have much else to say except that the Yamaha is pretty awesome -- it’s a great bike.”

Jake Zemke, Erion Honda, 2nd Place

“It wasn’t too bad as long as I was leading, but I didn’t lead across the finish line and I have to work on that. These guys rode great and it was a hot one today. I’m sure you guys could see that we were sliding all around. It was slippery. From my point of view, it was a great race. I’m really upset that Ben passed me (laughs). I was just telling Ben, ‘Have you ever read book “The Little Engine That Could”?’ because that’s me and I’m still coming for you, buddy.”

Josh Herrin, Graves Motorsports Yamaha, 3rd Place

“We jumped out to a pretty good start in the first race but it ended up getting red-flagged. Me and my crew thought we were making the right decision by keeping that tire on there and not switching to a new rear, but it ended up being the wrong decision but that happens in racing. We’ll learn from it and come back strong at the next race. Overall, I think it was a really good race. I have to congratulate these guys because they rode a really good race. It was a scorcher out there.”

(Herrin twice ran wide in Turn 3)

“I’ve been really strong there all weekend -- split one was my strongest. When that tire started to lose a little bit of grip, I just couldn’t keep the pace going into there. I guess it was my loss. I screwed up.”