"I was running fifth at the time, Kenny Coolbeth was up front - he had checked out. Jake Johnson was running a strong second. Murphree was third and King was fourth. One by one - Johnson fell, and he was out, then three laps later, Coolbeth broke, and he was out. So I was gifted third at that point.

"I ran down and caught Murphree and King. I caught 'em, but I really couldn't get by 'em. They were both going really good. They were both running two different lines going into the corner, and I never could find a way by. Before I knew it - a couple bobbles later - they had stretched out about fifteen bike lengths on me.

"It pretty much stayed that way the rest of the race. It was pretty uneventful, the last twelve laps or so. I just rode the thing around as best I could and got third. We'd inch up on them, drop back, inch up, drop back, one of them see-saw deals that you always get frustrated by. It was another solid finish on a half-mile.