"Needless to say, the track wasn't in the best of shape, but despite that we were in pretty good shape and we were competitive. In the first start, I got going about sixth and had moved up to fifth, and was just in the process of passing Brian Bigelow when the red flag came out for somebody who had crashed. So we lined back up for the restart back in fifth behind Bigelow, and I got a really good run through one and two and came off of turn two in third behind (Joe) Kopp and (Jared) Mees. Those two were going at it and they kind of came together once, and that allowed me to get up underneath Kopp, and I was chasing down Jared. We were going pretty good, he was running well, and I felt good and comfortable. We got to a point where I got a good run on him, and I was just passing him going down the front stretch, and the red light came on again for another wreck, which I believe was Kopp, who had crashed in turns three and four. I guess Henry Wiles had collected (Kopp's) motorcycle and he had gone down as well. I heard that those two were okay, fortunately.

"So we lined up on the restart in second and I got going - Jared got a good jump and was going real good the first few laps and got a little gap on me, and I started inching back up on him and was reeling him in, and I went off into turn three and got in there a little hot, I guess, and got up a little wide into the dry part of the track that hadn't seen any track work all day long - they fixed the rest of the part of it that was shitty - and I got my back wheel out in the loose stuff, and I just plain slid out. Bigelow, who was behind me, slid out to avoid me, and so did (Geo) Roeder in the melee. Three of us all put the bike on the ground - two of them to avoid me, which was nice to see. Those guys are definitely professional, when they'll throw the thing on the ground just to avoid hurting somebody.