Although the seven-time Champ put on a virtual passing clinic, it wasn't enough, and Carr was forced to settle for seventh. The next Twins event is a I-96 Speedway in Michigan, August 18.
"It's good that I crashed, because (the AMA) has said that on miles and half-miles, as soon as somebody goes down, it's going to be instant red flag. That afforded us the opportunity to find out what had happened with one of the brake pads - the material had separated from the backing plate. So it was metal-to-metal on one side and regular brakes on the other. We couldn't get any pedal pressure, so we poured some more fluid in it, screwed the cap back on, got the brakes working, and got the back of the staggered-file restart.
"I had six laps to pass guys and get into fifth and make the program for the main event. I was able to do that, got into fifth with a couple to go and there was a gaggle of guys that I just couldn't get around, or I might have been able to move up a row or so.
"So we lined up in the main event as rider number twenty, the last guy in the final. I got a so-so start, and was pretty much last coming off of turn two, and I passed thirteen guys the next eleven laps and got into seventh. Joe Kopp was a straightaway ahead of me in sixth. I worked, and worked, and worked, and got to within ten bike lengths of him at the end of the race, but I just had way too much ground to make up to move forward.
"That was probably one of the hardest sevenths I had in a longtime. It was a good night, we were comfortable and felt like we had a chance to win. It was just one of those things that happens that kind of takes the wind out of your sails."