“ I had some good lines at the start of the race , but after I got in the lead , I stuck with that same line but started getting slower throughout the race and it seemed that all the lines that I had walked just weren ’ t the good lines anymore ,” said Steward . “ I think on lap four I finally got a pretty good cushion and just tangled with a lapper . As I was getting up those guys caught me from about twenty down and they passed me . The rest of the day it was just a never-ending battle with lappers . It was really tough . Really just aggravating .”
“ Stew and Jordan were riding really good in the beginning , and they kind of pulled away from me quite a bit ,” said Kelley . “ I was surprised . I felt like I was riding really good ,
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