Peggy Llewellyn admitted that Sunday in Dallas was a usual race day for her when she started. It’s been said, it’s not how you start the race but how you finish that counts.

Llewellyn entered the first round as a championship hopeful. She ended as a contender.

Llewellyn validated her first final round appearance with a victory. Her success today qualified her for the Countdown to One phase of the playoffs.

“I just started off the day the same as always,” Llewellyn said. “George [Bryce] always came over to me and telling me to work on my process. He always tells me to do what I can do in my lane. That’s been it.”

“Even when I’d go to the semi-finals and do stuff here and there like not shift the bike … and I remained calm. You try not to be nervous. I know what it is like to go up there trying not to lose sight. You don’t rounds when you do that. I’m working on that.”

Peggy Llewellyn admitted that Sunday in Dallas was a usual race day for her when she started. It’s been said, it’s not how you start the race but how you finish that counts.

Llewellyn entered the first round as a championship hopeful. She ended as a contender.

Llewellyn validated her first final round appearance with a victory. Her success today qualified her for the Countdown to One phase of the playoffs.

“I just started off the day the same as always,” Llewellyn said. “George [Bryce] always came over to me and telling me to work on my process. He always tells me to do what I can do in my lane. That’s been it.”

“Even when I’d go to the semi-finals and do stuff here and there like not shift the bike … and I remained calm. You try not to be nervous. I know what it is like to go up there trying not to lose sight. You don’t rounds when you do that. I’m working on that.”

Llewellyn said her triumph seemed like insurmountable odds when she started.

“I thought about taking it round by round and then getting to the semi-finals – a little bit of doubt started creeping into my mind. I know what I have been doing when I get to the semi-finals. Then after that I was fine. I got nervous again and I started thinking about the process all over again.”

Llewellyn said the team kept her in the dark much of the day when it came to the point scenarios.

“They didn’t mention anything and I kept asking them,” Llewellyn said. “I guess they didn’t want me to know. That was a good one.”

Just to think, today’s victory came on a Buell and Llewellyn began this season on a Suzuki.

“I couldn’t have scripted any better,” Llewellyn said. “A year ago I was at my real estate office and do as well as we had. We had tested a Suzuki prior to the gators and then we switched over to the V-Twin and I had to learn to ride all over again. This is amazing. I have told everyone that I see to pinch me because I must be dreaming.”

 

Andrew Hines clinched his berth on Saturday. He was joined today in the final phase of the championship battle by Matt Smith and Chip Ellis.

Llewellyn had to win to claim the fourth seeding. Her victory bumped out Indy winner Craig Treble.