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Trackers web site. This page is dedicated tothe continual revival of Americas true motorcycle sport, flat trackoval and TT racing on fire breathing, nickel plated, ageless twowheeled monsters. dennis@vft.org For sale or wanted ads, please use ads@vft.orgFollowing 15 rounds of epic Progressive AmericanFlat Track action, Briar Bauman (No. 1 Indian Motorcycle/ProgressiveInsurance FTR750) successfully completed his bid to repeat as AFTSuperTwins presented by Vance Hines Champion in Saturdayevening s decisive Progressive AFT Finale at DAYTONA II.Even with an extended pandemic-imposed pause, the highly anticipated2020 showdown between Bauman and multi-time series king Jared Mees (No.9 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance FTR750) proved more thanworth the wait. The momentum swung back and forth on a nearlyweekend-by-weekend basis, leaving both superstars still in control oftheir destiny heading into this weekend s DAYTONA finale.Bauman seized control of the title fight with a clutch runner-up finishon Friday, which seemingly made the final task before him relativelyeasy by his standards. All he needed to do at Daytona InternationalSpeedway on Saturday night was score an eighth-place finish to cap offa title defense that saw him rack up six wins, four seconds, threethirds, and one seventh along the way.However, the level of difficulty was ratcheted up significantly due toweather; rainy conditions forced multiple delays in the program, theSemis were cancelled, and the AFT SuperTwins presented by Vance Hines Main was pushed to the front of the pack once conditions allowedto ensure the season s premier-class champ was crowned before the nightwas out. The changes and unpredictability of the day could have easilythrown an admittedly stressed Bauman out of his rhythm.Instead he responded like a champion. Starting on the front row withMees as a result of their qualifying performance, Bauman got away inthird and glued himself to the rear wheel of his championship rival.Meanwhile, Brandon Robinson (No. 44 HCRR Racing/Ben Evans Racing IndianFTR750) proved invincible around the Short Track at DAYTONA for asecond consecutive night. He assumed the lead on lap one and held theposition through the checkered flag.Mees did well to keep Robinson in his sights, clinging on in hopes of awin that would give him the best possible shot at the championshipshould Bauman make a critical mistake.Jeffrey Carver Jr. (No. 23 Happy Trails Racing FTR750) ran in fourthdeep into the contest, holding back a racy Sammy Halbert (No. 69Coolbeth-Nila Racing Indian FTR750) for a solid five minutes. Unable tofind an opening, Halbert finally made one; he pushed up the inside ofCarver to take over fourth, knocking his rival back to seventh in theprocess.Halbert then reeled in the leaders, arriving within striking distanceof Bauman and a potential podium finish just as the race entered itsfinal two laps. Bauman saw what was happening and understood full wellwhat could happen. Rather than risk getting similarly bumped down theorder and out of the points lead, Bauman allowed Halbert by and thencruised to a title-clinching fourth-place finish.After claiming his eighth-career victory, Robinson said, This isamazing. Through the ups and downs we ve had this season to come out ofhere with the DAYTONA double -- there s nothing better. This is insane.We re going to be able to go into this offseason and get healthy andcome out swinging in 2021. I m ecstatic. Obviously, things went really, really well, back-to-back champ Baumansaid. I was able to do what we came for and what we set out to do allseason for Jess Garcia and the whole Garcia family -- win thechampionship. Jess was with me every step of the way. It means a lot tome to be able to fulfill what I showed up to do. He was one of my bestfriends. It s just an honor to win for him, Indian Motorcycle,Progressive Insurance, and everyone else behind the team. AFT Singles presented by Russ Brown Motorcycle AttorneysHenry Wiles (No. 17 RMR Honda/Honda Talon CRF450R) demonstrated onceagain why he s widely considered one of the greatest Short Track ridersin the history of the sport, holding off Max Whale (No. 18 CoondooCattle Co./Australian Road Services Kawasaki KX450F) and Trent Lowe(No. 48 Roof Systems of Dallas, TX/Shoei Helmets Honda CRF450R) to winan abbreviated AFT Singles presented by Russ Brown Motorcycle AttorneysMain Event.Shortened to just four minutes plus two laps due to the numerousweather delays, Wiles shot out to the lead from the start, andprotected the groove from there. Whale sought any way past Wiles butsimply could not find one. Lowe closed in as well, but the experiencedST master ahead of them refused to give way.After taking his second win of 2020, Wiles said, I was stoked to getthat start. I told myself I can t not win now. It was my race to win.Max kept me honest, and I could see Trent was in the picture too. I putin smooth, consistent laps. I d go just a touch easy on some laps, andthen I d pick it up a little bit on some other laps. I tried to ridethe best that I could so I didn t give Max a good shot at poking it upon me. I m stoked my wife and daughter came out for this -- it means alot to me. Despite losing to Wiles on the night, Whale s runner-up result wasenough to beat him for second in their championship fight (215-208).Mikey Rush (No. 15 Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450F) set the fastest lapof the race en route to fourth with Andrew Luker (No. 11 RackleyRacing/Keeran Racing Yamaha YZ450F) completing the top five just behind.2020 AFT Singles champ Dallas Daniels (No. 32 Estenson Racing YamahaYZ450F) was forced to start from Row 4 with no Semi to improve hisstarting position. He made up a couple positions to end histitle-winning season with a run to ninth. Sandwiched between hisopening round failure to qualify for the Main and his ninth-placedfinale, Daniels packed in a remarkable eighth wins, nine podiums andtwelve top fives. AFT Production Twins2019 AFT Production Twins champion Cory Texter (No. 1 G GRacing/Roof Systems Yamaha MT-07) made the absolute most of his lastchance to run the #1 plate before handing it over to the newly-crownedJames Rispoli (No. 43 Latus Motors Racing Harley-Davidson XG750R),logging a blowout victory in the final race of the 2020 ProgressiveAmerican Flat Track season.Rispoli crashed and found himself trapped under his motorcycle aftercoming together with Friday-winner Johnny Lewis (No. 10 Moto Anatomy XPowered by Royal Enfield Twins FT) in the race s opening corner. Thatincident brought out a red flag and moved Rispoli from Row 1 to theback of the field.Texter ripped into the lead off the line at the restart and proceededto assemble a massive advantage en route to his fourth triumph of ahard-fought yet ultimately unsuccessful title defense.He said, It feels amazing. I ve wanted to win in DAYTONA my wholelife. I was actually the first rider to ever ride this racetrack backin 2010. I helped test it out for them, but I ve always sucked here. Sothis is awesome. I feel competitive everywhere right now. I wish theseason could keep going or start over right now. Lewis backed up Royal Enfield s maiden Progressive AFT victory with its second-ever podium finish the very next night.Lewis was followed closely to the flag by third-place finisher Ben Lowe(No. 25 Roof Systems/Bruce Lowe Excavating Yamaha MT-07), while RyanVarnes (No. 68 RVR/RoyBuilt Don s Kawasaki Ninja 650) edged PatrickBuchanan (No. 175 Parkinson Brothers Racing/PRO 1 Industries KawasakiNinja 650) as the two completed the top five.Meanwhile, despite being faced with an extremely difficult track toovertake on and very little time in which to do it, Rispoli made hisway up to finish his season with an impressive sixth-place finish. Theresult was actually the worst of an incredibly consistent campaign,which also included seven wins, four seconds, two fourths, and a fifth. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (October 16, 2020) -With all eyes trained on the Progressive American Flat Track GrandNational Championship points leaders, Brandon Robinson (No. 44 HCRRRacing/Ben Evans Racing Indian FTR750) stepped forward and stole theshow in Friday night s Progressive AFT Finale at DAYTONA I at DaytonaInternational Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.AFT SuperTwins presented by Vance Hines title rivals Briar Bauman(No. 1 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance FTR750) and Jared Mees(No. 9 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance FTR750) opened the MainEvent from first and second on the line. As they went elbow to elbow inan attempt to gain an early advantage over one another, their meleeopened the door for Jarod Vanderkooi (No. 20 Harley-Davidson/Vance Hines XG750R Rev X), Robinson and Robert Pearson (No. 27 RackleyRacing Indian FTR750) to rush past.Vanderkooi enjoyed a short-lived spell out front before giving way toRobinson, who then proved utterly dominant over the race s final nineminutes despite racing with a broken right foot.Robinson, who accepted his winner s trophy on crutches, said, I mabsolutely ecstatic right now -- I can t believe this. My Roof Systemsteam gave me an awesome motorcycle. All my guys stuck behind me throughall the injuries. They believed in me and told me to go have fun, andhere we are. This is unbelievable. I couldn t be happier; these guysdeserve it, and all I wanted to do was get a win for my team. With Robinson long gone, Bauman and Mees frantically fought their wayforward to collect as many points as possible ahead of tomorrow sdecisive race.Reigning champ Bauman ultimately proved more successful in thoseefforts. He dispatched Pearson for third with a hard pass with six lapsremaining, and then spent the remainder of his race chasing downVanderkooi. That relentless pursuit paid dividends with less than aminute remaining on the clock when he worked his way through to earnsecond place and the 20 points that came along with it.Despite being passed by Bauman late, Vanderkooi equaled his best ever premier-class finish in third.Mees shook free from Davis Fisher (No. 67 BriggsAuto.com Indian FTR750)to reel in and sail past Pearson, moving into fourth position with fourminutes remaining. However, Bauman and Vanderkooi were too far out infront, leaving him one spot off the box at the flag and with aconsiderably deeper hole to climb out of heading into Saturday srematch.With just one race to go, Bauman leads Mees 294-280. That means even ifMees wins tomorrow, Bauman needs only to finish eighth or better torepeat as AFT SuperTwins Champion. AFT Singles presented by Russ Brown Motorcycle AttorneysChad Cose (No. 49 Wally Brown Racing/American Suzuki RM-Z450) finallybroke through in the season s finale weekend to claim his first victoryof 2020 in a hard-fought AFT Singles presented by Russ Brown MotorcycleAttorneys Main Event, a huge moment for his Wally Brown Racing effort,backed by factory Suzuki.Cose twice beat Max Whale (No. 18 Coondoo Cattle Co./Australian RoadServices Kawasaki KX450F) for the holeshot in the once red-flagged andrestarted Main and never once gave up the position. That doesn t meanhe had it easy, however; Cose was pushed throughout with Whale andHenry Wiles (No. 17 RMR Honda/Honda Talon CRF450R) both showing him awheel at different times, including a final-lap attempt to steal awaythe win on the part of Wiles.After taking the checkered flag, Cose said, I m just so pumped. Lastyear and the year before, it was a black eye just to be on this bike,and that s credit to my team giving me a good motorcycle. I m justoverwhelmed with emotion. It is so awesome to get my win here inDAYTONA. This is like my second home here, and I m so happy foreverybody who supports me. I know there s been some down days for us,but as long as I have these guys on my side, we re going to keepfighting, we re going to keep grinding, and we re not going to give up."Wiles runner-up result tightens the battle for second in thechampionship just a bit. Despite missing the previous round, he nowtrails Friday s third-place finisher, Whale, by 12 points (195-183)heading into tomorrow s season finale.Also in the mix throughout was already crowned 2020 AFT Singleschampion Dallas Daniels (No. 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450F). Danielswas fighting an uphill battle starting from Row 3 as a result of acrash in the Semi, but he still managed to join the battle for the win.He ultimately finished fourth, falling just 0.749 seconds short ofextending his six-race win streak to seven.Meanwhile, Daniels teammate, Mikey Rush (No. 15 Estenson Racing YamahaYZ450F) was forced to start from the back of the pack due to anopening-lap incident that saw him go down while running third. Still,he somehow managed to slash his way up from last place to take animpressive fifth on the little bullring circuit.As a result, Rush retains a slim mathematical shot at a secondconsecutive championship runner-up finish; he now trails second-rankedWhale by 25 points with tomorrow s race left to decide the final order. AFT Production TwinsAn historic AFT Production Twins Main Event saw Johnny Lewis (No. 10Moto Anatomy X Powered by Royal Enfield Twins FT) claim Royal Enfield sfirst-ever AFT victory and season-long dominator James Rispoli (No. 43Latus Motors Racing Harley-Davidson XG750R) crowned the class champion.Despite his underdog status on the upstart RE effort, DAYTONA ShortTrack genius Lewis controlled the evening in the AFT Production Twins.He escaped to an easy win in his Semi, qualified on pole and finishedthings off by going wire-to-wire in the Main Event.Lewis fought back an early challenge from Ben Lowe (No. 25 RoofSystems/Bruce Lowe Excavating Yamaha MT-07), asserted at the fronthimself mid-race, and then successfully held off a desperate chargefrom Cory Texter (No. 1 G G Racing/Roof Systems Yamaha MT-07) inthe race s waning moments to secure the win.Afterward, Lewis said, I was skeptical coming here riding twins onthis track, but it s actually a lot of fun. It s a little bit more workthan riding a 450, but it was a lot of fun to ride this Royal Enfieldaround here. Everybody s support for this program has been awesome. We ve beenbusting our butts all season, and it feels good to not only get to thepodium, but win a race. I m excited to continue this effort with RoyalEnfield, and I m excited to come back out tomorrow. Rispoli, meanwhile, sat a safe-yet-close fourth behind Lewis, Texter,and Lowe for almost the entire race. Even if Texter had beaten Lewis tothe checkered flag, all he needed was a seventh to end the title fightearly. Fourth was more than enough.With tomorrow s race still to go, Rispoli has racked up seven wins,four runner-ups, two fourths, and a fifth en route to the 2020 AFTProduction Twins throne. This championship marks the first forHarley-Davidson since the introduction of the XG750R, a pivotal momentfor one of the most iconic manufacturers in the history of the sport. I m so fired up -- thank you to my HogSpoli nation out there! anexuberant Rispoli said. Tonight I thought we had a shot at the win,but these guys were riding so good. To be honest, I didn t want tothrow it away. Tomorrow, we ll come back and go for the win, and thenwe ll let the celebrations begin. From the emails I receive, I find that a lot of thissites followers appreciate the birthday and remembering memes on thefor sale page. My digging for info has been very satisfying and I mglade to share a bit of history of these pioneers. dennisLodi - Nite before the MileSammy honored Dominic Colindres, who won last years race, byrunning Dominic's number.Link Lodi results and more photos Trailblazer Banquet April 7 Lake Cachuma British Bike Rally June 1 SCFTA Round 2 P.........................erris

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