AFT has announced Daytona Beach based Solar-Fit as the Official Solar Installer for 2022 of Progressive AFT for the upcoming season .

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KTM will again be an Official OEM AFT Partner for the 2022 season . Since its inaugural season of factory participation in 2019 , KTM , led by the Red Bull KTM Factory Race Team , has been a genuine force in the hotly contested Parts Unlimited AFT Singles presented by KICKER class . Last season , KTM 450 SX-Fmounted riders accounted for a full eight of the 16 available Main Event wins and placed second and third in the championship fight . KTM looks set for another huge season in 2022 , as back-toback championship runner-up Max Whale will be joined on the factory squad by 2021 Progressive AFT Rookie of the Year Kody Kopp . KTM is also supporting the initiative by Wally Brown Racing to develop a Mission Production Twins racer based around the KTM 890 Duke - piloted by 2020 class champion James Rispoli . KTM will back up its ever-increasing paddock presence with a scaled-up contingency program , which will jump up by more than $ 200,000 to reach a potential payout of $ 537,200 across all three Progressive AFT classes in 2022 .

Thom Duma Fine Jewelers ( TDFJ ) will remain the Official Jeweler of Progressive AFT for a ninth consecutive season - handcrafting custom-designed championship rings , commemorating the achievements of the class champions in the Mission SuperTwins presented by S & S Cycle , Mission Production Twins presented by Vance & Hines and Parts Unlimited AFT Singles presented by KICKER .

Reigning AFT SuperTwins Champion Jared Mees ( No . 1 Indian Motorcycle / Progressive Insurance FTR750 ) rebounded from his Round 1 fifth place at the Daytona season opener to take the win at the Mission Texas Half-Mile presented by Roof Systems at the Dirt Track at Texas Motor Speedway on March 19 .

SuperTwins presented by S & S Cycle

Mees looked virtually unbeatable all night long , making it clear that anybody who wants to take his # 1 plate from him is going to have to race hard . Mees drove underneath a quickstarting JD Beach ( No . 95 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT ) to take control of the Main Event while still in its opening stages . The defending champ pulled clear and cruised to the checkered flag , only suffering a minor scare when Beach ( second ) and his third placed Estenson teammate , Dallas Daniels ( No . 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT ), used traffic and their own battle for second to reduce the gap to back under a second over the race ' s final two laps . The AMA says that the Yamaha 2-3 was another sign that the series ' attempts to balance the field are working as hoped , while also providing positive feedback for Estenson Racing with regard to its offseason MT-07 DT upgrades . It also underlined the potency of the talented Beach-Daniels tandem . That was made especially clear when Mission SuperTwins rookie Daniels not only diced with fourth placed two-time

class champion Briar Bauman ( No . 3 Indian Motorcycle / Progressive Insurance FTR750 ), but got the better of him . With Vanderkooi , Robinson and Fisher in fifth , sixth and seventh respectively , it fell to Bronson Bauman to bring home the leading H-D XG750R in eighth , ahead of Brandon Price in ninth on an FTR750 and Ben Lowe on an XG750R in 10th .

Production Twins presented by Vance & Hines

While reigning Mission Production Twins presented by Vance & Hines champion Cory Texter ( No . 1 G & G Racing / Yamaha Racing Yamaha MT- 07 ) got his own title defense off to a bit of a quiet start at Daytona , all it took was a return to the scene of his maiden class victory in 2019 to get back to the top of the podium in Texas . Ben Lowe ( No . 25 Helipower Racing / Mission Foods Harley- Davidson XG750R ) kept Texter honest in the final leg of the Main and was well positioned to capitalize on any mistake . While that mistake never came , Lowe did finish as the runnerup , earning a strong result at his primary sponsors ' home round . The still-mending Kolby Carlile ( No . 36 KC36 Las Vegas Harley-Davidson XG750R ) rounded out the podium . He did so only after fending off last weekend ' s surprise winner , Nick Armstrong ( No . 60 Competitive Racing Frames / Lessley Brothers Yamaha MT- 07 ), who finished fourth , with new class contender Cole Zabala ( No . 51

Memphis Shades / Corbin / Vinson Yamaha MT-07 ) in fifth , followed by Johnny Lewis ( No . 10 Moto Anatomy X Powered by Royal Enfield Twins FT ) sixth .

Parts Unlimited AFT Singles presented by KICKER

Best known for epic , come-frombehind rides exploiting the high line , Morgen Mischler ( No . 13 American Honda / Progressive Insurance CRF450R ) won in the complete opposite fashion on Saturday night . After beating polesitter Max Whale ( No . 18 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 450 SX-FFE ) into the opening corner , Mischler immediately set about what would ultimately prove to be a racelong defense of the low line . Kody Kopp ( No . 12 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 450 SX-FFE ) took second from teammate Morgan Mischler third , with Mischler ' s teammate Dalton Gauthier fourth and Michael Inderbitzen ( No . 54 1st Impressions Services of Florida Honda CRF450R ) fifth . There is a five week gap now until after Easter when the 2022 season makes an inaugural AFT stop at the I-70 Motorsports Park , Odessa , Mi ., Saturday , April 23 ( Round 3 ); then another five week gap until Red Miles I & II at Lexington , Ky ., on May 28 & 29 ( Rounds 4 & 5 ), after which regular weekly or alternate weekly racing gets going for the summer with the Laconia Short Track ( Round 6 ) at Loudon , Nh ., on June 11 . www . americanflattrack . com