Mission SuperTwins Presented by S & S Cycle Following the weather-induced postponement of the Memphis Shades Springfield Mile I , on Saturday , September 4th , AFT legend Jared Mees ( No . 9 Indian Motorcycle / Progressive Insurance FTR750 ) overcame a checkered flag challenge from rival Briar Bauman ( No . 1 Indian Motorcycle / Progressive Insurance FTR750 ) to take the win in the Sunday race at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield , Illinois . Most of the 14-minute-plus-two-lap race was dominated by a six-rider lead group consisting of Mees , Bauman , Brandon Robinson ( No . 44 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750 ), Sammy Halbert ( No . 69 Coolbeth-Nila Racing Indian FTR750 ), Brandon Price ( No . 92 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750 ) and Jarod Vanderkooi ( No . 20 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750 ). Vanderkooi and Halbert ( mechanical issues ), Price were all dropped one way or another and then Robinson lost the draft to leave Mission SuperTwins presented by S & S Cycle title rivals Mees and Bauman to duke it out in a final lap showdown - Mees eventually trumped Bauman ' s high line efforts to take the win by 0.116 seconds , with Robinson a further 0.205 seconds back for the third podium place . Robinson ' s teammate , Price , finished fourth , with an impressive Kolby Carlile ( No . 36 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT ) collecting his third-career premier-class top-five . The victory was Mees ' sixth-career Springfield Mile triumph , including four of the last five . Referencing the fact that he and his wife , Nichole , will also serve as the race promoter for the series ' crown jewel event starting in 2022 , he said , " I love the Springfield Mile . I figured if I ' m gonna own it , I ' ve got to win it , right ?"
A frustrated Bauman made it clear in Victory Circle that he considered Mees ' tactics unsafe and added that his plan would be " not get mad " but to " get even " in the second race .
AFT Production Twins Presented by Vance & Hines Dallas Daniels ( No . 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 ) continues his inexorable march towards AFT superstardom . The 18-year-old prodigy dominated the Springfield Mile in his first attempt , winning Sunday ' s AFT Production Twins presented by Vance & Hines Main Event . The victory followed his Friday , September 3rd AFT Singles sweep ( leaving Daniels with two wins and a runner-up finish in his three career AFT Production Twins starts at that stage ), setting the stage for a possible Springfield quadruple with the postponed SuperTwins race . As if that wasn ' t enough , Daniels also pocketed an extra $ 5,000 for winning the Memphis Shades Babe DeMay Challenge dash for cash . Vance & Hines ' talented trio gave chase early before settling into a strong 2-3-4 finish . Second place went to Morgen Mischler ( No . 13 Vance & Hines / Mission Foods Harley- Davidson XG750R ), with Chad Cose ( No . 49 Voodoo Ranger / Roof Systems Harley-Davidson XG750R ) drifting past Jesse Janisch ( No . 96 Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson XG750R ) at the line to secure the final spot on the box . Tanner Dean ( No . 38 Racing Unlimited Kawasaki / Bel Ray Oils Kawasaki Ninja 650 ) inherited fifth after Jeremiah Duffy ( No . 42 Sammy O Racing / Geiger Construction Kawasaki Ninja 650 ) encountered issues , leaving Cose as the only class regular to finish in the top five . An uncharacteristic seventh place finish by Cory Texter ( No . 65 G & G Racing / Yamaha Racing MT-07 ) didn ' t stop it being a positive day for his championship campaign , especially with Dalton Gauthier ( No . 79 D & D Cycles / Vance & Hines Harley- Davidson XG750R ) still on the mend
Memphis Shades Springfield Mile II ( Monday , September 6th ) and Dan Bromley ( No . 62 Memphis Shades / Vinson Construction Yamaha MT-07 ) suffering a mechanical problem of his own . Mission SuperTwins Presented by S & S Cycle 1 . Jared Mees - Indian FTR750 , Indian Motorcycle , Progressive Insurance , Mission Foods 2 . Briar Bauman - Indian FTR750 , Indian Motorcycle , Progressive Insurance , S & S Cycle 3 . Brandon Robinson - Indian FTR750 , Mission Foods , Roof Systems 4 . Brandon Price - Indian FTR750 , Mission Foods , Roof Systems 5 . Kolby Carlile - Yamaha MT-07 , Estenson Racing , Yamaha Racing
Production Twins Presented by Vance & Hines 1 . Dallas Daniels - Yamaha MT-07 , Estenson Racing , Yamaha Racing 2 . Morgen Mischler - H-D XG750R , Vance & Hines , Mission Foods 3 . Chad Cose - H-D XG750R , Voodoo Ranger , Mission Foods 4 . Jesse Janisch - H-D XG750R , Vance & Hines 5 . Tanner Dean - Kawasaki Ninja 650 , Racing Unlimited Kawasaki , Bel Ray Oils
Mission SuperTwins Presented by S & S Cycle Jared Mees ( No . 9 Indian Motorcycle / Progressive Insurance FTR750 ) made it a double header double at the race that he will be promoting from next year , when he left the field in his wake - twice - in the rearranged race that was staged on the Monday to complete an AFT Labor Day Weekend sweep at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield , Illinois . |
After being accused of closing down the lines of his rivals during Sunday ' s victory , Mees responded by making any such allegations irrelevant on Monday . He immediately shot out into the lead and drove away from a fiverider pack of would-be pursuers , building up an eight-plus-second advantage with just two minutes remaining . Despite the monster lead , he was forced to prove his Springfield supremacy one more time , when a red |
flag brought the race to a momentary halt at that point . Sammy Halbert ( No . 69 Coolbeth-Nila Racing Indian FTR750 ) managed to slide in front for a few seconds , but Mees ultimately reestablished himself out front on the way to a 1.134-second margin of victory . Halbert , the 2020 Springfield Mile winner , came home second , while Mission SuperTwins presented by S & S Cycle championship leader Briar Bauman ( No . 1 Indian Motorcycle / |
Progressive Insurance FTR750 ) finished third - albeit not until after surviving a close call with wild card Jeffrey Carver , Jr . ( No . 23 Happy Trails Racing / DPC / Bryan Bigelow Indian FTR750 ), who finished fifth behind third-ranked Brandon Robinson ( No . 44 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750 ). Mees ' sixth- and seventh-career Springfield Mile wins tightened up the title fight considerably . Bauman continues to lead , but a once healthy |
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