American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 227 June 2018 | Page 14

<< Built/Bandit Industries Indian Scout
FTR750) in 5th, Davis Fisher (No. 67
RMR/Double D Performance Indian
Scout FTR750) in 6th and Chad Cose
(No. 49 Indian Motorcycle of
Oklahoma City Scout FTR750) in 7th
combined to claim the top seven
positions on the night for the all-
conquering FTR750. Fisher claimed
the fastest lap honors.
Jake Johnson (No. 5 Estenson Racing
Yamaha MT-07) was the best of the
rest in eighth, with Briar Bauman (No.
14 Zanotti Racing Kawasaki Ninja
650) and Brandon Robinson (No. 44
Harley-Davidson Factory Flat Track
Team XG750R) completing the top
ten.
onnie Jones (No. 266 Estenson
Racing/Loral Lake Racing Indian
Scout FTR750) re-established his own
record as the oldest rider to make an
AFT Twins Main Event. Finishing 14th,
the 57-year-old Jones is the owner of
10 career AFT Twins victories, the first
of which came almost four decades
ago and the most recent nearly a
quarter century back. He has qualified
for AFT Twins Main Events across five
different decades – the ’70s, ’80s,
’90s, ’00s and ’10s.
Round 7 saw local man Jeffrey Carver
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Jr (No. 23 Roof-Systems/Indian of
Metro Milwaukee Scout FTR750) take
the win in the first of the two
Springfield Mile races slated for the
Illinois State Fairgrounds in 2018.
Jared Mees (No. 1 Indian Motorcycle
Rogers Racing SDI Scout FTR750) was
second, Kenny Coolbeth (No. 2 Nila
Racing/Columbia Avionics Indian
Scout FTR750) third, rising star Davis
Fisher (No. 67 Double D
Performance/RMR/Bob Lanphere
Indian Scout FTR750) in fourth, and
Bryan Smith (No. 4 Indian Motorcycle
Racing backed by Allstate Scout
FTR750) fifth.
The triumph was Carver’s third-ever
premier-class win, leaving him just a
Short Track victory short of a career
Grand Slam. Additionally, he’s only the
second rider from Illinois to win the
Springfield Mile. The only other Illinois
native to win the race was Dave
Camlin from Rock Island, Ill., who won
both races in 1996 aboard a Harley-
Davidson.
Chad Cose (No. 49 Indian Motorcycle
of Oklahoma City Scout FTR750),
Henry Wiles (No. 17 Bandit
Industries/Wilco Racing/Willing Built
Indian Scout FTR750) and Mikey Rush
(No. 54 G&G Racing/Machete Energy
Yamaha FZ-07) finished sixth, seventh
and eighth, respectively.
Meanwhile, 57-year-old Ronnie Jones
(No. 266 Estenson Racing/Rod Lake
Indian Scout FTR750) not only
increased his record as the oldest rider
to make an AFT Twins Main Event by a
week, he finished in ninth place while
doing so. Jay Maloney (No. 12 Indian
Motorcycle of Springfield/JMC Scout
FTR750) rounded out the top ten.
This race meeting saw the AMA give a
debut to its AFT Production Twins class
trial - a class specifically designed to
provide qualified AFT Singles riders a
chance to get some race time on
production-based twins with an eye
toward easing their eventual
graduation into the AFT Twins
presented by Vance & Hines class.
Michael Inderbitzin (No. 54 Weirbach
Racing/Kawasaki USA Kawasaki Ninja
650) backed up a top ten run in
Saturday’s Springfield TT Singles with
a victory in the first-ever AFT
Productions Twins race, ahead of
Tristan Avery (No. 16 Ron Ayers/Mr.
Sign Kawasaki Ninja 650) second and
Jordan Harris (No. 17 Roy Built
Kawasaki Ninja 650) third.
The AFT Production Twins class will be
back in action for its second race when
the series returns to Springfield for the
100th Harley-Davidson Springfield
Mile II on September 2.
ound 8 marked a sixth straight
weekend of AFT Twins presented
by Vance & Hines series racing and saw
Jared Mees dominate a demanding
Indian Motorcycle Red Mile presented
by Indian Motorcycle of Lexington, Ky.
Teammates Bryan Smith (No. 4 Indian
Motorcycle Racing backed by Allstate
Scout FTR750) and Brad Baker (Indian
Motorcycle backed by Allstate Scout
FTR750) scooped second and third to
complete the first podium sweep fo r
the Indian factory backed ‘Wrecking
Crew’ this season.
Henry Wiles (FTR750) was fourth with
last year’s Red Mile runner-up Sammy
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Round
Halbert (No. 69 Harley-Davidson
Factory Flat Track Team XG750R)
earning his best result since joining the
works Harley team in fifth ahead of
Chad Cose (No. 49 Indian Motorcycle
of Oklahoma City Scout FTR750) in
sixth.
albert’s teammate Brandon
Robinson (No. 44 Harley-Davidson
Factory Flat Track Team XG750R) took
seventh. Springfield Mile I winner
Jeffrey Carver Jr. (No. 23 Roof-
Systems/Indian of Metro Milwaukee
Scout FTR750), newly-Indian mounted
Jake Johnson (No. 5 Estenson Racing
Indian Scout FTR750), and Kenny
Coolbeth Jr. (No. 2 Nila Racing,
Columbia Avionics Indian Scout
FTR750) took eighth, ninth and tenth
respectively.
Still a race short of the season’s
midway point, Mees now leads the
championship by more than two full
races - 170 points to Wiles’ 116; Baker
is third on 101 points.
Reigning AFT Singles champion Kolby
Carlile (No. 1 Estenson Racing Yamaha
YZ450F) out-dueled last year’s Red
Mile dominator, Kevin Stollings (No. 99
Roof Systems Honda CRF450R), and
the class’ all-time winningest rider,
Shayna Texter (No. 52 ST52 JCS Racing
Husqvarna FC 450), to claim victory in
an AFT Singles Classic.
After going winless during last year’s
title-winning season, Carlile now
boasts two victories already in 2018.
Next up is Oklahoma City on June 16
for the OKC Mile Presented by Indian
Motorcycle of Oklahoma City, where
the AFT Twins competitors will
complete their run of five consecutive
Miles before heading to Ohio for The
Lima Half Mile two weeks later and
upstate New York a week later for the
Weedsport Short Track.
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Date Where Race Win 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1 Mar-15 Daytona
Beach, Fl. Daytona TT Jared Mees
(Indian) Scout FTR750 JD Beach
Yamaha FZ-07 Henry Wiles
Scout FTR750 Briar Bauman
Kawasaki Ninja 650 Brad Baker
(Indian) Scout FTR750
2 Apr-07 Woodstock,
Ga. Atlanta
Short Track Kenny Coolbeth Jr
Scout FTR750 Jeffrey Carver Jr
Scout FTR750 Jarod Vanderkooi
H-D XGR750 Henry Wiles
Scout FTR750 Johnny Lewis
Scout FTR750
3 Apr-28 Fort Worth,
Tx. Half Mile Jared Mees
(Indian) Scout FTR750 Briar Bauman
Kawasaki Ninja 650 Chad Cose
Scout FTR750 Brandon Robinson
(H-D) XG750R Henry Wiles
Scout FTR750
4 May-05 Calistoga,
Ca. Half Mile Jared Mees
(Indian) Scout FTR750 Jeffrey Carver Jr
Scout FTR750 Kenny Coolbeth Jr
Scout FTR750 Brad Baker
(Indian) Scout FTR750 Davis Fisher
Scout FTR750
5 May-12 Phoenix,
Az. Arizona Mile Jared Mees
(Indian) Scout FTR750 Brad Baker
(Indian) Scout FTR750 Henry Wiles
Scout FTR750 Briar Bauman
Kawasaki Ninja 650 Brandon Robinson
H-D XG750R
6 May-19 Sacramento, Sacramento
Ca.
Mile Jared Mees
(Indian) Scout FTR750 Kenny Coolbeth Jr
Scout FTR750 Bryan Smith
(Indian) Scout FTR750 Brad Baker
(Indian) Scout FTR750 Henry Wiles
Scout FTR750
7 May-28 Springfield,
Il. Springfield
Mile I Jeffrey Carver Jr
Scout FTR750 Jared Mees
(Indian) Scout FTR750 Kenny Coolbeth Jr
Scout FTR750 Bryan Smith
(Indian) Scout FTR750 Bryan Smith
(Indian) Scout FTR750
8 Jun-02 Lexington,
Ky. Red Mile Jared Mees
(Indian) Scout FTR750 Bryan Smith
(Indian) Scout FTR750 Brad Baker
(Indian) Scout FTR750 Henry Wiles
Scout FTR750 Sammy Halbert
H-D XGR750R
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