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<< 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 R 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 R 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. H 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 14 AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - JUNE 2018 www.AMDchampionship.com