American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 238 May 2019 | Page 8

Mees Beaten as Privateer
Robinson Takes Atlanta
Short Track for Indian
Photo: Scott Hunter/
American Flat Track
Brandon Robinson (No. 44
Kennedy Racing/Armbruster
Racing Indian FTR750)
accomplished what few riders
have in recent American Flat
Track history in the Yamaha
Atlanta Short Track presented
by Cycle Gear (March 23) -
successfully beating dominant
double-defending Grand
National Champion Jared Mees
(No. 1 Indian
Motorcycle/Progressive
Insurance FTR750) to win the
25-lap AFT Twins presented by
Vance & Hines main event at
Dixie Speedway in Woodstock,
Ga.
On lap 22 of 25, Robinson made
the race’s decisive maneuver,
pulling off a skillful outside
overtake to steal away the lead
- Mees had no response as
Robinson headed to a 0.621-
second margin of victory -
Robinson’s first AFT Twins win
since he won the Lima Half-Mile
midway through the 2016
season.
Daytona TT winner Briar
Bauman was third; Jarod
Vanderkooi (No. 20 Harley-
Davidson Factory Flat Track
Team XG750R Rev X) was
fourth, with Short Track expert
Henry Wiles (No. 17 Bandit
Industries/DPC Racing/Wilco
Racing Indian FTR750) fifth.
In the 15-lap Roof Systems AFT
Singles presented by Russ
Brown Motorcycle Attorneys
main event, Dalton Gauthier
(No. 122 D&D Cycles/Gobert
Smash Honda CRF450R) took
the win - completing a
comeback after being forced to
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serve a suspension for violating
the sanctioning body’s
substance abuse policy for the
better part of the 2017 and
2018 seasons.
Morgen Mischler (No. 69 Waters
Autobody Racing/D&D
Powersports KTM 450 SX-F)
recovered from a poor start to
race to second; reigning AFT
Singles Champion Dan Bromley
(No. 1 Red Bull KTM Factory
Racing 450 SX-F) was third;
Ryan Wells (No. 94 Estensen
Racing Yamaha YZ450F), who
originally finished fourth, was
disqualified for exceeding the
maximum allowable weight for
a rear wheel assembly following
post-race technical inspection,
leaving Roof Systems
teammates Oliver Brindley (No.
24 Roof Systems of Dallas/Fox
Solutions Yamaha YZ450F) and
Kevin Stollings (No. 99 Roof
Systems of Dallas/Hinson Honda
CRF450R) to take fourth and
fifth respectively.
AFT now takes a few weeks off
before the Texas Half-Mile
presented by Russ Brown
Motorcycle Attorneys at Texas
Motor Speedway in Fort Worth,
Texas, on Saturday, April 20.
After that is the Wild Horse TT
at the Wild Horse Pass
Motorsports Park, Chandler, AZ.,
April 27; the So-Cal Half-Mile at
Perris Auto Speedway, Perris,
CA., May 11; the legendary
Sacramento Mile at Cal Expo,
Sacramento, CA., May 18; then
the first of two visits to the
Illinois State Fairgrounds this
season for Springfield Mile I on
May 26.
AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - MAY 2019