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into sole possession of third place on
the all-time AFT Twins victory order.
Third place went to 2015 AFT Singles
champ Davis Fisher (No. 67 Bob
Lanphere Beaverton Motorcycles/Dick
Wall 60 Indian FTR750), with Bronson
Bauman (No. 37 Indian
Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance
FTR750) fourth and seven-time
Sacramento Mile winner Bryan Smith
(No. 4 Crosley Brands/Howerton
Motorsports Kawasaki Ninja 650)
fifth.
In the 15-lap Singles, superstar Shayna
Texter (No. 52 Red Bull KTM Factory
Racing SX-F 450) gave Red Bull/KTM
its first Mile win in Singles, with Mikey
Rush (No. 15 RMR Honda/Red Riders
Rewards Honda CRF450R) second and
Tristan Avery (No. 16 Waters Autobody
Racing/Staci Howell Honda CRF450R)
third. Texter now boasts eight Mile
wins among her class-leading 17
career victories.
In the AFT Production Twins class,
Dalton Gauthier (No. 122 Black Hills
Harley-Davidson XG750R Rev X)
made history in Saturday night’s AFT
Production Twins class, guiding Harley-
Davidson’s production-based XG750R
race bike to its maiden AFT Main Event
victory. J.R. Addison (No. 24
Smith/Addison Racing Kawasaki Ninja
650) was second; Kolby Carlile (No.
136 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07)
third.
Peoria TT
In a 'Battle of the Brothers' at the 73rd
Peoria TT on August 17, Briar
Bauman (No. 14 Indian
Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance
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FTR750) took another big step toward
claiming the 2019 AFT Twins
presented by Vance & Hines
championship with a 2.967 second
win from his brother Bronson Bauman
(No. 37 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive
Insurance FTR750).
The victory was Bauman’s fourth
triumph of the ‘19 American Flat Track
season and the first time anyone other
than Henry Wiles had won at Peoria
since 2003.
JD Beach (No. 95 Estenson Racing
Yamaha MT-07 DT) was third, ahead
of Robert Pearson (No. 27 R/J
Performance/Hite Trucking Indian
FTR750) fourth and defending
champion Jared Mees (No. 1 Indian
Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance
FTR750) fifth.
In the singles, 16 year old
phenomenon Dallas Daniels (No. 163
Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450F)
earned his maiden AFT victory in the
same season he also claimed his first-
career MotoAmerica victory, with
reigning class champion Dan Bromley
(No. 1 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
450 SX-F) second, and three-times
Peoria TT winner Jesse Janisch (No.
132 Roof Systems Dallas TX/Öhlins
Yamaha YZ450F) third.
The series will have stayed in Illinois
for the rearranged Springfield Mile I
on August 31 and the as-originally-
scheduled Springfield Mile II the next
day, September 1, before wrapping
up in September with the Williams
Grove Half-Mile (Mechanicsburg,
PA., September 7), the Minnesota
Mile (Minneapolis, September 21)
and the final round, the
Meadowlands Mile, East Rutherford,
NJ, September 28.
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