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Wins for JD Beach, Jared Mees and
a Win Double for Briar Bauman
Buffalo Chip TT
Bauman bounces back with Black
Hills Half-Mile triumph
Beach edges Johnson in thrilling Buffalo Chip TT
At the Buffalo Chip TT (August 4), JD
Beach (No. 95 Estenson Racing
Yamaha MT-07 DT) blasted past
teammate Jake Johnson (No. 5
Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT)
just a few feet short of the checkered
flag to steal away a most improbable
victory in a wild AFT Twins presented
by Vance & Hines showdown at the
Buffalo Chip TT presented by Indian
Motorcycle in Sturgis, SD.
Jared Mees (No. 1 Indian
Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance
FTR750) was third, Bronson Bauman
(No. 37 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive
Insurance FTR750) fourth and Jarod
Vanderkooi (No. 20 Harley-Davidson
Factory Flat Track Team XG750R Rev X)
fifth.
In the AFT Singles, for the second
consecutive year, Ryan Sipes (No. 264
Red Bull/Leatt/KTM 450 SX-F) put on
a masterclass of all-round riding ability
at the Buffalo Chip TT with a
convincing victory demonstrating the
skill sets that a TT demands and that
also made him a Supercross race
winner and America’s first ever ISDE
overall winner.
AFT Singles points leader Dalton
Gauthier (No. 122 D&D Cycles/Gobert
Smash Husqvarna FC450) finished
second, with defending champ Dan
Bromley (No. 1 Red Bull KTM Factory
Racing 450 SX-F) third.
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Black Hills
Half-Mile
At the Black Hills Half-Mile two
days later (Rapid City, SD) Briar
Bauman (No. 14 Indian
Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance
FTR750) demonstrated the resiliency
of a champion with a rebound victory.
Two rounds earlier, the AFT Twins
presented by Vance & Hines title leader
bounced back from a season’s worst
16th-place result at the Lima, Ohio
Half-Mile with a blowout win in the
New York Short Track. The factory
Indian ace replicated that trick at Black
Hills Speedway - his win following up
another 16th-place disappointment at
the Buffalo Chip TT.
Bauman led the way practically
throughout the once red-flagged and
restarted Main, despite being kept
honest by Jeffrey Carver Jr. (No. 23
Roof Systems of Dallas/Indian of Metro
Milwaukee FTR750), who was second,
and brother Bronson Bauman (No. 37
Indian Motorcycle/Progressive
Insurance FTR750), who scored third
place. Brandon Robinson (No. 44
Kennedy Racing/Armbruster Racing
Indian FTR750) was fourth, with
former WorldSBK pilot PJ Jacobsen
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(No. 199 Coolbeth-Nila Racing Indian
FTR750) fifth.
In the AFT Singles, Chad Cose (No. 49
Parkinson Bros Racing/Rod Lake
Suzuki RMZ 450) scored his first ever
Singles win weeks after claiming his
first-career AFT win in the Production
Twins class following a decade of
trying; with the ever aggressive
Shayna Texter (No. 52 Red Bull KTM
Factory Racing SX-F 450) second and
holeshotter Morgen Mischler (No. 69
Waters Autobody Racing/D&D
Powersports KTM 450 SX-F) third.
The 15-lap AFT Production Twins class
win was taken by Ryan Varnes (No. 68
Varnes Racing/RoyBuilt Kawasaki
Ninja 650), with J.R. Addison (No. 24
Smith/Addison Racing Kawasaki Ninja
650) second and James Rispoli (No. 71
Black Hills Harley-Davidson XG750R
Rev X) third.
Sacramento
Mile
Just four days later, the third race in six
days saw Mees strike back to win the
rearranged Sacramento Mile.
Defending Sacramento Mile
Champion Jared Mees (No. 1 Indian
Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance
FTR750) defeated title rival Briar
Bauman (No. 14 Indian
Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance
FTR750) in a competitive AFT Twins
presented by Vance & Hines 25-lap
Main Event on August 10.
The 0.151-second margin win saw
Mees up his career record to 44
premier-class wins. That moves him
out of a tie with Jay Springsteen and
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