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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 10 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. www.americanflattrack.com AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - SEPTEMBER 2019