American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 243 October 2019 | Page 20
Briar Bauman Earns Fifth
Season Win - FTR750 Sweeps
Top Five at Williams Grove
Round 16 of the 2019 AFT Twins
presented by Vance & Hines (the
Williams Grove Half-Mile at
Mechanicsburg, PA, September
7) saw Indian Motorcycle
consolidate its 2019
Manufacturers Championship
win as Wrecking Crew rider Briar
Bauman added a fifth win for
the season so far with two races
to go.
This was the 14th win of the
year so far for the FTR750 as the
current series points leader
extended his championship lead,
with Indian Motorcycle Racing
privateers Brandon Price and
Davis Fisher finishing second
and third. Jared Mees finished
fourth and is now 35 points
behind Bauman, who leads the
series with 305 total points,
with fellow Wrecking Crew
teammate Bronson Bauman
third with 221 points. Robert
Pearson (No. 27 R/J
Performance/Hite Trucking
Indian FTR750) rounded out the
top five.
"Briar continues to showcase his
talent and determination to win
a Twins championship," said
Gary Gray, Vice President –
Racing, Technology & Service for
Indian Motorcycle. "He's
maintained his focus throughout
the entire season and is running
his best races we've ever seen."
Dalton Gauthier (No. 122 D&D
Cycles/Gobert Smash Husqvarna
FC450) registered a second
consecutive AFT Singles victory
to expand his championship
advantage in title fight crunch
time.
Morgan Mischler (No. 69 Waters
Autobody Racing/D&D
Powersports KTM 450 SX-F) was
second; Englishman Oliver
Brindley (No. 24 Roof Systems of
20
Dallas/FX Solutions Yamaha
YZ450F) was third; reigning
champion Dan Bromley (No. 1
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 450
SX-F) was fourth, with third-
ranked Mikey Rush (No. 15 RMR
Honda/Red Riders Rewards
Honda CRF450R) keeping his
title hopes alive with another
top-five result in fifth.
As a result, Gauthier now leads
Bromley by 15 points (266-251)
with two races left to decide
this year's champion.
In the 15-lap AFT Production
Twins rock-steady Ryan Varnes
(No. 68 Varnes Racing/RoyBuilt
Kawasaki Ninja 650) registered
a virtual wire-to-wire. Holeshot
with polesitter Dalton Gauthier
(No. 122 Black Hills Harley-
Davidson XG750R Rev X) was
second, with title leader Cory
Texter (No. 65 G&G
Racing/Holeshot Powersports
Yamaha MT-07) third.
Varnes' second win of the
season catapults him into
second in the championship
standings and pulls him to
within 16 points of Texter (165-
149) with two rounds remaining.
Kolby Carlile (No. 136 Estenson
Racing Yamaha MT-07) is now
ranked third at 140 points after
slashing past both James Rispoli
(No. 71 Black Hills Harley-
Davidson XG750R Rev X - fifth)
and Kevin Stollings (No. 999
Roof Systems/Motion Pro
Kawasaki Ninja 650 - sixth) to
take fourth.
The season continues on
September 21 with the
Minnesota Mile at Canterbury
Park in Minneapolis, MN, before
the Meadowlands Mile finale at
East Rutherford, NJ, on
September 28.
AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - OCTOBER 2019