American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 244 November 2019 | Page 12

Mees Completes Mile
Sweep at Season Finale
The final race of the AFT Twins
presented by Vance & Hines 2019
series saw outgoing champion Jared
Mees complete a clean sweep of the
season's Mile races by taking the win
at the Meadowlands Mile, at East
Rutherford, NJ on September 28.
With Briar Bauman (No. 14 Indian
Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance
FTR750) coming home in 15th,
having already won the 2019
championship, Mees (No. 1 Indian
Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance
FTR750) secured his own bragging
rights by ending the season with a
perfect sweep of the season’s finale.
Mees was pushed hard by long-time
rival Bryan Smith (No. 4 Crosley
Brands/Howerton Motorsports
Kawasaki Ninja 650) who finished
second, with Bronson Bauman (No.
37 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive
Insurance FTR750) third, securing a
season 1-2-3 for the Indian Wrecking
Crew.
Jeffrey Carver Jr. (No. 23 Roof Systems
of Dallas/Indian of Metro Milwaukee
FTR750) secured fourth spot in the
2019 championship with his sixth
place finish at Meadowlands;
Brandon Robinson (No. 44 Harley-
Davidson/Vance & Hines XG750R Rev
X) was fourth, securing championship
fifth spot; ahead of Henry Wiles (No.
17 Bandit Industries/DPC
Racing/Wilco Racing Indian FTR750)
fifth for a seve n th plac e
championship finish behind Jarod
Vanderkooi, who brought the second
AFT TWINS
Pos Rider
1
2
3
4
5 Briar Bauman
Jared Mees
Bronson Bauman
Jeffrey Carver Jr.
Brandon Robinson
Points
326
320
251
223
206
AFT SINGLES
Pos Rider
1
2
3
4
5 Dalton Gauthier
Mikey Rush
Dan Bromley
Ryan Wells
Chad Cose
Points
286
280
277
197
190
AFT PRODUCTION TWINS
Pos Rider
1
2
3
4
5 Cory Texter
Ryan Varnes
Kolby Carlile
Dalton Gauthier
Chad Cose
Points
190
182
173
145
139
factory H-D XG750R Rev X home in
9th for a sixth place championship
finish.
In the AFT Singles, Dalton Gauthier
(No. 122 D&D Cycles/Gobert Smash
Husqvarna FC450) completed his
remarkable comeback season with an
uncharacteristically quiet ride to 14th
at Meadowlands - good enough
nonetheless to secure the 2019
championship title.
The Meadowlands win was taken by
Mikey Rush (No. 15 RMR Honda/Red
Riders Rewards Honda CRF450R),
securing him second place in the
championship, with Ryan Wells (No.
94 Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450F)
second, for fourth place
championship finish and 2018 AFT
Singles champ Dan Bromley (No. 1
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 450 SX-
F) third at Meadowlands for a third
place championship finish. Chad
C o s e f i n i s h ed t h e S i n g l e s
championship in fifth place.
In the AFT Production Twins class,
Chad Cose (No. 49 Parkinson Bros
Racing Kawasaki Ninja 650) took the
win, ahead of Ryan Varnes (No. 68
Varnes Racing/RoyBuilt Kawasaki
Ninja 650) second and James Rispoli
(No. 71 Black Hills Harley-Davidson
XG750R).
The 2019 Production Twins
championship win went to Cory
Texter (No. 65 G&G Racing/Holeshot
Powersports Yamaha MT-07); with
Ryan Varnes second; Kolby Carlile
(No. 136 Estenson Racing Yamaha
MT-07) third; Dalton Gauthier fourth
and Chad Cose fifth.
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Briar Bauman Crowned 2019 AFT Twins Champion
Briar Bauman (No. 14 Indian
Motorcycle/Progressive
Insurance FTR750) has secured
the 2019 AFT Twins presented
by Vance & Hines Championship
with one race to go after
finishing third in the Indian
Motorcycle Minnesota Mile at
Canterbury Park, Shakopee,
Minnesota on Saturday,
September 21st.
Multi-time reigning champion
Jared Mees (No. 1 Indian
Motorcycle/Progressive
Insurance FTR750) took the win,
with Bryan Smith (No. 4 Crosley
Brands/Howerton Motorsports
Kawasaki Ninja 650) second, but
a 15th podium, any podium, in
his 17th race of the season was
all the younger of the Bauman
brothers needed to secure his
first AFT Twins Crown.
Jeffrey Carver Jr. (No. 23 Roof
Systems of Dallas/Indian of
Metro Milwaukee FTR750)
brought it home in fourth, with
Henry Wiles (No. 17 Bandit
Industries/DPC Racing/Wilco
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Racing Indian FTR750) fifth.
Going into the final race of the
2019 season (the Meadowlands
Mile, East Rutherford, NJ) on
Saturday, September 28, Mees
is second in the standings,
ahead of fellow Indian
Wrecking Crew rider Bronson
Bauman third, Jeffrey Carver Jr.
fourth and Brandon Robinson
(No. 44 Kennedy
Racing/Armbruster Racing
Indian FTR750) fifth to give the
FTR750 a potential
championship top five riders.
Following 15 thrilling laps of
Roof Systems AFT Singles
presented by Russ Brown
Motorcycle Attorneys action,
Mikey Rush (No. 15 RMR
Honda/Red Riders Rewards
Honda CRF450R) edged Ryan
Wells (No. 94 Estenson Racing
Yamaha YZ450F) by an
impossibly close 0.004 seconds
for a third victory of the
season, with rookie standout
Dallas Daniels (No. 163
Estenson Racing Yamaha
YZ450F) and championship
leader Dalton Gauthier (No. 122
D&D Cycles/Gobert Smash
Husqvarna FC450) moving a
step closer to winning the
Singles title by finishing fourth.
In the Production Twins, Kolby
Carlile (No. 136 Estenson
Racing Yamaha MT-07) made
certain the AFT Production
Twins championship fight
would go down to the season
finale with his second class
victory of the season.
Chad Cose (No. 49 Parkinson
Bros Racing Kawasaki Ninja
650) took second, with Cody
Johncox (No. 196 Sunnyside
Cycles/Luczak Racing Yamaha
MT-07) picking up his second
podium of the season ahead of
Cory Texter (No. 65 G&G
Racing/Holeshot Powersports
Yamaha MT-07) fourth and
Dalton Gauthier (Black Hills
Harley-Davidson, Pro-Beam by
Custom Dynamics, Harley-
Davidson XG750R Rev X) fifth.
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