2024 Progressive AFT Season
Resumes with Yamaha Senoia Short
Track
The battle for the Grand
National Championship picks back
up this weekend with the Yamaha
Senoia Short Track.
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“It's Like Déjà
Vu All Over Again”
Last year’s inaugural Yamaha
Senoia Short Track served as a
fine overture for the operatic
Grand National Championship that
was to come. It effectively
foreshadowed and previewed the
back-and-forth Mission
SuperTwins title fight
that was set to be waged between
living legend Jared Mees
(No. 1 Rogers Racing/SDI
Racing/Indian Motorcycle FTR750)
and emerging superstar
Dallas Daniels
(No. 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha
MT-07 DT). Read
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Escape Velocity
For a few
seasons, Brandon
Robinson (No. 44
Mission Roof Systems Indian
FTR750) seemed to exist in a
tier of his own… free and clear
of the next group of podium
chasers yet not quite on par
with the full-blown title
threats who duked it out atop
the points standings.
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Parallel Development
It’s easy to forget sometimes,
but Progressive American Flat
Track is very much a team sport.
Quite often when we speak of
“Jared Mees,” it’s shorthand for
Jared Mees, Kenny Tolbert, Jimmy
Wood, Craig Rogers, and company.
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Other Odds and Ends
Max Whale (No.
18 Latus Motors Racing/Liqui
Moly Harley-Davidson XG750R) won
here quite handily on a 450. How
will he fare on the Latus-tuned
Harley in his first attempt at
the track in the premier class?
Also of interest is the
continued progress of the Honda
Transalp powered race bikes of
Dan Bromley
(No. 62 Big Red Twins sponsored
by Memphis Shades & Vinson
Boring) and Morgen
Mischler (No. 13 Big
Red Twins sponsored by Jerry
Stinchfield & Vinson Boring)
with a bit more time and data at
the team’s disposal.
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“It's Like Déjà Vu All
Over Again, Again”
Over the final two-thirds of the
2023 season, Tom Drane
(No. 59 Estenson Racing Yamaha
YZ450F) was every bit the match
for reigning Parts
Unlimited AFT Singles presented
by KICKER champion
Kody Kopp (No.
1 Rick Ware Racing/Parts
Plus/Latus Motors KTM 450 SX-F).
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Look Elsewhere
As
in the premier-class, even if
recent history makes us want to
zero in on a two-horse race,
there’s opportunity for others
to have their say. With that in
mind, this is a big weekend for
‘23 Senoia ST podium finishers
James Ott (No.
19 1st Impressions Race Team
Husqvarna FC450)
and Dalton
Gauthier (No. 79 D&D
Racing/Certified KTM 450 SX-F),
not to mention expected title
contenders Chase
Saathoff (No. 88 JPG
Motorsports Honda CRF450R) and
Trent Lowe (No.
48 American Honda/Mission Foods
CRF450R). Read
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Rookie and Veteran
This weekend could also shed
more light on what we might
expect from a pair of big names
representing opposite ends of
the experience spectrum –
Shayna Texter-Bauman
(No. 52 Rick Ware Racing/Parts
Plus KTM 450 SX-F) and
Evan Renshaw (No. 265
American Honda/Mission Foods
CRF450R).
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