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Event Rewind: Lima Half-Mile

Mission SuperTwins

Parts Unlimited Singles presented by KICKER

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This past weekend’s Lima Half-Mile was always destined to be a pivotal round for Mission AFT SuperTwins championship leader Dallas Daniels (No. 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT).

While he had amassed a points lead via a perfect season’s podium record, Daniels came to Lima after being beaten in a straight fight at the Bridgeport Half-Mile, the very same venue where he’d earned arguably his most impressive premier-class victory to that point. Read More...

Danger Zone

With all due apologies to Robinson – who has performed brilliantly this season and very much remains in title contention – one can make a strong argument that he has only the third best odds to claim the 2024 Grand National Championship despite ranking second in the points. Read More...

Spoiler Warning

Continuing this line of thought, if Mees is able to win this weekend, he can also realistically hope for both Bauman and Robinson to push Daniels off the box completely.

Both riders have three career Mile victories, and Robinson, as we mentioned, is in top form. Bauman, meanwhile, has been been off the box in the last two races, but he comes to DuQuoin as the winner of the series’ most recent Mile (last year’s Springfield Mile II finale), and the KTM Duke platform has been a threat at the bigger tracks since its introduction, predating its being blessed with Bauman’s sublime skills. Read More...

This Just In

We’ve received late word that Max Whale (No. 18 Latus Motors Racing/Liqui Moly Harley-Davidson XG750R) is hoping to make his return from injury this weekend. The Aussie broke his left ankle during qualifying (despite staying upright) for this year’s Orange County Half-Mile.

Five screws and a plate later, Whale is planning to race this weekend just three weeks later. Read More...

Role Reversal

You could tell from his body language while in pursuit of Tom Drane (No. 59 Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450F) that Kody Kopp (No. 1 Rick Ware Racing/Parts Plus KTM 450 SX-F) relished that challenge. And after having racked up a massive points lead with five wins in the season’s opening eight races, it’s not too difficult to understand why. Read More...

Big Red

Even taking Drane’s remarkable track record into account, it’s actually Honda that has owned the Miles over the class’ history (both all-inclusive and recent… We’ll break down the numbers a bit later in this very column). American Honda-backed riders have stood atop the podium at Miles in every season since it returned to the series in an official capacity in 2019. Read More...

Still Red

Chase Saathoff (No. 88 JPG Motorsports Honda CRF450R) is not included among the large collection of American Honda-backed riders to have won a Mile in the past five seasons, despite coming as close as humanly possible while running in official Honda colors in 2022 and 2023. Read More...

By a Mile

Just a few weeks back in this same section, it was argued that while Jared Mees may rank as the all-time winningest Half-Miler – and by a margin of nearly twice as many victories as his active challengers combined – Dallas Daniels, Brandon Robinson, and Briar Bauman had actually battled Mees to a standstill at HMs in recent seasons. Read More...

Winners of the 38 Miles contested from 2017-present:

Jared Mees: 24 (63%)
Bryan Smith: 6
Briar Bauman: 3
Dallas Daniels: 2
Brian Robinson/Jeffrey Carver, Jr./Sammy Halbert: 1

Now, resetting to just the previous five seasons:

Winners of the 24 Miles contested from 2019-present:

Jared Mees: 17 (71%)
Briar Bauman: 3
Dallas Daniels: 2
Brandon Robinson/Sammy Halbert: 1

And finally, here’s how things stack up since Dallas Daniels graduated to the class, marking the era in which the primary four title contenders have competed against one another:

Winners of the eight Miles contested from 2022-present:

Jared Mees: 5 (63%)
Dallas Daniels: 2
Briar Bauman: 1

No matter how you dice it and present it, there is little question who history favors heading into this weekend.

Mile Machine

In contrast to the situation as it exists in the premier-class and as stated above, the Parts Unlimited AFT Singles Miles have been owned more by a manufacturer rather than by a rider.

Winners of 64 Parts Unlimited AFT Singles Mile Main Events by Manufacturer: