Briar Bauman (3) hits the jump
ahead of the rest of the Mission
AFT SuperTwins class at the
Peoria Motorcycle Club during
the Peoria TT Saturday. [Photo:
American Flat Track/Tim Lester]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
(August 16, 2025) – Briar Bauman
(No. 3 RWR/Parts Plus/Latus
Motors Harley-Davidson XG750R)
claimed his third victory at the
Peoria Motorcycle Club
Race Park in this
year’s 78th World Famous
Peoria TT to add to his
incredible 2025
Progressive American Flat Track
season, sanctioned by
AMA Pro Racing.
Bauman now hopes this triumph
will pave the way to a third
Grand National
Championship as he
extended his Mission AFT
SuperTwins title
advantage over rival
Dallas Daniels (No. 32
Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT)
with just three rounds
remaining.
The opening lap of the Main
Event actually played out in
favor of Daniels with the
partisan fans in Peoria,
Illinois, cheering on the home
state hero. While the holeshot
went to Max Whale
(No. 18 Moto Anatomy X
Powered by Royal Enfield 650),
Daniels crucially edged Bauman
as they negotiated Turn 1.
Daniels then immediately looked
to place Whale between him and
his adversary to gain some early
separation.
Instead, Bauman executed off a
pair of clutch maneuvers in
rapid succession, diving under
Daniels and then soaring past
Whale over the jump as they
powered down the subsequent
straight.
While Daniels followed Bauman
through on Whale, he was unable
to work out a way to reel the
Rick Ware Racing star back in.
Instead, the gap slowly stacked
up to almost two seconds before
Daniels finally made a late run
to make it somewhat interesting
in the end. However, Bauman’s
lead was never put in serious
jeopardy, and he took the race
by 1.204 seconds at the
checkered flag.
The victory was Bauman’s seventh
of the season and puts Daniels
up against the wall in their
championship battle. Bauman now
leads 266-255, meaning the
Estenson Racing ace needs to win
out to assure himself the
crown.
Bauman said, “I felt really good
all day. Once again, huge thanks
to Dave (Zanotti) and Michelle
(Disalvo). They worked their
tails off. I’ve been (tough on
them). We have a high standard
because Dallas and his team are
so darn good. We didn’t really
think we’d be here at this
stage, so now all the sudden,
I’m like, ‘We’ve got to figure
this out.’”
After previously finishing
inside the top five on five
separate occasions at Peoria,
Jarod VanDerKooi
(No. 20 Fastrack
Racing/Wally Brown Racing KTM
790 Duke) at last got his first
podium in the fabled TT by
finishing a lonely third.
He was followed home by wild
card and Peoria resident
Bronson Bauman (No. 37
Mike Butler Racing Mission Foods
Yamaha MT-07), who worked his
way past Whale to snatch away
fourth.
Brandon Robinson
(No. 44 Mission Roof Systems
Harley-Davidson XG750R) finished
sixth, one spot ahead of
Trent Lowe (No. 48
American Honda/Progressive
Insurance Honda Transalp), who
had been the story of the race
outside of Bauman and Daniels
until a mechanical issue spoiled
what had been a stirring
charge.
Davis Fisher
(No. 67 Rackley Racing/Bob
Lanphere’s BMC Racing KTM 790
Duke), Dan Bromley
(No. 62 Memphis
Shades/Vinson Construction
Suzuki GSX-8S), and
Declan Bender (No. 70
Memphis Shades/Luczak Racing
Yamaha MT-07) completed the top
ten.
AFT AdventureTrackers™
Dan Bromley
(No. 62 Big Momma and Daddy Deep
Pockets Suzuki V-Strom 1050)
added yet another accolade to
his already decorated flat track
career by securing the 2025
AFT AdventureTrackers
championship.
Bromley came into Peoria with a
healthy points advantage after
collecting two wins and a
runner-up finish during the
85th Sturgis Motorcycle
Rally. As a result, he
only had to keep it smart, safe,
and on two wheels to
successfully close out his title
campaign on Saturday.
And that’s exactly what he did.
After rival Jesse
Janisch (No. 33
WFOracingonline.com/Öhlins
Harley-Davidson Pan America
1250) grabbed the holeshot,
Bromley momentarily tussled with
Danny Eslick
(No. 164 Saddlemen
Harley-Davidson Pan America
1250) for second before thinking
better of it.
Instead, he chose to sit safe in
third and watch the showdown for
the win transpire in front of
him.
There, Janisch did everything he
could to keep it neat and tidy,
while Eslick was happy to do the
opposite, sending it over the
jump with major air while
bucking and sliding his way
around the corners in hot
pursuit.
Eslick’s aggression put him in
position to attempt a
last-corner, last-lap pass on
Janisch. However, it also saw
him run off into the grass in
that attempt. Janisch powered to
the win while Bromley inherited
second. Despite the mishap,
Eslick recovered quickly enough
to round out the podium.
The victory was Janisch’s fifth
overall at Peoria and in his
third class (AFT Singles in
2015, 2016, and 2018, Mission
Production Twins in 2022, and
AFT AdventureTrackers in
2025).
Janisch said, “It was a lot of
fun. The track was a little bit
nervous after the track prep. I
was trying to ride really
cautiously, and then I got way
too cautious with two to go.
Danny decided to send her, but
luckily I heard him and saw it
coming. I was able to square him
up and get the win. Congrats to
Dan. It was a little bit of a
coulda-woulda-shoulda, but he
won it. He was so good in
Sturgis, and we just had that
little fault.”
Meanwhile, the championship is
the second of his Progressive
AFT career, adding to his 2017
AFT Singles title.
