Estenson Racing
Announces 2024 American Flat
Track Team
Young title contenders
Dallas Daniels and Tom Drane
return to spearhead a 2024 AFT
championship campaign for the
Estenson Racing squad
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Sent on behalf of Estenson
Racing
MARIETTA, Ga. (November
27, 2023) – Estenson
Racing is pleased to
announce the return of
Dallas Daniels and
Tom Drane for the 2024
Progressive American
Flat Track season. The
two phenoms will spearhead the
team’s title campaign in the
series, with Daniels leading the
way in the Mission
SuperTwins Championship
aboard the Yamaha MT-07 and
Drane looking to take the
Parts Unlimited AFT
Singles presented by KICKER
crown aboard the Yamaha YZ450F.
On
the heels of a stellar rookie
season in the premier class,
Daniels came out swinging in
2023. The fast rider from
Illinois fired the first shot by
sweeping the season opener at
the Daytona Short Track
doubleheader and led the points
standings for most of the season
aboard his Estenson Racing
Yamaha MT-07. It was a landmark
year for Daniels, who completed
a dirt track grand slam (a
career win in all four Grand
National Championship track
disciplines - Short Track,
Half-Mile, Mile, and TT) in just
his second year in the premier
class. It was an exciting
season, with the title chase
going down to the wire and the
20-year-old ultimately finishing
the year runner-up with five
wins and a total of 15 podiums
in 18 rounds. Daniels heads into
his sixth season with the team
looking to add a Grand National
Championship to his already
impressive resume of
back-to-back Parts Unlimited AFT
Singles titles and multiple
victories aboard the MT-07 and
YZ450F.
Drane returns for his second
season with the team and looks
to build on his standout rookie
season in the Parts Unlimited
AFT Singles Championship. With a
new team, new bike, and new
tracks, the Australian hit his
stride before the halfway mark
of the season, quickly climbing
his way up the points standings
and finishing the year in the
runner-up spot with a total of
four wins and 10 podiums. The
17-year-old looks to build on
that progress in 2024, battle
for top honors, and return the
number-one plate to the Estenson
Racing Yamaha YZ450F.
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Tommy Hayden – Estenson
Racing Team Manager
“2024 will be a change for us
with a two-rider team, but we
feel that a more concentrated
effort will allow us to make
another step forward in
performance next season. As a
team, we had a lot to be proud
of this past season, but to come
so close to a SuperTwins
Championship and not get it done
definitely stung and has
motivated us to come back even
stronger next year. With the way
Dallas performed this past
season in just his second year
as a SuperTwins rider and the
way Tom improved over the course
of his first full year in AFT, I
believe we are in a good
position to fight for the
championship in both classes in
24'.
“As excited as we are about next
year, it is also difficult not
to be continuing with JD and
Trevor. I have a tremendous
amount of respect for both of
these guys and nothing but good
things to say about them. They
are both true professionals on-
and off- the track, and I will
genuinely miss working with
them. With JD in particular, he
started with our program from
the beginning. Although there
were many bumps in the road
along the way with the
development, he always gave us
his best effort, performed like
a champion, and won some big
races for us and Yamaha. I would
like to thank both of them for
everything they gave the team
and wish them the best in their
future endeavors.”
Dallas Daniels –
Estenson Racing Mission
SuperTwins
“I’m very excited to be back
with the Estenson Racing team
for 2024. I’ve been with them
every year since I turned pro,
and I’m looking forward to
continuing to build on our
relationship and to keep
learning. I’m very happy with
this team and super happy that
they are having me back. We
learned so much last year. So
even though the year didn't end
exactly how we wanted, finishing
second in the championship, we
had a lot of success and are
going to apply all of that to
next year. I’m looking forward
to fighting for more race wins
and trying to get that
championship.”
Tom Drane – Estenson
Racing AFT Singles
I’m really excited to be
returning with Estenson Racing
after such a good first year. It
was great to have my first full
season traveling the
championship, getting to know
everyone, finding a lot of
different setups, and learning
from the team. We were able to
improve all year, which was
really good. At the end of the
season, we started to really
come on strong and were able to
win races. I feel really
comfortable on the bike, and
we’re looking to continue that
stretch through next year.”
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