INTERVIEW
P102
2015 AMA PRO GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPION JARED MEES
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY LARRY LAWRENCE
W
hen politicians talk about being on the side of "hard-
working Americans," they could very well flash a
picture of Jared Mees on the screen. At 29 Mees, of
Clio, Michigan, is in the prime of his racing career and he's
taking full advantage of that fact. The newly crowned AMA
Pro Grand National Champ is a guy who races around 40
events per year. Considering there are only about a dozen
AMA Pro Flat Track Nationals you begin to get the picture
of just how busy Mees stays by racing a massive amount of
non-national events.
Some riders would consider the risk of racing so many
events per year too great and a distraction to their goal of
winning the national championship. Mees acknowledges the
risks of racing so often, but the way he looks at it is racing is
what he does for a living. If there's a race where Mees can
make some money you'll probably see him there. Plus talk to
The hardest working man
in flat track wins another
championship
A
HARD HAT
AND STEEL
SHOE
