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the championship. So, I guess at
the end of the year, if I only win
four races or three races and I still
win the number-one plate, we got
the job done, and we move on. It's
damn nice winning 10 races—don't
get me wrong—but the big picture
is the number-one plate."
Brothers Briar and Bronson
Bauman are joining Mees on the
Indian Wrecking Crew this year.
"We're excited to bring back
Jared, and his championship
pedigree, as we embark on the
next chapter for Indian Motorcycle
Racing. We welcome Briar and
Bronson and are proud to have
them represent our brand on and
off the track," said Gary Gray, Vice
President of Racing, Technology
& Service for Indian Motorcycle.
"When it comes to racing, we've
assembled some of the most
talented professionals in the sport,
and we're looking forward to the
upcoming season."
Speaking of beasts, what can
you say about the Indian FT750,
to this point, the fastest flat-track
motorcycle ever built? It came out
of the box winning in 2017, and
last year it was another season
of sheer domination. It's to the
point that many were calling AFT
an Indian spec series. If you didn't
have an FT750 or weren't Henry
Wiles at Peoria, you had little
chance of winning last year. So
AFT modified the rules package
to level the playing field. One of
the new rules allows competitors
using production-based machines
to run 40mm throttle bodies while
the built-for-racing-only FTR750 is
restricted to 38mm throttle bodies.
Indian, as you would expect,
did not like hearing this bit of news
and put out a statement denounc-
ing this particular rule change for
2019. Longtime flat-track racing
fans had flashbacks of 30 years
