FLAT TRACK
2019 AMERICAN FLAT TRACK SERIES
ROUND 1 / MARCH 14, 2019
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY / DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
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race, and by the end, there were
only five riders on the lead lap.
Wiles and Johnson joined Bau-
man on the podium. Vanderkooi
and Bronson Bauman were the
only riders to complete 25 laps.
Kayl Kolkman, Rob Pearson,
Brandon Robinson, Don Mullen
and Jeffrey Carver rounded out
the top 10.
AFT SINGLES
Perhaps it was fitting that the
first Roof Systems AFT Singles
presented by Russ Brown
start card. By lap 17 he was in
fifth.
With just four laps left, Car-
lile's excellent ride came to an
end when his Yamaha expired in
turn one.
Vanderkooi made one last
pass on lap 22 when he took
fourth from Bronson, and things
looked to be settled. Then
suddenly with just two laps left,
Smith's Kawasaki coasted to a
stop while running in sixth place.
Briar Bauman had started lap-
ping riders at the midpoint of the
LOOK WHO'S NOT
LEADING
For the first time since 2017, Jared
Mees is not the AFT Twins point's
leader. After dropping out of the
main, he finished in 17th position.
With 17 races to go, Mees finds
himself in the unfamiliar position of
pursuer instead of pursued. Last
year, Mees scored zero points at
one round when he was DQ'd for
have illegal tires. As you know, he
still won the 2018 title.
Briefly...
Look who's back!
Dalton Gauthier, who
was just recently
given the okay by
the AMA to compete
again, took second in
the Singles final.
