FLAT TRACK
AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 3/APRIL 21, 2019
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY/FORT WORTH, TEXAS
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forward to capture fourth, while
Pegram was just able to hold
onto fifth over a tight group of
Jarod Vanderkooi, Henry Wiles
and Rob Pearson.
JD Beach and Jake Johnson
filled out the top 10 on their
Yamaha MT-07s.
AFT SINGLES
Jesse Janisch now calls Texas
home, and this has become a
hometown race for the Roof Sys-
tems of Dallas/Yamaha backed
rider. Janisch pushed his Ya-
maha YZ450F into turn one first,
but he had an angry mob on his
rear wheel.
was able to get by Pegram on
lap 16.
Davis Fisher, Jake Johnson,
and PJ Jacobsen were all in the
mix early and despite the difficult
passing conditions, positions
were changing all around the
track.
Bauman slipped back into the
lead for three laps mid-race, but
Mees went to school on Bau-
man's lines and retook the lead
for good on lap 12. With Robin-
son locking down third, it was
a repeat of the Georgia Short
Track podium, just different posi-
tions.
Halbert worked his way
STILL ON TOP
Both Briar Bauman and Dalton
Gauthier maintained the points lead
in their respective classes. Bauman
holds a nine-point lead over Bran-
don Robinson in the AFT Pro Twins
class, but Jared Mees has closed
to within 15 points after his slow
start. Despite his fifth-place finish,
Gauthier holds an 11-point lead over
Mikey Rush with Jesse Janisch just
one more point back in third. De-
fending AFT Pro Singles champion
Dan Bromley is 15 out.
Briefly...
(L-R) Bauman, Mees and Brandon
Robinson celebrate their 1-2-3
finishes at the Texas Half Mile.
