FLAT TRACK
AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 4/APRIL 27, 2019
WILD HORSE PASS MOTORSPORTS PARK/CHANDLER, ARIZONA
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WHAT'S THE POINT?
The points leaders in both the AFT
Singles and AFT Twins classes
remain the same after both finished
second in their main events in Ari-
zona. Dalton Gauthier holds a seven-
point lead in the Singles class over
Jesse Janisch, who is the first repeat
winner in 2019 in either class. Mikey
Rush is another nine points back.
Briar Bauman holds a little more sub-
stantial lead in the AFT Twins class
over Jared Mees and Brandon Robin-
son, who are tied 18 points down.
SMITH A SCRATCH
A surprise late scratch was Bryan
Smith. "We struggled badly at the
last race and need to take a minute
to regroup before we get back to
the ovals," he said. Smith and the
Howerton Racing Team's return to
Kawasaki power has been slow to
show fruit, but the upcoming races
should be more to their liking.
BREAK TIME
With an open weekend on the
horizon, many of the AFT riders are
looking forward to a little recovery
time. Once again, several riders were
battered and bruised leaving the
event. Kurtis Lee and Blake Lomas
Briefly...
There were two starts to the
main, as a first-turn pileup elimi-
nated four riders out of the 17-rider
field. Kolby Carlile and James Mo-
naco crashed heavily and collect-
ed Davis Fisher, Henry Wiles, and
Rob Pearson. Only Fisher would
be able to continue. Rob Pearson
ran over Carlile's motorcycle but
did not fall. His bike suffered a flat
tire and broken brake pedal, so he
was out of the race.
Bauman, once again, got a
perfect start and the race looked
like it would be for second place.
Jeffrey Carver (Roof-Systems of
Dallas, TX/Indian of Metro Milwau-
kee, Indian FTR750) held second
Beach ran down
race leader Briar
Bauman (14) to
give Yamaha its
first Twins win
since 1981.
