FLAT TRACK
AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 6/MAY 25, 2019
ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS/SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
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Rush chipped away and closed
the lead to just over half a sec-
ond, while Bromley slipped over
four seconds back.
Spanish Dirt Track Champion
Ferran Cardus (Bullet Strong
Racing/Vanilla Cycles, Honda
CRF450R) worked his way
through the field and posted a
career-best AFT Singles finish
with a fourth. Cardus was just
able to hold off the fast-closing
Chad Cose (Parkinson Brothers
Racing/Ritchie Reynolds, Honda
CRF450R).
Cole Zabala (Honda
CRF450R), Max Whale (Kawasaki
KX450F), Andrew Luker (Kawa-
saki KX450F), Michael Inderbitzin
(Honda CRF450R) and Ben Lowe
(Honda CRF450R) finished in a
pack just behind.
Ryan Wells (Estenson Rac-
the corners and got on the gas a
little too soon, and it would upset
the bike, and I'd pretty much lose
my drives. Jesse and Mikey rode
one heck of a race."
At the halfway point, Rush was
able to take over second and
began to close on the leader.
"I had a fun time doing that
race, but I wish it were a few laps
longer, for sure. It took me a while
to get by Dan," said Rush. "We
had a nice, clean race. When I
got by him, I put my head down
and tried to put in smooth laps
and hit my marks. I realized I was
catching Janisch, but I knew I
was going to run out of laps. But
I kept charging and charging.
My team works their tails off for
me. I'll continue to keep chipping
forward and hopefully I'll get that
win soon."
RAIN OUT II
For the second time in a row, a
round of the AFT Championship
(at least in the Twins class) has
been rained out/postponed. Last
week it was the Sacramento Mile,
this week the Springfield Mile. The
2019 Springfield Mile I has been
rescheduled for Saturday, August
31, 2019. The rescheduled event
will provide fans with an American
Flat Track doubleheader on Labor
Day weekend, as the 2019 Spring-
field Mile II will take place the
following day on Sunday, Septem-
ber 1, 2019. All tickets purchased
for this last weekend's event will
be honored at the rescheduled
event on Saturday, August 31.
For additional information, fans
can contact 217-632-0277 or visit
www.springfieldmile.org.
Briefly...
Mikey Rush (5) tries
to hold off defending
champ Dan Bromley
for second place.
Rush ended up
getting the job done.
