VOLUME 56 ISSUE 28 JULY 16, 2019 P81
OLD SCHOOL
The Weedsport Speedway is about
30 miles west of Syracuse. The track
is the epitome of old-school dirt-car
short track, a D-shaped oval with an
odd square turn one. The facility itself,
however, is state-of-the-art and mod-
ern. During the day, AFT announced
they had signed a five-year deal to
continue racing here.
DOWN AND OUT
A major incident happened at the end
of the second AFT Twins practice. Jay
Maloney hit the air fence in turn one
and collected Roger Hayden sending
him tumbling down the track. Hayden
returned to action for qualifying, but Ma-
loney failed to return with an ankle injury.
GOING LONGER
Because of the short 18-second lap
times being run, AFT officials decided
to lengthen the main events to 20 laps
for the AFT Singles and 30 laps for the
AFT Twins. The Singles race saw sev-
eral changes in the extra laps, while in
the Twins race there was not a single
change in the spread out field.
DISAPPOINT FOR RUSH
Mikey Rush (RMR Honda/Red Rider
Rewards, Honda CRF450R), the AFT
Singles-class points leader com-
ing into the day, failed to qualify for
the main after getting tangled up at
the start of his semi. Several riders
fell, and Rush got a bad start that
he couldn't quite recover from. He
missed by one spot, and since he rode
the Twins class last year, he did not
have a provisional start in the Singles
class to fall back on.
NUMBERS GAME
The 18-race season is now half over
for the AFT Twins class, and the AFT
Singles class has 10 races in the
books. Briar Bauman increased his
lead to over a race again with his win
Briefly...
(Left) Once Briar Bauman (14)
got out in front, there was no
catching him. (Below) Jeffrey
Carver (23) led briefly. He went
on to finish second.
in sixth well ahead of Mees.
Brandon Robinson and Bran-
don Price were eighth and ninth,
respectively. While close, the
"Rookie of the Year" leader, Price
wasn't able to get by Robinson.
Smith had appeared to be a
challenger early in the race but
drifted to a 10th-place finish just
ahead of Jarod Vanderkooi (Har-
ley-Davidson Motor Company/
Vance & Hines, Harley-Davidson
XG750R) who was the last rider
on the lead lap.
AFT SINGLES
The ever-competitive AFT
Singles class lived up to its repu-
tation after whittling the 43 entries
down to a 17-rider main event.
