FLAT TRACK
AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 12 / AUGUST 6, 2019
BL ACK HILLS SPEEDWAY / RAPID CIT Y, SOUTH DAKOTA
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BY DAVE HOENIG
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVE HOENIG/FLAT TRAK FOTOS
A
merican Flat Track wrapped up its stay at the
79th Annual Sturgis Rally in Rapid City, South
Dakota at the high banked half-mile of the Black
Hills Speedway. AFT Twins points leader Briar Bauman
recovered from his rocky outing at the Buffalo Chip
TT a few days earlier with a wire-to-wire win.
"I threw the thing on the ground twice the other night,"
said Bauman. "I owed my team this win, times 10."
It has been the case almost the whole 2019 Ameri-
can Flat Track season. Once again, Bauman (Indian
Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance, Indian FTR750)
was AFT Twins' fastest qualifier and fastest semi win-
ner to sit on the pole for the 25-lap main event.
When the green light flashed, Bauman smoothly
took the point with his Wrecking Crew teammates
Bronson Bauman and Jared Mees giving chase.
Jeffrey Carver (Roof-Systems of Dallas, TX/Indian
of Metro Milwaukee, Indian FTR750) and Brandon
Robinson (Kennedy Racing/Armbruster Racing/
Rod Lake, Indian FTR750) were also mixed into
the lead pack.
The four-rider pack of chasers was slowly drop-
ping back, and then Bronson, Carver and Robin-
son started to run Briar down with the lead going
from over half a second to next to nothing. Mees,
meanwhile, slipped back to a battle with PJ Jacob-
sen (Coolbeth-Nila Racing Weiss Racing, Indian
BRIAR BAUMAN REBOUNDS WITH
BAUMAN BAGS BLACK
