AMERICAN FL AT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUNDS 15 & 16/AUGUST 31 & SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS/SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
P66
FLAT TRACK
see where he was stronger and
just kind of wait."
The last turn of the last lap
would tell the tale, as Carver just
slipped a little high and Mees
was able to charge by and lead
all the way to the finish line with-
out having to make the classic
draft pass at the line.
While this was going on, Briar
Bauman had worked his way
to third with brother Bronson a
10th of a second back in fourth.
Smith passed Vanderkuur on
the last lap for fifth. Robinson,
Davis Fisher (Bob Lanphere
Beaverton Motorcycles/Dick
Wall 60, Indian FTR750), Bran-
don Price (Roof-Systems of
Dallas, TX, DPC Racing, Indian
eight saw Smith take third, starting
a shuffling among the contenders
that also allowed the two leaders
to get even farther away.
The five-laps-to-go sign signals
the end of testing and the time to
put what you have learned in the
first 20 laps to use. Carver had led
laps 13, 14 and 15, and once again
took over on laps 23 and 24.
"Jared got the holeshot, and
I knew that I was the other fast-
est guy," said Carver. "I felt like I
would push him for a little bit and
wait to see that nobody was draft-
ing underneath me. It turns into
a drafting game, and everybody
is going at it. Until then, I just
wanted to learn from him and see
what he was doing. I wanted to
Monday resulted in a much smaller
crowd of spectators, and several
riders also had to leave. Rider count
dropped from 25 to 22 in the AFT
Twins class and from 30 to 22 in the
AFT Production Twins class.
TOUGH TIMES
The Estenson Racing/Monster
Energy team struggled mightily
with their Yamaha MT-07s in the
AFT Twins class, fighting mechani-
cal problems all weekend. Jake
Johnson failed to qualify either day.
JD Beach finished 13th on Saturday
and was unable to start Monday's
race after qualifying out of his semi,
but he was unable to make it to the
line for the start of the main. They did
Briefly...
Briar Bauman (14) held off his brother Bronson (37) to get on Saturday's podium.
