Saturday's race found Briar
Bauman leading the first lap
by inches over Mees, Jeffrey
Carver (Happy Trails Racing/
DPC Racing, Indian FTR750),
Smith and Brandon Robinson
(HCRR/Ben Evans Racing,
Indian FTR750).
While Bauman and Mees
fought over the lead, Smith
pushed his Harley into the mix
and he actually led lap 14. On lap
20, Bauman once again took the
lead and never gave it back, win-
ning by just over a second over
Mees. Smith was one more sec-
ond back as Robinson cruised
home alone in fourth.
Sammy Halbert had been
forced to his backup bike after
for the last podium spot with
Mees coming out on top by just
two-hundredths of a second.
Brandon Price (Roof Systems of
Dallas TX/Astec Metal Works,
Indian FTR750) held off Bryan
Smith (Harley-Davidson/Vance
& Hines, Harley-Davidson
XG750R) for fifth after Smith had
run with the leaders early.
Bauman held over a two-
second lead at the end as he
captured his first Mile win ever.
Coupled with his Half Mile, Short
Track and TT wins he joins the
Grand Slam club. "This place is
really special and it's cool to get
the Grand Slam here," said Bau-
man. "It's also Indian's 50th win.
It all means a lot to me."
Mees shot to the lead in Friday's
main event. Briar Bauman was
camped on Mees' rear wheel,
and when Mees opened the
door slightly on the narrow
groove, Bauman took full advan-
tage.
The third member of the Indian
Wrecking Crew, Bronson Bau-
man (Indian Motorcycle/Progres-
sive Insurance, Indian FTR750)
also slipped by along with
Sammy Halbert (Coolbeth-Nila
Racing/Roof Systems of Dal-
las TX, Indian FTR750). Halbert
moved into second on lap ten,
but never was able to catch the
champ.
Bronson and Mees had
the best race-within-the-race
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AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUNDS 3-4 / AUGUST 21-22, 2020
INDIANA STATE FAIRGROUNDS / INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
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Jared Mees (9) and
Bronson Bauman (37)
battled for the final
spot on the podium in
Friday's main event.
Mees edged out
Bauman for third.
