FLAT TRACK
AMERICAN FL AT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUNDS 5-6 / SEPTEMBER 5-6, 2020
ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS / SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
P72
(Latus Motors Racing/Probeam,
Harley-Davidson XG750R) and
Ben Lowe (Roof Systems of Dal-
las TX/Bruce Lowe Excavating,
Kawasaki Ninja 650) bunched
behind.
Indianapolis winners, Lowe
and Rispoli, moved to the front
briefly before Ryan Varnes (RVR/
RoyBuilt/Don's Kawasaki, Kawa-
saki Ninja 650) stormed to the
front. Somehow Varnes was able
to hold the lead the rest of the
way, but not by much.
Chad Cose (Wally Brown Rac-
ing/Roof Systems of Dallas, Har-
ley-Davidson XG750R) worked
his way into second and Rispoli
started to fade. Lowe also kept
applying pressure as defend-
ing class champion Cory Texter
doubleheader proved. Of the 16
starters in Sunday's race only 12
riders finished on the lead lap,
including Carver who coasted
across the line almost 21 sec-
onds back in 11th.
AFT PRODUCTION TWINS
Unlike the AFT SuperTwins
class there does not seem to be
a dominant brand or rider yet,
early in the 2020 season. The
Production Twins run a 10-min-
ute-plus-two-lap main events and
the action at the front of the pack
was intense.
Danny Eslick (Scott
Powersports/R&D Machine,
Kawasaki Ninja 650) with Jer-
emiah Duffy (Sammy O Racing/
ERT/Mike Butler Racing, Kawa-
saki Ninja 650), James Rispoli
third, almost seven seconds
ahead of Bronson (Indian Mo-
torcycle/Progressive Insurance,
Indian FTR750), Fisher and
Bryan Smith, Dalton Gauthier and
Jarod Vanderkooi all on Harley-
Davidson/Vance & Hines backed
Harley-Davidson XG750Rs.
"I've raced a lot of Springfield
Miles from like 2002 on, and this
was one of the most different
Springfield Mile racing lines I've
ever raced," said Mees. "I'm not
saying that in a bad way. It was
cool that we had a really differ-
ent track from yesterday to today,
and it was just down to which
team and rider could adapt to it
the quickest."
The high-speed mile is notori-
ously hard on engines as the
Ryan Varnes (68) won Saturday's
Production Twins final.
