FLAT TRACK
PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 13 / OCTOBER 9, 2020
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY / CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
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the season, becoming the only
rider besides Sammy Halbert to
wrestle a win away from Bauman
and Mees in 2020.
It was an important win for
Carver, who has struck out on
his own in 2020 with the support
of tuner Brian Bigelow and a
grassroots crowdfunding ap-
proach to run his team Happy
Trails Racing.
ers put on another classic flat
track battle up front. Their duel
allowed a hard-charging Carver
to not only catch them, but
pass them.
The five-time premier class
champion was able to break free
of Bauman and set after Carver,
but the privateer Indian Motorcy-
cle rider was not going to give an
inch, and rode to his first win of
At the start of the main event,
it looked to be another show-
down between Indian Motor-
cycle Progressive Insurance's
Mees and Bauman, with Mees
up front and points leader
Bauman chasing him waiting
for an opportunity to strike.
A red-flagged race changed
things. Mees lost his gap after
the restart and the contend-
Mees (9) and Bauman (1) battle for
championship points. Mees finished just
ahead of Bauman for second and now trails
Bauman by just nine points going into the
final two races of the year at Daytona.
