FLAT TRACK
PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 14-15 / OCTOBER 16-17, 2020
DAY TONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY/ DAY TONA BEACH, FLORIDA
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to expand his points lead over
Mees going into the final race
Saturday night. He first passed
Rackley Racing's Rob Pearson
for third and then Vanderkooi for
second in the final moments of
the race. So, it was mission ac-
complished with his rival in fourth
and 14 points separating them
going into the final race.
Although he was hoping for
better, it was still a job well done
for the young Vanderkooi who fin-
ished third for the factory Harley-
Davidson squad.
Saturday's season finale was
a bit of chaos with rain coming in
after the day's qualifying sessions.
Looking to get the main events
in, especially for the yet-to-be-de-
Robinson used the same strategy
though, he got to the front early,
passing Harley-Davidson Vance
& Hines' Jarod Vanderkooi and
checked out for the win.
"I knew how Daytona goes in a
main event," Robinson said. "You
just have to keep it smooth, hit
your marks and try to minimize
your mistakes. The track position
is very important here, especially
in the early goings of the race.
We were able to get that separa-
tion and get out front and get a
good gap early. That was the big-
gest key to last night. For me, it
was another typical Daytona, just
this time on Twins."
Bauman, who wasn't going to
leave anything to chance, wanted
three weeks ago at the Dallas
Half-Mile I. That fight made vic-
tory even sweeter as he won both
nights to break his win drought
this season."
"It's good to get that monkey
off the back, for sure," Robinson
said. "I don't want to say I didn't
expect it, but with everything that
we've had to fight through it was
awesome to get the win for the
team."
The Daytona Short Track has
always been one of those races
where you could expect the
unexpected, but especially this
year since it was the first time
the series raced Twins on the
quarter-mile track at the iconic
Daytona International Speedway.
An ecstatic James
Rispoli sealed the
deal on the AFT
Production Twins
Championship a
night early.
