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because he's consistent, and right now, he's the best guy in the sport. I want to take it back from him so bad." Expect an already heated title fight to get that much hotter be- fore this one is settled. AFT SINGLES The story of the undercard was Estenson Racing's Dallas Daniels. The budding superstar lost his AFT Singles points lead, and seem- ingly, a good deal of his mojo in a two-crash main at Peoria—a pun- ishing result that stung that much more after title rival Max Whale was elevated to its winner follow- ing Wiles' suspension. Daniels had an opportunity for an epic redemption in front of the and then came home just behind Mission Roof Systems ace Robin- son in fifth on Monday. Smith had bike issues as well and was never really a factor at the front on the Crosley/Howerton Motorsports Indian FTR750. And Wiles was absent altogether after being sent off to the series' "Road to Recov- ery" program following a failed drug test. Bauman's lead was more than halved and now sits at just 12 (254-242) as the series heads to next weekend's Sacramento Mile, where Mees will again be widely viewed as the pre-race favorite. Mees said, "It was an incred- ible weekend for me, but I knew coming in here I had to do this this weekend to feel like I could get back up in there. We've got some good tracks ahead of us still and three races to go. Any- thing can happen. Briar Bau- man has the number-one plate ROUNDS 12-13 / SEPTEMBER 3-6, 2021 ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS / SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS P76 FLAT TRACK I PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK MYOWNRACE 1/32 DALLAS DANIELS 1ST-1ST AFT SINGLES, 1ST-1ST AFT PRODUCTION TWINS Dallas Daniels walked away with four main-event wins across two classes and a resurgent AFT Singles tle defense. Follow- ing a wild Friday night, he said, "In the first main, I was kind of just si ng there, wait- ing, wai ng, wai ng, and finally pounced. In the last corner, unfortunately, Trevor Brunner clipped my bar and took me out. It was unfortunate, but it's very fortunate how they dealt with it. Eventually, you have to draw the line somewhere, right? Moving on to the next one, I was just kind of si ng behind him again. I could tell he was ge ng a li le red. I pounced again and was like, 'All right, here we go.' And with two laps to go there was a red flag… 'You're kidding me.' So, we had a three-lap shootout, but to be honest, I think I felt be er than I had all day in that shootout. It was a huge night for us." and ended up in the last star ng spot for the restart. I just put my head down and charged. When we got graced with a red flag, I was in sixth place and got another really good start and charged and charged. These guys on the American Honda/Turn- er Racing team really kicked bu working on the bike, giving me what I need to do my job." Runner-up Bauman (left), winner Mees (center) and Robinson (right) filled the Springfield Mile 1 podium. Bauman wasn't exactly pleased with his teammates' (Mees) riding tactics.