VOLUME 59 ISSUE 12 MARCH 22, 2022 P83
Jared Mees (1)
and JD Beach (95)
battle for the early
lead at the start
of the SuperTwins
main event.
BY CHRIS MARTIN
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J. NELSON
T
he single biggest develop-
ment of last weekend's
Progressive AFT opener
at Volusia Speedway Park was
that, while the factory Indian
FTR750 of Briar Bauman still won
going away, the championship's
attempts to level the playing field
bore fruit in the form of a Yamaha,
Harley-Davidson, Yamaha 2-3-4.
The opener's second-biggest
development was directly tied
to the first. Reigning Mission
SuperTwins Champion Jared
Mees could only muster a fifth-
place finish—nearly 12 seconds
back of the win—and at a track
he'd previously won on in three
of four attempts.
The factory Indian ace came
to another happy hunting ground
in Texas Motor Speedway—a
venue at which he'd won in the
series' most recent two visits—
motivated to make amends. And
that he did.
The champ was effectively in a
class of his own throughout the
evening. By the time the main
event rolled around, Mees was
competing more against a tricky
surface than he was any of his
premier-class challengers.
While the start was consid-
ered vital on a track that created
tense races but few overtakes,
