BY CHRIS MARTIN
PHOTOGRAPHY BY TIM LESTER
F
or the second time in this
early Progressive AFT season,
defending Mission SuperTwins
Champion Jared Mees rebounded
from disappointment to post a
statement victory. And each time
the living legend adds another win
to his name, he bolsters an already-
ironclad Hall of Fame résumé,
with Saturday's win at Devil's Bowl
Speedway being no exception.
Mees found himself fourth early
on, hung up behind a trio of Yamaha
MT-07s piloted by Estenson Racing
teammates JD Beach and Dallas
Daniels, along with HRP Racing's
Dan Bromley. As the track got
slicker following the sun's retreat,
extreme high and low lines proved
semi-viable options with little to
choose from in between. Mees and
Daniels may have preferred the low
line but both learned to exploit the
skyway in order to overhaul hole
-
shotter Beach before settling back
into a race for victory at the bottom.
Unlike their Senoia showdown,
there was no flurry of passes. But
the faceoff still had some real
tension about it as Mees fought to
manage a small gap that Daniels re
-
peatedly ate into before losing time
again as the title fighters tightroped
their way around on a tricky and
unforgiving surface.
Behind, Beach and Bromley
eventually fell into the clutches of
Mission Roof Systems' Brandon
Robinson, Rackley Racing's Da
-
vis Fisher and Parts Plus/Jacob
Companies-backed Briar Bauman
with a five-rider fight breaking out
for the final spot on the box.
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Jared Mees topped the
Dallas Half-Mile podium
and was joined by runner-
up Dallas Daniels and
Brandon Robinson.
DEVIL'S WINNER
SPEEDWAY HALF-MILE WIN
