the season on a high note."
Another note of interest was
Shayna Texter-Bauman's main-
one performance; she came
home in fifth place in the race,
which represents far and away
the best performance for the
class's all-time Mile wins leader
in 2024.
CN
SuperTwins
Race 1
1. Jared Mees (Ind) 25 laps
2. Davis Fisher (Ind) 2.137
3. Dallas Daniels (Yam) 2.894
4. Brandon Robinson (Ind) 5.239
5. Brandon Price (Yam) 5.441
6. Trevor Brunner (Ind) 8.095
7. Declan Bender (Ind) 8.296
8. Max Whale (H-D) 15.035
9. Dalton Gauthier (RE) 15.778
10. Bronson Bauman (KTM) 17.151
underneath him and then get
Chase to the line. I can't thank my
whole Estenson Racing Monster
Energy team enough. All the work
they've been putting in. The bike
handled great today, and we kept
chipping away, getting better and
better all day."
"Not an ideal Springfield Mile
for sure with two fourths," Kopp
said. "I can't be too mad about
that, but I definitely came here
trying to get a couple more Mile
wins and came up short. Our 'A'
bike broke after the first program,
and we were on the backup bike
for the second. Two fourths. Now
we head to the finale. I'm not sure
what the lead is, but I'm sure it's
pretty big. We'll do our work for
the next two weeks and try to end
The first race was decided by
0.048 of a second. The second
by 0.019.
Despite the disappointment,
Saathoff's runners-up combined
with Kopp's fourth were strong
enough to keep his title hopes
alive as well, if only just. Heading
into September 14's Lake Ozark
finale with just 25 points on the
table, Kopp leads Drane by 22
points and Saathoff by 24 (321-
299-297).
"That was a good one," Drane
said. "We had a good race with
me, Chad and Chase. We were all
putting in good laps and swap
-
ping back and forth all through-
out the race. I got a little bit lucky
in that last corner
, Chad slipped
up a little bit, allowing me to go
ROUNDS 14 & 15 / SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS / SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
FLAT TRACK I AMA PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
P76
Tom Drane (59) won both Singles
races but worked hard for them.
