While the Australian had
an obvious pace advantage
throughout the day, the all-
important draft allowed the big
pack of contenders to gang up
and prevent him from executing
an escape plan.
That also created countless
opportunities for close calls and
the rare bit of contact, which
only further fueled the already
intense rivalry between Drane
and his chief title rival, RWR's
Chase Saathoff.
Their showdown nearly ended
in disaster when Drane's handle-
bars were touched by Saathoff's
boot on the corner exit, and then
the two took exception with one
another for how the final half lap
played out in ultra-close fashion.
five minutes into the contest.
Dalton Gauthier inherited
sixth on the Racing Unlimited/
Parts Bros/D&D Cycles Kawa-
saki Ninja 650, finishing just
ahead of Fastrack Racing's Ja-
rod VanDerKooi and American
Honda-backed Trent Lowe.
Memphis Shades/Corbin/
Vinson's Dan Bromley finished
ninth on the GSX-8S, 0.072 of a
second ahead of Moto Anatomy
X Royal Enfield's Max Whale in
10th.
AFT SINGLES
The AFT Singles contest was a
battle that pitted Estenson Rac-
ing's Tom Drane up against the
entire field—and Tom Drane won.
whole family and everybody who
helps me out. I feel blessed to
be up here as always."
Meanwhile, it was a second
consecutive down weekend for
Rackley Racing's Davis Fisher,
who had been so good in the
opening five races of the season
in his transition from Indian to
KTM. Fisher struggled with the
bike all day but seemed to finally
have things clicking for the main,
where he raced forward from his
back-row, LCQ-earned, grid posi-
tion to become the sixth man in
a six-rider lead pack.
Unfortunately, that became
the aforementioned five-rider
lead pack when Fisher was
forced to pull out due to me-
chanical issues approximately
ROUND 8 / JULY 5, 2025
DU QUOIN STATE FAIRGROUNDS / DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS
FLAT TRACK I AMA PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK
P90
The Singles main was a battle from start to finish.
