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ROUND 9 / JULY 18, 2025 LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY / WHEATLAND, MISSOURI FLAT TRACK I AMA PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK P96 to move into second and third, respectively. At that point, the Australian had more than a second's worth of padding at the front. Neither Brunner nor Saathoff was willing to allow the other one to lead the charge, and they engaged in a rolling dogfight that still some - how managed to reel in Drane. They flanked him on either side with two laps to go, but the overtaking proved more difficult than the closing. Brunner threw in one last- gasp around-the-outside at - tempt in the race's final corner and improbably made it work by a scant 0.069 of a second. The win was Brunner's first of the year and extends his career- long streak of earning at least one victory in each of his AFT Singles campaigns. ited/Bel Ray Kawasaki. Bauman's win gives him sole possession of the champion - ship points lead, but only just, due to Daniels' expert display of damage control. The difference is now four points, 185-181, with more than 60 points back to third-ranked Robinson at 119. added to injury when he was forced out of the race with just over a minute remaining due to a mechanical issue. Fisher held on to grab his third podium of the season following a pair of down weekends, while Lowe got the Turner Honda's Su - perTwins project into the top five for the first time with his fourth. Fastrack Racing's Jarod VanDerKooi outdueled Du Quoin podium finishers James Ott on the G&G Racing Yamaha and Declan Bender on the OTBR Yamaha to earn the final spot in the top five. Moto Anatomy X Royal Enfield's Max Whale ended the night in eighth, followed by part- timer Bronson Bauman on the Mission Foods/Roof Systems- backed Yamaha MT-07 and Billy Ross aboard the Racing Unlim - Trevor Brunner was thrilled to get his first Singles win of the year. Davis Fisher got on the SuperTwins podium for the third time this season. AFT SINGLES The AFT Singles race followed a similar shape but with a twist. In the race's opening stages, championship leader Tom Drane slotted his Estenson Racing Yamaha in front of the Hannum's H-D-backed KTM of Bradon Pfanders and set off at the front. Around half-distance, Drane's primary title rivals—RWR's Chase Saathoff and Turner Racing Honda's Trevor Brunner —finally fought past Pfanders