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in as many days, while Bender and Wiles rounded out the podium. Daniels' second and Bauman's 14th completely remade the championship complexion head - ing into the Lake Ozark Short Track finale. Even if Bauman manages to win his sixth Short Track of the '25 season, Daniels will need to finish just seventh or better to take the crown. Considering that Daniels has finished fifth or better in 47 straight events, that sure looks like a telegraphed pitch right down the middle for the number 32 to smash it out of the park. But perhaps this Grand Na - tional Championship has yet an- other curveball in its repertoire. AFT SINGLES Drane was only given the oppor- tunity to mix it up with the best of the best in his Mission AFT SuperTwins debut by first taking care of business in AFT Singles action. And that he did. The Estenson Racing ace didn't just win Satur- day's Mission Triple Challenge; he did so in convincing 1-1-1 fashion. Combined with the in- jured Chase Saathoff's absence, that was enough to seal the deal. Even with his first class crown delivered and his premier-class debut secured, Drane continued to rack up the stats on Sunday, earning yet another victory in the rematch. That elevated his season numbers to seven wins, one short of the single-season record currently held by Daniels and Kody Kopp, and his career mark to 18 wins, one short of the second-place mark held by Shayna Texter-Bauman. "It was a good day," Drane said. "We started off the day strong. We were pretty fast all day and knew what we had to do to wrap the championship up. I just had to go out there with the mindset that I wanted to win. Once I did that and focused on going out there and trying to win, that sort of put the champi - onship in the back of my mind. It just made me feel a lot more at ease, just riding the bike. I was ROUNDS 14-15 / AUGUST 30-31, 2025 ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS / SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS FLAT TRACK I AMA PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK P94 Tom Drane was a double winner in the Singles class.