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Cycle News 2025 Issue 37 September 16

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and Kody Kopp for most in a single season) and the 19th of his career (tying Shayna Texter-Bauman for second most all-time). The red flag and restart brought Mission Roof Systems' Tarren Santero back into the mix. Despite running at the back of the lead pack prior to the stoppage, Santero had also tapped into that line just prior to the red flag and was able to use it to good effect in the final sprint to the checkered flag. Given a second chance, Santero dove past Tadman and closed on Drane before finishing 0.139 of a second back at the stripe. Santero's runner-up moved him equal with third-place finisher Tadman in their battle to finish fourth in the final standings behind Drane, Brunner and RWR's Chase Saathoff. bid to grab momentum for next year (the way Drane did in '24, winning the final three races of the season), the Australian continued to rack up the numbers and accomplishments while he could. The Estenson Racing Yamaha ace diced it out with Hannum's H-D's Bradon Pfanders and 1st Impressions Husqvarna teammate Chad Cose and Kage Tadman before at last grabbing the lead late, right before a crash on the part of American Honda Tuner Racing's Trevor Brunner brought out the red flag and reset the order. From there, Drane utilized a low-entry line that had worked so brilliantly for him in his initial charge to steal back the lead from Tadman and hold it for good. Drane's win was his eighth on the season (tying Dallas Daniels think anyone anticipated, and one slip-up kind of cost us the championship. That's racing." The final tally stands at Daniels' 313 to Bauman's 307. Robinson finished third at 217, followed by Lowe (186), who completed his late charge up the standings to eclipse Davis Fisher (181) and Jarod VanDerKooi (167). Ott ended the season as the second-best rookie at 160, with Dan Bromley (156), Max Whale (140), and Bender (121) rounding out the Mission AFT SuperTwins 2025 top 10. AFT SINGLES While 2025 AFT Singles champ Tom Drane has not made his 2026 plans yet known—if he's ridden his final AFT Singles race—he has cer - tainly left his mark. Rather than let another rider steal the spotlight in an early ROUND 16 / SEPTEMBER 13, 2025 LAKE OZARK SPEEDWAY / ELDON, MISSOURI FLAT TRACK I AMA PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK P118 Tom Drane (59) capped off his Singles Championship season with another win, the eighth of the year.

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