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P118 FEATURE I AMERICAN FLAT TRACK ADVENTURETRACKERS some good riders in the class." The competition was world- class but dressed up in a set of devil-may-care horns (and, yes, stock horns too, which were mercilessly beeped on the starting line). Bromley typified that outlaw mentality. He came armed with a Suzuki V-Strom 1050 that his dad, Joe Bromley, had acquired on Facebook Mar - ketplace for $7000 (hence the team name "Big Momma and Daddy Deep Pockets"). The Pennsylvanian then bran- dished $1 bills on his windshield for kicks ("Ron Belt told me I didn't have the nuts to do a lap standing up, and I told him, 'You want to make a bet on it?' He was like, 'Oh, I'm a poor racer,' While their combined ac - complishments spoke loudly, so too did their availability. The list was effectively a who's who of national champs with day jobs. Throwbacks with swag- ger and personality, they stood as characters in the mold of the barnstorming racers of a century ago. 2018 AFT Singles champion/ construction worker Bromley said, "I kind of put my foot in my mouth when I said, 'You know, it's almost harder to win the Ad - ventureTracker class. But when you look at the stats, there are ers were tested to their limits and pushed there by an impres- sive and diverse collection of talent. The entry list was stacked with some of the most decorat- ed and skilled flat trackers to be found anywhere on the planet, minus the elite few otherwise engaged in pursuit of the Grand National Championship. Among others, it included Hen - ry Wiles, the winningest TT rider in the history of the sport; multi- time Daytona 200 winners Danny Eslick and Brandon Paasch; AFT support class champions Dalton Gauthier, Dan Bromley and Jesse Janisch; and multi-time national race winners Chad Cose and Morgen Mischler. William Harris rode a BMW F 900 GS, eyeing the new class as a potential entry point for his professional racing ambitions, perhaps as early as 2026.