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P120 INTERVIEW I 2025 MISSION AFT SUPERTWINS CHAMPION DALLAS DANIELS Half Mile, TT, Short Track and the na- tion's premier road-racing class). I know that's kind of ridiculous to say because I haven't done much road racing and getting a Superbike win would be insane. But, you know, I also want to race the Daytona 200 someday. There's some stuff like that I want to do, but obviously, my goal right now is to be the best flat tracker. "Could I win 11 Grand National Champion - ships? I would like to do it and etch my name above his and everyone else's. Of course, it would be difficult, and it would take a lot of years, but it's not impossible. "Who knows? Every year I race, the goal is to win the title. We'll just have to see what the future holds." CN "This championship is more than just a cham- pionship on all sorts of levels. For me, I dreamed of this as a kid. This is the ultimate for myself, my family, my dad. "And my crew chief, James Hart—this is his whole life. Him, his dad, his brother—they could never quite get there. And now he did with us. "For Tommy Hayden, the Haydens were never able to check this box because they went road racing. And the Haydens got to be a big part of this. "And then on top of that, you've got Yamaha and Tim. I remember watching them [in 2020], just wondering if it was ever going to pay off. It's also great for JD and those guys, everything they went through to develop the motorcycle, and getting to finally see it prevail. "So this was so much of an accomplishment for everybody on the team." Now that it's done, what's one to do after they've completed a life-defining journey to number one? How about aiming for 11? After all, that's the only way left to finally beat Mees. When asked, Daniels instinctively laughed before actually pondering the question. "As a kid, my goal was to be the best flat tracker ever. And I would say that goal still remains. I want to etch my name in history, whether that's wins or championships. "But as I get older, I can imagine other goals, too. I would still like to be one of the guys who does the old-school Grand Slam (wins in Mile, Daniels says he wants to be the best flat tracker—ever. If anyone can do that, it's Daniels. At 22 years old, he has time on his side.