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FEATURE I 2026 AMERICAN FLAT TRACK SEASON PREVIEW
'25 season to come to grips
with the powerful-yet-notorious-
ly-finicky KTM 790 Duke plat-
form following years aboard the
remarkably user-friendly Indian.
Instead, Fisher came out
swinging with a 4-3 double
opener in Daytona and carried
on to grab four podiums and six
finishes of fourth or better dur
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ing the season.
That effort was good enough
to secure his third consecutive
top-five Grand National Cham
-
pionship ranking in what was
arguably his most impressive
campaign to date. It's reason
-
able to assume he'll be even
more menacing with an off-
season to double down on what
went right a year ago.
That said, it still wasn't
enough to hold off surging
rookie Trent Lowe on the
factory-backed Turner Racing/
Al Lamb's Honda Transalp.
After a decent-ish first half,
the Big Red SuperTwins pro
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gram soared to a new strato-
sphere with the introduction
of an all-new chassis, which
debuted during round nine of 16
at Lucas Oil Speedway.
From that point on, Lowe
was a regular near the top of
the leaderboards. That form
ultimately culminated in Hon
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da's first premier-class twin-
cylinder victory of the millen-
wins are likely and podiums
virtually guaranteed.
To date, he's finished as the
series' runner-up once, ranked
inside the top-three five times,
and the top-five eight times. He
again faces a narrow path to
the championship, but he will be
there lurking and ready to strike
should Daniels and/or Bauman
slip up.
TRANSFORMING
PROMISE INTO
PRODUCTION
Among those not yet men-
tioned, two are the most likely
to become full-blown threats to
the established order.
Rackley Racing's Davis Fisher
would have been forgiven if it
took him the better part of the
Brandon Robinson (44) has the
speed to mix it up with Daniels and
Bauman and is a legitimate
threat for the title
