ROUND 7 / JUNE 6, 2026
TENNESSEE NATIONAL RACEWAY / HOHENWALD, TENNESSEE
FLAT TRACK I AMA PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK
P108
I'm going to trust them. That's
where we're at right now. It's the
honeymoon stage, but at the
same time, we're running scared.
I just want to keep it going."
AFT Singles
Estenson Racing Yamaha's
Tom Drane was in need (more
in a psychological than a
points sense) of a strong
response after coming to
Tennessee fresh off his worst
result of the season.
While a quiet fifth would be
cause for celebration among
many Singles riders, for the Aus
-
tralian, fifth just doesn't cut it.
Drane also needed to re-
claim some momentum from
Smith finished seventh,
followed by Turner Racing
American Honda's Trent Lowe,
Cose and Jarod VanDerKooi,
who again subbed for Brandon
Robinson on the Mission Roof
Systems Harley-Davidson.
After the race, Bauman looked
and sounded as confident as he
deserved to be. He said, "I just
have a comfort right now on the
bike that I haven't had in a long
time, maybe ever. I don't think
ever, personally."
"When you start on a motor
-
cycle you're not comfortable
with, like I was at Daytona, and
then you get to where we are
now, my guys could put the front
wheel on the rear right now, and
Declan Bender of OTB Racing
Yamaha for third on lap 25 of 31.
That run up through his
fellow MT-07-mounted oppo
-
nents kept him firmly engaged
in his title defense, but he still
needed to find a way to erase
the six-plus seconds that stood
between him and Bauman on
this night.
Bender held on for fourth, a
major step forward after strug
-
gling to break into the top 10
this season, while RoosEvans
finished fifth.
Sixth went to Rackley Racing's
KTM Davis Fisher, who made his
own climb to respectability after
running as low as 10th earlier in
the contest.
Winner Tom Drane (1)
battled Kage Tadman for the
victory in the Singles main.
