VOLUME 63 ISSUE 36 SEPTEMBER 9, 2026 P73
Dallas Daniels celebrates winning
his second consecutive AFT
SuperTwins Championship at the
Springfield Mile doubleheader finale
after topping Saturday's Mission
Triple Challenge.
PHOTO: TIM LESTER
BY CHRIS MARTIN
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DEAN PHELPS
P
rogressive American Flat
Track closed out its 2026
campaign with its most
prestigious event at its most
iconic venue, and it did so in
doubleheader style via the Cat-
erpillar Springfield Mile I & II.
Spread across two days, both
the Mission AFT SuperTwins
and Kicker AFT Singles classes
followed a similar theme: Satur-
day was all about mythmaking
and taking care of business.
Sunday, meanwhile, was re-
served for mayhem, where
voices that were more often
hushed ultimately got the final
word.
AFT SuperTwins
Coming in, reigning Grand Na-
tional Champion Dallas Daniels
was in an enviable position,
knowing exactly what he needed
to do to repeat as the premier-
class king. With a 20-point
advantage after his Peoria TT tri-
umph, the math said he needed
only to win on Saturday for the
number one plate to remain his.
While seemingly simple on
the surface, the calculations
became quite a bit more com-
plicated with the use of the
Mission Triple Challenge format,
which involves three races of
increasing distance and points
to determine the overall results.
