VOL. 54 ISSUE 50 DECEMBER 19, 2017 P103
CHAMPION JARED MEES
BY ANDREA WILSON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANDREA WILSON,
DAVE HOENIG AND FLAT TRAK FOTOS
NO
QUARTER
GIVEN
(Above) It wasn't all
perfection for Mees.
His only black mark
the whole season
came at the Lima
Half-Mile, a race he
and his wife, Nichole,
promote. (Left) Like
a lot of champions,
Jared Mees has
that fighting spirit,
not having "quit"
in his vocabulary
has scored him
five Grand National
Championship titles.
I
t was an amazing and history-
making year for 31-year-old
Jared Mees. From winning the 2017
AFT Twins title to giving Indian
its first win in over 60 years, and
everything in between—like earning
the prestigious dirt track grand slam,
winning 10 races, visiting the podium
more times than any other rider in a
single season and giving Indian its
first championship, to name a few—
the Pennsylvanian is our undisputed
choice for this year's—the 25
th
—
Cycle News Rider of the Year
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
ANDREA
WILSON
