Wrecking Crew Rider Jared Mees Narrows the Season
Standings with Back-to-Back Wins
Indian
Motorcycle Racing, presented by Progressive Motorcycle Insurance, and its
championship-winning FTR750 clinched its fourth consecutive Manufacturer’s
Championship. Fittingly, Indian Motorcycle secured the championship with a
Wrecking Crew podium sweep at Atlanta Short Track I.
Wrecking
Crew Rider Jared Mees narrowed the season standings with back-to-back wins
at the Atlanta doubleheader. Joining Mees on the Atlanta Short Track I
podium was reigning AFT Grand National Champion and Wrecking Crew Rider Briar
Bauman and Wrecking Crew Rider Bronson Bauman. The bar-to-bar battle
between Briar and Mees saw Mees take a final pass on the final lap through
turn four to cross the finish line just .308 seconds before Briar. Bronson
completed the Wrecking Crew sweep as he earned his first podium of the 2020
season by charging his way from the middle of the pack and making several
passes in the final laps of the Main.
“It’s been incredible to see our team compete at
a consistent level and again bring home the Manufacturer’s Championship for
the fourth straight year,” said Gary Gray, Vice President –
Racing, Technology and Service for Indian Motorcycle. “With four races remaining,
we’re excited to see who can walk away with the No.1 plate. Briar’s been
hot and Mees hates to lose, so we should be in a dramatic and entertaining
finish to the season.”
Atlanta
Short Track II continued the dramatic, bar-to-bar racing from the night
before, as Indian Motorcycle Privateer Brandon Price held Mees off as long
as he could, coming up just short as Mees made his pass with only a few
laps remaining. Price’s second-place finished earned him his first podium
of the season, while Briar rounded out the all-FTR750 podium with a
third-place finish.
With
244 points, Mees is firmly in second and now just 12 points back from
Briar, who has 256 points on the year. With a pair of fourth-place finishes
in Atlanta, Indian Motorcycle Privateer Sammy Halbert remains in third with
193 points, while Bronson Bauman and Price are fourth and fifth with 153
and 148 points, respectively.
The
2020 American Flat Track season will continue on October 9-10 at The Dirt
Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Progressive Charlotte Half-Mile I
& II.
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