Yamaha Completes Historic Triple Victory Sweep at Atlanta Super TT
Staged on a hybrid Super TT course, the seven weeks wait for the return of AFT action following the season-opening Double Header in Florida in March produced a sensational triple win across all three classes for title sponsor Yamaha at its home race in what proved to be a historic evening of Progressive American Flat Track racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Just miles from its American base of operations, Yamaha became the first manufacturer to ever pull off a victory sweep across all three classes in a single evening thanks to the virtuoso performances of Estenson Racing’s JD Beach and Dallas Daniels.
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| Photo: Kristen Lassen, AFT |
Beach completed the remarkable triple win in absolutely crushing form aboard the No. 95 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT in the Mission SuperTwins presented by S&S Cycle main event.
The multi-time national champion roadracer and TT race winner opened up a full straightaway’s advantage early on and then cruised home to a near-five-second margin-of-victory by the end.
An entertaining melee for second saw Sammy Halbert (No. 69 Coolbeth-Nila Racing Indian FTR750), Briar Bauman (No. 1 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance FTR750), Jarod Vanderkooi (No. 20 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750), and Davis Fisher (No. 67 BMC Racing/Dick Wall 60 Indian FTR750) slug it out in Beach's wake.
In the AFT Production Twins presented by Vance & Hines, Dallas Daniels (No. 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07) added to his quickly burgeoning reputation, not only winning in his Progressive AFT twin-cylinder debut but flat out dominating the Production Twins main event. All-around ace Dalton Gauthier (No. 79 D&D Cycles/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson XG750R) came home a clear second, with Dan Bromley (No. 62 Memphis Shades/Vinson Construction Yamaha MT-07) third.
In red-flag impacted AFT Singles, despite pressure from Spanish flat track superstar Ferran Cardús (No. 377 Roof Systems of Dallas/Vanilla Cycles Honda CRF450R) and Mikey Rush (Yamaha YZ450F, Estenson Racing/Yamaha Racing), and a bad mistake of his own, Daniels held the lead from holeshot to chequered flag, becoming the first rider to win two classes at a single event since Ricky Graham.
Ryan Sipes (No. 264 Red Bull/Troy Lee Designs GASGAS MC450F) won his $1 bet with fellow future Hall of Famer Travis Pastrana (No. 199 Red Bull KTM 450 SX-F), as the two finished eighth and ninth, respectively.
Next Up is the Mission Foods Texas Half-Mile presented by Roof Systems at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 22nd. That will be followed by the Chicago Half-Mile (Joliet, Il.) on May 29; the OKC Mile I&II at Remington Park, Oklahoma City, June 18 & 19; the Lima Half-Mile (Lima, Oh.) June 26 and the DuQuoin Mile, Illinois, on July 17.
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