Yamaha take AFT SuperTwins Short Track Win
JD Beach (No. 95 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT) scored a milestone victory at the Laconia Short Track presented by MOMS at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire on June 11 (Round 6).
Mission SuperTwins Presented by S&S Cycle
On an extraordinarily technical surface, Beach earned the top pick of starting positions with his performance in the lead-up to the Main Event but appeared to throw that pivotal advantage away by slipping down to third in the race's opening corner.
However, the versatile Beach somehow slashed past both Briar Bauman (No. 3 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance FTR750) and Jared Mees (No. 1 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance FTR750) in less than a quarter mile and was effectively perfect from that point forward.
This was the first oval win of Beach's AFT career to add to his four prior TT victories. As a result of his Laconia points haul, Beach held an early advantage in the recently announced Progressive Triple Crown.
While Yamaha had gone nearly a half-century between oval wins prior to the Mission Red Mile I win scored by Beach's Estenson Yamaha teammate at Lexington, Dallas Daniels (No. 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT), it took just two weeks to add another.
Daniels made it a Laconia 1-2 for Yamaha, ahead of Jarod Vanderkooi (No. 20 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750) in third, 2019 Laconia ST winner Bronson Bauman (No. 37 Latus Motors Racing Harley-Davidson XG750R) in fourth ahead of his brother Briar in fifth. Reigning champion Mees finished sixth.
Mission Production Twins Presented by Vance & Hines
It was a Harley 1-2 in the Vance & Hines backed Production Twins with 17-year-old Billy "the Kid" Ross (No. 109 Roof Systems/JRi Shocks Harley-Davidson XG750R) earning his first career AFT victory in dramatic, come-from-behind fashion after championship leader Jesse Janisch (No. 33 Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson XG750R) finished in second after appeared to have done enough.
A few seconds back, the "partially-retired" Dan Bromley (No. 62 Vinson Construction/Viper Air Yamaha MT-07) showed he's still got his chops with a strong ride to third. As a result, Bromley stands two-for-two in podiums per attempt this year following his runner-up at the season opener in Volusia.
Cory Texter (No. 1 G&G Racing/Yamaha Racing Yamaha MT-07) once again salvaged a decent result out of a less-than-perfect round. The defending class champ executed successive passes on sixth-placed Cole Zabala (No. 51 Memphis Shades/Corbin/Vinson Yamaha MT-07) and fifth-placed Johnny Lewis (No. 10 Moto Anatomy X Powered by Royal Enfield 650) to minimize the day's damage with a fourth-place finish.
Parts Unlimited AFT Singles presented by KICKER
Parts Unlimited AFT Singles presented by KICKER title leader Kody Kopp (No. 12 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 450 SX-FFE) was in a class of his own all day long at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
The prodigious Kopp was fastest in every practice and qualifying session, won his Semi and the Al Lamb's Dallas Honda Challenge going away, and then stamped his authority through multiple starts and stops for his third win of the season in a three-time red-flagged Main Event.
Trent Lowe (No. 48 Mission Foods/Al Lamb's Dallas Honda CRF450R) narrowly edged rookie Chase Saathoff (No. 106 American Honda/Progressive Insurance CRF450R) for second at the stripe by 0.019 seconds. Trevor Brunner (No. 21 Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450F) took fourth ahead of Mission Red Mile II winner Dalton Gauthier (No. 79 American Honda/Progressive Insurance CRF450R), who rounded out the top five.
Next up is the demanding Mission Lima Half-Mile at the Allen County Fairgrounds in Lima, Ohio, on Saturday June 25. Then the season heads to Weedsport, NY for the New York Short Track (Round 8 - July 2) and the Port Royal (Pennsylvania) Half Mile (Round 9) on July 17.
After that the series starts is swing West stopping in Illinois for the Peoria TT (July 30 - round 10); then it is Sturgis Rally time with the Black Hills Half Mile at the Black Hills Speedway, Rapid City on August 6 before heading to Castle Rock in Washington and Sacramento, California at the end of August.
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Standings
Mission SuperTwins Presented by S&S Cycle
Mission Production Twins Presented by Vance & Hines
Parts Unlimited AFT Singles presented by KICKER
