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American Flat Track: Jared Mees Rides Off into Sunset, Announces Retirement

Patrick Lambie — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 01:19:57 +0000

The 2024 American Flat Track season began with Jared Mees seeking an unprecedented 10th-career Grand National Championship. In a triumphant and emotional conclusion to an unparalleled career, Mees stood on top of the box one final time – closing out the most successful career in the sport of professional flat track racing. Mees’ final win […]

AFT: New Rules Call for Production-Only Engines, Rendering the FTR750 Ineligible

Patrick Lambie — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:38:38 +0000

In 2016, Indian Motorcycle introduced the FTR750, a flat track race machine designed to propel the brand back into professional racing following a 60-year hiatus. Amid its eighth season of competition, the Indian FTR750 has established itself as the most dominant race bike in the sport’s history. “Since 1901, racing has been core to the […]

AFT 2024: JARED MEES SECURES FIRST VICTORY OF 2024 SEASON AT SENOIA SHORT TRACK

Patrick Lambie — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 23:51:42 +0000

Indian Motorcycle Racing had a stellar showing at round three of the 2024 American Flat Track series in Senoia, Georgia, for the Senoia Short Track. It was nine-time champion Jared Mees scoring his first victory of the year aboard his Indian FTR750, moving him into third in the championship. Fellow Indian Motorcycle-supported racer Brandon Robinson […]

The Vallee Report: AFT Season Opener Returns to Daytona

Patrick Lambie — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:06:33 +0000

For the first time since 2016, the AFT series once again held their season opening double-header at the short track in Daytona. While short on length, the small bullring proved to be long on action as the best in flat track bounced off bumps, walls, and each other, as they put on a tremendous show […]

The Vallee Report: Hunter Bauer and NKR Canada Prepare for 2023 AFT Season

Patrick Lambie — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:18:24 +0000

It’s a long way from Chippawa Ontario to Sacramento California, but for the second year in a row, eighteen-year-old Hunter Bauer plans on making the trip. Taking part in the extremely competitive American Flat Track series (AFT), Bauer will once again be doing battle in the Parts Unlimited AFT Singles presented by Kicker class aboard […]

The Vallee Report – Shayna Texter Bauman makes a move

Patrick Lambie — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 23:39:59 +0000

After spending the past decade or so as possibly the fan favourite in the AFT series, Shayna Texter Bauman has now caused quite a stir in the off-season. On November 12th Texter Bauman got tongues wagging when the Red Bull Factory KTM Racing Team announced that she was leaving after a successful three year relationship. […]

The Vallee Report – Where did June go?

Todd Vallee — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 05:27:29 +0000

I apologize for not having any content for a while. It seems for the month of June I got caught up in the role of racing spectator and thus I found it hard to make time for this column. With two AFT races, a Canadian Superbike round, and of course a Flat Track Canada round […]

Brodie Buchan to Race AFT Series in 2019

Buchan Racing — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 18:31:06 +0000

Brodie Buchan and the whole Buchan Racing team are excited to announce plans for the 2019 season!

JARED MEES WINS SECOND CONSECUTIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP ABOARD HIS INDIAN SCOUT FTR750

Indian Motorcycle Company — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 00:25:03 +0000

SPRINGFIELD, IL (SEPTEMBER 5, 2018) – In the 100th running of the legendary Springfield Mile, Jared Mees secured his fifth career Grand National Championship.