How to Watch & What To Watch: ZO CBD Arizona SuperTT presented by RideNow Powersports

DAYTONA BEACH, FL – March 31, 2023 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – FansChoice.tv is the live streaming home of Progressive AFT. Complete coverage of this Saturday’s ZO CBD Arizona Super TT presented by RideNow Powersports will kick off with the day’s first practice session at 2:00 p.m. ET (11:00 a.m. PT).

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Going Mental 

Last week, we discussed the increasing relevance of the mental aspects of the game as Dallas Daniels (No. 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT) threatened to upset the established pecking order. 

A significant shift in the DEFCON level of any potential mind game war was avoided (or at least delayed) when Jared Mees (No. 1 Indian Motorcycle/Rogers Racing/SDI Racing FTR750) defeated Daniels in a spectacular duel in Senoia.  

While that emerging rivalry bears continued monitoring, equally intriguing is how the pressure could impact two other title contenders this weekend: JD Beach (No. 95 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT) and Briar Bauman (No. 3 Parts Plus/Jacob Companies KTM 890 Duke). 

Beach has somehow lived up to unrealistically high expectations whenever the series has arrived at a TT in recent seasons, winning six of seven TTs dating back to his maiden Mission SuperTwins victory scored here at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in 2019. 

That year also marked the last time Beach has been beaten in a TT, a feat accomplished by Bauman in the season’s edition of the fabled Peoria TT. 

Every time Beach stacks up another TT win, he looks as much relieved as overjoyed, admitting afterward that he felt the weight of those hefty pre-race expectations – expectations that become heavier with each successive triumph. 

Some of those wins came by blowout. Others were considerably closer, a couple of times because Bauman gave Beach all he could handle. 

Bauman, meanwhile, has his own expectations to conquer. He came into the season well aware that it was likely to have its highs and lows as his team comes to grips with an all-new platform. 

That said, understanding it intellectually is not quite the same as living it. And for a rider who previously viewed an extended string of seconds and thirds as a dry spell,…