2024 Progressive AFT Season Resumes at Orange County Fair Speedway

DAYTONA BEACH, FL – June 12, 2024 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – The 2024 Progressive American Flat Track season, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, resumes with this Father’s Day weekend’s Orange County Half-Mile in Middletown, New York, on Saturday, June 15.

The Grand National Championship made its triumphant return to Orange County Fair Speedway last season after being absent from the fabled venue for more than three decades. It proved worth the wait as Mission AFT SuperTwins legend Jared Mees (No. 1 Rogers Racing/SDI Racing/Indian Motorcycle FTR750) made history, becoming the sport’s all-time winningest Half-Miler on that occasion with Briar Bauman (No. 3 Rick Ware Racing/KTM/Parts Plus KTM 790 Duke), Brandon Robinson (No. 44 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750), and Dallas Daniels (No. 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT) all in close contention for the checkered flag.

Those same four riders enter this weekend’s rematch under the spotlight, having combined for all six race wins in 2024. And for the first time this season, last year’s primary championship protagonists, Daniels and Mees, stand 1-2 in the points standings.

While Daniels holds down the top spot thanks to his trademark podium-caliber consistency, Mees has momentum on his side having garnered two wins in four podiums in his last four outings.

Robinson remains right there, only seven points back of Daniels and one off Mees, as he seeks his third win of the young season. Bauman, too, remains within single-race striking distance even while continuing the adaptation to his KTM-powered racebike that was overhauled in the offseason.

The torrid pace at the front has forced the remainder of a talent-laden field to raise their game in order to keep pace. They’ve responded well as a collective, with Brandon Price (No. 92 Memphis Shades/Corbin/OTBR Yamaha MT-07) earning a runner-up finish and Jarod Vanderkooi (No. 20 JMC Motorsports/Fairway Ford Ohio Indian FTR750) and Davis Fisher (No. 67 Rackley Racing/Bob Lanphere’s BMC Racing Indian FTR750) each earning multiple top fives.

Johnny Lewis (No. 10 Moto Anatomy X Powered by Royal Enfield 650) was one of the standout performers in last year’s Orange County Half-Mile, posting the fastest time in qualifying, winning his heat, and then claiming victory in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge. Unfortunately, Lewis will be out of action this weekend as he recovers from injury. However, he’ll still be on site and managing the team as the…