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Event Rewind: Lima Half-Mile Main Event Highlights
Speed Not Seen ‘Round Here in Decades
This past weekend’s Lima Half-Mile was always destined to be a pivotal round for Mission AFT SuperTwins championship leader Dallas Daniels (No. 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT).
While he had amassed a points lead via a perfect season’s podium record, Daniels came to Lima after being beaten in a straight fight at the Bridgeport Half-Mile, the very same venue where he’d earned arguably his most impressive premier-class victory to that point.
The Allen County Fairgrounds set up as a difficult place to settle scores; while he had dreamed of conquering the Lima Half-Mile pretty much his entire life, title rivals Jared Mees (No. 1 Rogers Racing/SDI Racing/Indian Motorcycle FTR750), Briar Bauman (No. 3 Rick Ware Racing/KTM/Parts Plus KTM 790 Duke), and Brandon Robinson (No. 44 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750) had all actually done so, and on more than one occasion.
In need of a momentum swing back in his favor, the performance Daniels ultimately delivered was simply special. That was clear to anyone who watched, whether be it on FloRacing, from the grandstands, or from on track, where his opponents were treated/subjected to only a fleeting glimpse before he moved clear of sight… at least until circling back around to provide more than half the field with a second look as he put them a lap down.
Special, sure, but exactly how special? A thorough study of the annals proves that the eye test did not lie.
In his first flying lap, the Estenson Racing pilot blasted around the pea-gravel Half-Mile in 25.293 seconds, the first of eleven consecutive circulations in the 25-second range. For reference, Mees and Robinson were the only other two Mission AFT SuperTwins riders to break into the 25s all day long.
For even better reference, Daniels’…
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