How to Watch & What to Watch: Parts Plus Lake Ozark Short Track presented by Arrowhead Brass & Arby’s

DAYTONA BEACH, FL – September 14, 2024 – FloRacing is the live streaming home of Progressive American Flat Track. Complete coverage of this weekend’s Parts Plus Lake Ozark Short Track presented by Arrowhead Brass & Arby’s at Lake Ozark Speedway will kick off Saturday with the day’s first practice session at 6:00 p.m. ET (3:00 p.m. PT). Sign up now and catch every second of the year’s on-track action at http://flosports.link/2024aft.

FOX Sports coverage of the Parts Plus Lake Ozark Short Track presented by Arrowhead Brass & Arby’s, featuring in-depth features and thrilling onboard cameras, will premiere on FS1 on Sunday, September 22, at 12:00 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. PT).

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What’s at Stake Beyond What’s at Stake

Only the finishing touches remain to complete a feat so monumental that its potential achievement was made the defining story of the season even before it was even officially underway. In fact, the quest has arguably defined the past few seasons when the mere possibility began to come into focus.

Of course, we’re speaking of Jared Mees (No. 1 Rogers Racing/SDI Racing/Indian Motorcycle FTR750) being on the verge of Grand National Championship #10, a tally no one has previously accomplished in the sport’s long and storied history, not even Scott Parker with his once thought untouchable nine GNCs.

Mees is so close now he’s afforded a variety of ways in which to achieve it. So many, in fact, that the pathway required to come up short is much narrower and limited. Even if he chose to simply stay home and watch on FloRacing, he would have every rider, crew, and team working in unison to secure him the crown save one, with only the possibility of a Brandon Robinson (No. 44 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750) victory forcing him to get up off his couch this weekend.

We’ll look a bit closer at the specifics below, but even in that scenario, he need only scoop up a small collection of points to make history.

The natural assumption is that Mees will therefore play it safe this weekend. But even that can be accomplished any number of ways. And for a pilot of his caliber, consistency, speed, and experience, sometimes the safest race is the one where he leaves everyone else scrapping for second in his wake, particularly at a bar-banging Short Track season finale.

Should he choose to pursue that strategy, Mees could yet find a couple other (and relatively significant) milestones…