DAYTONA BEACH, FL – July 12, 2022 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – The 2022 Progressive American Flat Track season reaches its midpoint with this weekend’s Mission Port Royal Half-Mile presented by Appalachian Harley-Davidson at Port Royal Speedway on Saturday, July 16.
Besides its centralized location on the schedule chronologically, its physical location in Port Royal, Pennsylvania, adds some extra significance as well. Pennsylvania is arguably America’s most fertile hotbed of motorcycle dirt track talent with an outsized number of the Progressive AFT’s competitors either native or resident Pennsylvanians.
The most high-profile of them all – reigning Mission SuperTwins presented by S&S Cycle Champion Jared Mees (No. 1 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance FTR750) and two-time class king Briar Bauman (No. 3 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance FTR750) – lead the series into this weekend’s showdown.
The more things change, the more they stay the same; while it took a bit of a circuitous route to get to this point, the two factory Indian aces find themselves right back where they’ve been for the bulk of the previous three seasons – 1-2 in the points with over half the season’s eight wins shared between them.
The aforementioned change, however, remains a factor in the form of a significant shift in the balance of power. Mees and Bauman are no longer locked in confrontation with only one another but also under fire from a formidable pair of teammates.
Estenson Racing Yamaha’s Dallas Daniels (No. 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT) and JD Beach (No. 95 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT) have been battling up front nearly every weekend. As a result, they’re currently a close 3-4 in the standings, with Daniels actually level with Bauman in points and ranked third only due to the tiebreaker.
And the Mission Roof Systems’ duo of Pennsylvanian Brandon Robinson (No. 44 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750) and Jarod Vanderkooi (No. 20 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750) have come on strong as of late, scoring a combined 1-2-3 over the last three rounds.
The gifted premier-class field offers even more potential race winners as well. Bronson Bauman (No. 37 Latus Motors Racing Harley-Davidson XG750R) and Davis Fisher (No. 67 Bob Lanphere’s BMC Racing Indian FTR750) each boast a runner-up finish in the first half of the ‘22 campaign, while Brandon Price (No. 92 Cory Texter Racing/JCS Racing Yamaha MT-07) finished as a close runner-up…
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