We heard about the new NKR Canada team through americanflattrack.com. The team's whole focus is to introduce young Canadian talent into AFT, starting in 2021 with Hunter Bauer (above). We realised we knew the force behind the NKR team, team manager, Niki Kendall, through the Vancouver Flat Track Club, in British Columbia, so we set up an interview to find out more about AFT's newest team manager and her plans. When did you first become involved with flat track, either as a f

Plenty of announcements are coming out of AFT HQ at the moment as the 2021 season nears. The most recent is the launch of the 2021 KTM AFT Singles team. Young Australian, Max Whale, joins Shayna Texter-Bauman (as the recently married racer has chosen to be known as). That means the team is back to a two-rider squad after a season of having just Shayna, who fell below her normal high standards in 2020, finishing 12th in the standings. Conversely, privateer Whale was second in

I've kept an eye out for Cameron Smith since I first noticed a young black man racing in the GNC, the only black rider I've ever seen race in pro flat track. I've been meaning to interview him for some time and finally caught up with him last week, to discuss his racing, background and plans. Here is Cameron Smith #44 - AFT Singles Class racer. GI SB: Tell us a bit about yourself. CS: I’m 21, my birthday is in June. I’ve been riding dirt bikes for 17 years now. I currently li

Dallas Daniels sewed up the 2020 AFT Singles class title last night in dominant fashion at the Charlotte Half-Mile. In 13 races this season he has won 8 races. He's won six on the bounce with three races to go, and this after he failed to make the main at the first race of the season (but came back to win the next day). This is the 17-year-old's his first full season in AFT. He joined the AFT series halfway through 2019, due to only just turning 16, missed one race because of