The 2021 AFT title ended with more drama than anyone ordered, and with the established stars adding to their tally of titles. First, Friday's schedule was brought forward from an evening racing to an early afternoon start in an effort to out-run an incoming band of rain, but it wasn't enough and Friday was eventually postponed, until Saturday. When it got going, AFT Singles served up the battle between Max Whale and 2020 AFT Singles champ, Dallas Daniels. Whale won a tight ra

Sideburn contributor and current cover star, Cory Texter sewed up his second AFT Production Twins title at last weekend's Sacramento Mile, with back-to-back wins at the Californian double-header. That pair raise his tally of wins to seven for the season. Photographer, Geoff Nickless took his copy of Sideburn 46 to the track and writes Cory was pitted at the end of the paddock right next to the P1 parking. We had to pass his pit multiple times a day to get to our car. I brou

Weather permitting, there are a maximum of three rounds remaining of 2021 AFT season, and it's still all to race for in at least two of the classes. There was all kinds of controversy at the previous round, the Springfield Mile. In the Singles, Dallas Daniels was awarded a win, without crossing the finish line, when he was in a collision with Honda' Trevor Brunner, and a red flag caused the race to conclude. Daniels backed it up with another win, and leapfrogged Max Whale to

There is a slight disconnect between the cover and content of this issue. The front cover is a rootin'-tootin', stars and bars Ryan Quickfall illustration of AFT racer Cory Texter apple piein' his way to an all-American podium, but much of the content depicts Europe's current obsession with going left at a rate of knots. We have a Yamaha XSR700 twin from Germany; Knight Honda RS600 replica from the Netherlands; the most gorgeous Trackmaster BSA A65 from the UK; a Yam RD350 YP