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KTM AFT 2021

Feb 23

KTM AFT 2021

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

Unpredictable

Aug 24, 2020

Unpredictable

Two race weekends, and four races into the 2020 AFT season and, as predicted, the Singles class is unpredictable. Four races, four different winners. Henry Wiles (above) leads the championship thanks to his Indy Mile II win on Saturday. Just three points behind in the standings is Brandon Kitchen, number 105, who won Friday's main at the Indy Mile. Dallas Daniels, 32, won round 2, at Volusia, after failing to qualify for the main the day before, meaning he is back in 7th in t

11 Things We Learned From Volusia

Jul 21, 2020

11 Things We Learned From Volusia

Vance & Hines Harley Still Has A Long Way To Go Harley's best finish from the Volusia double-header was delivered by new boy Dalton Gauthier, 7th on Friday. The next day not one of the three factory riders could get in the top 10. Gauthier was top again but this time in 11th, ahead of the more experienced Smith and Vanderkooi.. Yamaha Might Have Even Further To Go I can't imagine JD Beach had a pair of tenth places in mind when he signed up for a full season of AFT on the Est

Buffalo Chip TT Thoughts

Aug 6, 2019

Buffalo Chip TT Thoughts

This is getting daft. Sunday's race was delayed nearly two hours because of rain, so the first singles practice started at 11pm UK time. I saw the new schedule, watched singles Qualifying 1 (Q1), then set my alarm for 1am and slept for a bit. I woke, watched the singles heats, then set the alarm for 3am and watched the semis and mains. It all finished, for me, after 4.30. I set the alarm for 7 for work on Monday and tried to get some sleep. And I'm not even that fussed about

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