So, it was supposed to be three nationals in three days, but it became four when rain on Saturday night into Sunday waterlogged the track. Fortunately, Monday is the US holiday of Labor Day, so the event was slid back one day. Again, there were only two classes racing, the Twins (Elite, Expert, whatever you want to call them) and Production Twins. AFT Singles don't race on the miles. Early on the track was marbly. Best Twins qualifying lap time was 0.5 slower than the best fr

Big weekend in Illinois. Friday: AFT Singles Short Track Saturday: May's rescheduled Springfield Mile I for AFT Twins and Production Twins Sunday: Springfield Mile II for AFT Twins and Production Twins Watch it all on fanschoice.tv Photo: courtesy of Estenson Racing/Andrea Wilson #Springfield #AmericanFlatTrack #AFTProductionTwins #GNCTwins #Illinois

Last week the Sacramento Mile was postponed because of rain, this week the Springfield Mile has been postponed until August. Initially it was moved back to Monday, but the forescast caused AFT to postpone it till the last day of August. The two Springfield Miles, traditionally on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, are forming a double header on Labor Day, at the end of August, so there will be back-to-back Mile races on the same weekend. That means there are now SIX AFT Twi

As an accredited journalist who has reported on AFT flat track, I'm on a mailing list for much of AFT's less publicised emails, the real backroom stuff. I'm not implying I have special access, I don't beyond what any other journalist would have, but I do look at most of it when many probably don't. When the email with the rather dry title, 'AFT Tech Log for Springfield Mile II' came through I was especially interested. I watched much of the racing, on Fanschoice, because Spri