It was only two weeks ago (in a post about AFT's 2019 rules) we described AFT's Production Twins as a 'somewhat half-arsed stepping stone class for AFT Singles riders to get on twins'. Today the series announced that the class will grow from a frankly pitiful two race 'championship' it was in 2018 to a full 11-round series for 2019. AFT Production Twins is aimed at younger racers, brought up on 450 production bikes to get a taste of twins and custom built flat track framers b

Britain's premier motorsport garden party welcomes a number of AFT stars for this weekend's Festival of Speed. The FoS is the event where various historic and current motor racing vehicles parade up the hill, in front of a big crowd. There's more to it that that, but that's the gist. It's an non-competitive event. The Revival, later in the year, is the event where period costume is encouraged and pre-1967 vehicles race hard for honours. Mees, Baker, Carver, Cose, Briar Bauman

If there was AFT one race I really wanted to attend this year it was Lima, unfortunately, I couldn't make it this season. Why Lima? Well, I've never been and it's one of the few cushion tracks left on the programme. But, what did we learn from the Ohio half-mile? The biggest news, as far I'm concerned, is Shayna Texter's win in the singles. This track is brutal - Jared Mees, who looks like he breakfasts on barbed wire and shits bullets, said this after his own win 'This track

All week I have been kicking myself for not going to the Daytona TT, but there were reasons. Chiefly, it's on a Thursday. If you fly to the USA and don't stay a Saturday night the flights are hugely more expensive and I didn't have the inclination or time to either go on the previous Friday or stay until the Sunday, days after the race. Secondly, even though I felt I got a good story last year, the event was underwhelming. I'll wait for another race a little later in the year