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Progressive American Flat Track is the world's premier dirt track motorcycle racing series and one of the longest-running championships in the history of motorsports. Sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing in Daytona Beach, Fla., the series is highly regarded as the most competitive form of dirt track motorcycle racing on the globe. Progressive American Flat Track is televised on FOX Sports and streams live via FloRacing. For more information on Progressive American Flat Track,

Bauman Defends Home Soil with Williams Grove Win

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 11, 2026) – Pennsylvania transplant Briar Bauman (No. 3 Super.com/RWR/Rocket Doctor Harley-Davidson XG750R) chalked up his seventh successive victory in the state in Saturday’s Appalachian Harley-Davidson Williams Grove Half-Mile, Round 11 of 2026 Progressive American Flat Track season, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing.

The triumph was Bauman’s fifth straight at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, in particular, but the streak that dates all the way back to 2018 was put to the test on this evening.

Two minutes into the ten-minute and two-lap Mission AFT SuperTwins Main, Kody Kopp (No. 12 Latus Motors Racing Harley-Davidson XG750R) slung underneath Bauman to take over second. An instant later, Bauman not only squared up Kopp but also lunged ahead of Dallas Daniels (No. 1 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07) to grab control of the lead.

The remainder of the race was a tense affair with Daniels consistently a half-second or so back, sizing up Bauman all throughout while mapping out a potential last-lap strike.

And that bid nearly came through. On the final lap, Daniels executed off a near-textbook slide-job, slashing just ahead of Bauman as they exited Turn 2.

However, Daniels provided Bauman just enough space to squeeze back through. Bauman then managed to keep the Yamaha pilot corralled behind him as they negotiated Turns 3 and 4.

The subsequent drag race to the checkered flag saw Bauman hold on by a mere 0.077 seconds at the stripe.

The win marked the 40th of Bauman’s premier-class career, making him just the fifth rider to ever achieve that number, joining legends Scott Parker, Jared Mees, Chris Carr, and Jay Springsteen.

But the victorious Rick Ware Racing ace didn’t want to talk about himself after the race. He said, “I don’t think I deserve tonight to talk about my race; I think tonight was in honor of Dan Bromley. There was a family who lost a husband, a son, a father… all of the above. We’re standing in his home state of Pennsylvania. I had a good race, but that’s not what it’s about tonight. I felt like we did an incredible job honoring Dan.”

Title leader Kopp saw his advantage narrowed that much further, as Davis Fisher (No. 67 Rackley Racing/Bob Lanphere’s BMC Racing KTM 790 Duke) rebounded from what nearly proved a disastrous start to overhaul Kopp and collect his third podium finish in a row.

Bender picked up fifth less than a half-second behind Kopp, while Trent Lowe (No. 48 American Honda/Mission Foods Honda CB750 Hornet) claimed his second straight sixth.

Aidan RoosEvans (No. 26 FRA Trust Advisors Harley-Davidson XG750R) raced his way up from up from a LQC grid slot to take seventh, while Chad Cose (No. 49 Parker Racing/Pro Roofing Yamaha MT-07), Hunter Bauer (No. 24 G&G Racing Yamaha MT-07), and Dalton Gauthier (No. 79 Moto Anatomy X Powered by Royal Enfield 650) rounded out the top ten.

With just five races left to decide the Grand National Championship, Kopp leads by just three points over Daniels (206-203) and eleven over Bauman (195). 

KICKER AFT Singles

The domination train of KICKER AFT Singles champion Tom Drane (No. 1 Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450) chugged on, as the Australian railed his way to a fifth consecutive victory in breakaway style.

Drane figured to be in for a fight, as archrival Chase Saathoff (No. 88 1st Impressions Race Team Husqvarna FC450) had the pace for much of the day. However, come the Main Event, Drane dove under holeshotter Bradon Pfanders (No. 83 Memphis Shades/Corbin Seats Yamaha YZ450F) and opened up a gap as early as the end of lap 1. 

Even after Saathoff moved into second on the following lap, Drane continued to pile it up, upping his advantage to more than four seconds by the time he claimed his seventh victory of 2026.

Drane said, “I had a little look behind a bit over halfway through and saw I had a good gap. I decided to try to get some faster laps and push all the way to the end, which I was able to do. I wouldn’t have been able to do it without my whole Estenson Racing Monster Energy Yamaha team.”

While no match for Drane, Saathoff was that much better than the rest of the field, running a very lonely race to second – his third such finish in a row and his sixth podium in his last seven starts.

Local hero Logan Eisenhard (No. 66 Eisenhard Racing/Pags Powersports KTM 450 SXF) emerged from the pack to secure third, the Pennsylvanian celebrating a popular maiden Progressive AFT podium in front of the home crowd.

He was followed by Jared Lowe (No. 63 Big R Racing/Vinson Construction Honda CRF450R), who too finished with a gap in front and back to conclude a processional top four.

Fifth, however, was another story entirely, as four riders went to the wire in a huge scrap for the position. The spot ultimately went to Tarren Santero (No. 75 Roof Systems/Texas Utility Studies/Vinson Construction Honda CRF450R), who scrapped his way forward from the bottom of top ten to finish just ahead of early leader Pfanders.

Evan Kelleher (No. 31 Schaeffer's Motorsports KTM 450 SX-F) took seventh another 0.009 seconds back of Pfanders, while Walker Porter (No. 10 American Honda/Mission Foods CRF450R) and Trevor Brunner (No. 21 KMA Racing/March Equipment Yamaha YZ450F) came home eighth and ninth, respectively. 

Dylan Cunningham (No. 252 Scott Stump/Joel Laub KTM 450 SX-F) joined Eisenhard and Pfanders to make it three Pennsylvanians in the top ten by finishing tenth.

Drane’s already massive lead was boosted up to 47 points over Saathoff (226-181). Kage Tadman (No. 28 American Honda/Mission Foods CRF450R), who finished 14th on the night, remains third with 153 points.

Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. (BTR)

Madicela Rodriguez (No. 113 Royal Enfield/Parts Unlimited/Arai/Alpinestars) closed out the 2026 Build.Train.Race. (BTR) season in supreme fashion by securing her second consecutive victory.

Rodriguez and Emma Gottsch (No. 5 Royal Enfield/Parts Unlimited/Arai/Alpinestars) traded the lead back and forth a couple of times early before Rodiguez ultimately seized control of the lead and raced off to win the race by more than four seconds.

Still, the year as a whole belonged to Gottsch, who locked up the championship by way of three wins and two runners-up in five races.

Gottsch actually came under fire late from Hanna Brewer (No. 39 Royal Enfield/Parts Unlimited/Arai/Alpinestars), who picked up her second podium of the season in third.

Rodriguez’s victory catapulted her up to second in the final standings, while Julia Heess (No. 13 Royal Enfield/Parts Unlimited/Arai/Alpinestars), who missed the finale due to injury, wound up third overall.

Next Up

Progressive American Flat Track will kick things off at the 86th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally with the Caterpillar Jackpine Gypsies Super TT on Saturday, August 8. 

Score your tickets now by visiting https://www.tixr.com/groups/americanflattrack/events/2026-jackpine-gypsies-super-tt-191302.

How to Watch

FloRacing
For those that can’t catch the live action at the track, FloRacing is the live streaming home of Progressive American Flat Track. Motorsports fans can subscribe to FloRacing to enjoy over 1,000 live motorsports events in 2026. FloSports is available by visiting https://flosports.link/AFT2026 or by downloading the FloSports app on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire and Chromecast.

FS1
FOX Sports coverage of the Appalachian Harley-Davidson Williams Grove Half-Mile, featuring in-depth features and thrilling onboard cameras, will premiere on FS1 on Saturday, July 25, at 11:30 a.m. ET (8:30 a.m. PT). The full listing of American Flat Track’s television premieres can be found at https://www.americanflattrack.com/events-foxsports.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 4, 2026) – Today’s Drag Specialties DuQuoin Mile presented by Parts Unlimited, originally scheduled for Saturday, July 4, at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds in Du Quoin, Illinois, has been postponed due to inclement weather. The event has been rescheduled for Sunday, July 5.

Gates will open for fans, and practice will begin at 10:00 a.m. CST. Opening ceremonies will begin at 11:00 a.m. CST.

Track Enterprises has confirmed that all previously purchased tickets will be honored and new tickets will be available to purchase. Any additional ticket questions may be directed to tickets@aft.events.

To purchase tickets, visit https://www.tixr.com/groups/trackenterprises/events/2026-duquoin-mile-185583

For more information on Progressive AFT, visit https://www.americanflattrack.com

How to Watch

FloRacing

For those that can’t catch the live action at the track, FloRacing is the live streaming home of Progressive American Flat Track. Motorsports fans can subscribe to FloRacing to enjoy over 1,000 live motorsports events in 2026. FloSports is available by visiting https://flosports.link/AFT2026 or by downloading the FloSports app on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire and Chromecast.

FOX Sports

FOX Sports will provide in-depth coverage of the 2026 Progressive American Flat Track season. The full listing of television premieres are available at https://www.americanflattrack.com/events-foxsports.

10 Minutes + 2 Laps with Kolby Carlile

Kristen Lassen

In “10 Minutes + 2 Laps with…”, we take the same amount of time required to complete a Mission AFT SuperTwins Main Event (give or take a red flag) and use it to catch up with, and hopefully learn a little about, some of the more prominent figures on the Progressive American Flat Track scene. This week, we caught up with Progressive AFT champion turned Progressive AFT commentator Kolby Carlile.

AmericanFlatTrack.com: Hey Kolby, I have to say, you’ve made a seamless transition from racing to commentating. You seem very natural in the role. What’s that experience been like for you?

Kolby Carlile: Once I started getting hurt there in 2022, I started doing it just for fun with (“the voice of American Flat Track”) Scottie (Deubler). I had no intention of actually trying to do it full-time like I'm doing now. But I feel like I've always been pretty articulate on the podium and things like that, so I think that's why it naturally flowed really well. And then obviously I've had chemistry with Scottie for so long. It’s all really culminated into what we have now.

AFT: Does that chemistry go back to him originally interviewing you on the podium and in the pits when you were first coming up?

KC: Yeah… And he’s a racer himself to begin with, and then we’d actually done some traveling together a long time ago. So we’ve just built chemistry and rapport over the years. Not even from the interviews, necessarily, but just seeing him at the races and talking in the pits during the weekends.

AFT: You both share the self-deprecating humor and your personalities mesh in that sense too.

KC: With us being friends, we can kind of mess with each other a little bit and make little jokes. I think that comes off well with the fans because being a little bit looser and funnier, I think deep down that’s how our fans want us to be. They don't want us to be fully serious. I think that’s just kind of how dirt track fans are.

Scottie Deubler interviews Kolby Carlile immediately after he clinched the 2017 AFT Singles crown [Photo: Scott Hunter for AMA Pro Racing]

AFT: I have a theory, and you can tell me if you agree. I feel like one of your strengths is the fact that you can relate to the experiences of pretty much everyone out there. You had significant success – Singles title, Production Twins wins, SuperTwins top-fives – but you also know what it’s like to struggle with injuries or having to fight just to make the Main. Thoughts?

KC: I think that's a great point because I truly have been all over. I've been on my own team, I've been on bad teams, and I've been on the best team in the pits. I have had the highest of highs, winning the championship and having some good results, and then the lowest of lows, being injured just repeatedly there towards the end, having a lot of surgeries but no luck.

I also think I've got a good vision of what I'm actually watching. I've got enough respect for my (former) competitors, that even though sometimes I can't do what they can, and I can't go as fast as some of them can, I still feel like I'm well versed enough in what they're doing that I can call them out if I think they could be doing something better. That’s a fine line to walk at times, but I feel confident in it, and I think that helps bring another layer to the commentary.

AFT: You mentioned having had experience with what you termed the best team in the paddock… It may be hard for some people to remember – but I’m sure you’re not one of them – that Estenson Racing endured some real struggles developing the Yamaha to get it where it is now. Back in ‘21, for example, you and JD (Beach) had to give everything you had just to sniff the top ten. And now they’re on the box pretty much every week.

When you see what they’re doing, do you feel a sense of pride in having played a role in that development, or are you just wishing you had ridden a bike like the one they have now?

KC: Honestly, I don't think we played much of a role. I'd like to think we did, but I just think that the leap they took at the end of 2021 coming out with flywheel, and then just all of a sudden figuring out the electronic package in 2022, that bike was night-and-day better than what I, JD, and Jake Johnson rode.

There were times where JD and I were battling to the death for 14th and 15th. I mean, we were going tooth and nail, and we just couldn’t do it. We just didn’t have the equipment under us. Plus we were going up the Indians, which wasn’t easy.

But that bike that they rolled out on in ‘22, they just figured it out. So yeah, I really wish I could have ridden that one because I think I could have done well. I think I could have gotten some top fives and maybe a podium… And maybe on the right day, I could have even won. That bike was way better from what we had… Look at JD – look how his results just transformed overnight on the oval tracks.

Kolby Carlile at speed on the Estenson Yamaha in Springfield in 2020 [Photo: Brian J Nelson for AMA Pro Racing]

AFT: At a minimum, one has got to give Estenson credit for sticking with the program and putting in a huge effort to make that leap.

KC: Yeah, it would have been easy to switch to Indians. But that’s not the vision they had. And I mean, they poured so much money into getting it to where it is now, and it was good to see them get there. I just wish I could have been on that bike.

AFT: But even now it’s a fight. You look at what the Harley is doing… The XG has been racking up the wins.

KC: I think with the rule changes, something's going on with them. Two years ago, (Estenson) were really, really good. And last year, they were still very good, but this year something just off. Dallas (Daniels) has to be perfect to try to go for these wins.

AFT: Every time we do one of these, we ask the same two bonus questions. First, can you name an interest or hobby of yours that is completely removed from racing, engines, or wheels?

KC: I like to read.

AFT: What do you read?

Speaker 2: I'll pretty much read anything, but right now I'm reading Dungeon Crawler Carl.

AFT: I have not read that, but I keep seeing it get recommended.

KC: Yeah, it’s phenomenal.

AFT: Okay, last question. What would be your death-row style last meal?

KC: Chicken Parmesan.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 28, 2026) - Progressive American Flat Track, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, announced today that NASCAR legend Mike Skinner will serve as Grand Marshal for the Caterpillar Jackpine Gypsies Super TT, set for Saturday, August 8, at Jackpine Gypsies Motorcycle Club in Sturgis, South Dakota.

A NASCAR Truck Series pioneer and longtime standout across multiple forms of stock car racing, Skinner will help set the stage for one of the most unique events on the 2026 Progressive AFT schedule.

Skinner made history in 1995 when he won the first race in NASCAR Truck Series history and went on to claim the inaugural series championship driving the famed No. 3 truck for Richard Childress Racing. He ultimately earned 28 career NASCAR Truck Series victories and became the first driver in series history to record 50 poles.

Skinner also competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing, earning 1997 Rookie of the Year honors. During his rookie season, he captured pole positions for both Daytona races and went on to finish a career-best 10th in the NASCAR Cup Series standings.

A member of the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame, Skinner remains active in motorsports as co-host of Skinner Round-Up on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio alongside his wife, Angie. He also competes in vintage racing events around the world and continues to support charitable efforts, including The Rusty Wallace Charity Ride and NASCAR Foundation initiatives.

“Racing has taken me to a lot of special places over the years, and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is one of those events that has a life of its own,” said Skinner. “To be part of it with American Flat Track and Jackpine Gypsies, around racers and fans who love this stuff the way I do, is something I’m really looking forward to. The Jackpine Gypsies Super TT ought to be a great night of racing in the heart of the Rally.”

The Caterpillar Jackpine Gypsies Super TT will bring Progressive American Flat Track to the legendary Jackpine Gypsies Motorcycle Club during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, showcasing the world’s best dirt track motorcycle racers in one of the country’s most iconic motorcycle destinations.

Tickets for the Caterpillar Jackpine Gypsies Super TT are available now at https://www.tixr.com/groups/americanflattrack/events/2026-jackpine-gypsies-super-tt-191302

Next Up

Progressive American Flat Track heads to the historic Jackpine Gypsies Motorcycle Club in Sturgis, South Dakota, for two nights of racing during the 86th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The doubleheader opens with the Caterpillar Jackpine Gypsies Super TT on Saturday, August 8, followed by the Caterpillar Jackpine Gypsies Short Track on Monday, August 10.

Get tickets to the Progressive American Flat Track events during the 86th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally:

Caterpillar Jackpine Gypsies Super TT: https://www.tixr.com/groups/americanflattrack/events/2026-jackpine-gypsies-super-tt-191302

Caterpillar Jackpine Gypsies Short Track: https://www.tixr.com/groups/americanflattrack/events/2026-jackpine-gypsies-short-track-194954

For more information on Progressive American Flat Track, visit https://www.americanflattrack.com

How to Watch

FloRacing

For those who can’t catch the live action at the track, FloRacing is the live streaming home of Progressive American Flat Track. Motorsports fans can subscribe to FloRacing to enjoy over 1,000 live motorsports events in 2026. FloSports is available by visiting https://flosports.link/AFT2026 or by downloading the FloSports app on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, and Chromecast.

FOX Sports

FOX Sports provides national television coverage of select Progressive American Flat Track events throughout the season, featuring in-depth race coverage, rider features, and onboard cameras. The 2026 Progressive AFT television schedule is available at https://www.americanflattrack.com/events-foxsports.