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Note from Steve at OSSA Engineering https://ossaengineering.com/

John Taylor, of OSSA, Yankee, ETC. fame, is up for vote to be in the AMA Hall Of Fame

this year. Emails will be sent out to AMA members in the next couple of weeks.

https://americanmotorcyclist.com/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-members/induction-ceremony/

https://www.back-on-track-charity

https://jwood.hibid.com/catalog/644810/2025-summer-sale

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 3, 2025) – Briar Bauman’s (No. 3 RWR/Parts Plus/Latus Motors Harley-Davidson XG750R) 2025 Progressive American Flat Track season, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, has quickly transformed from a feel-good story to an epic tale of domination as he stormed to a third consecutive convincing Mission AFT SuperTwins victory in Saturday’s night’s Silver Dollar Short Track.
That said, even amidst the transformation of the Harley-Davidson XG750R from a winless racebike to a week-in, week-out powerhouse, the feel-good story behind it remains; Bauman and wife, Shayna Texter-Bauman, made the announcement that they are expecting their first child earlier this morning at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California.
That news didn’t inspire any of his rivals to take it easy on him in the evening, however, as title contender Dallas Daniels (No. 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT) and the emerging James Ott (No. 19 G&G Racing Yamaha MT-07) took the early initiative in the premier-class Main.
Those two waged a contest of contrasting lines and styles aboard their respective Yamahas, with Daniels locked down low and Ott railing up high as they shook free from the pack. Ott’s bolder approach eventually gave him the upper hand, as he assumed the lead some three minutes into the eight-minute and two-lap affair.
Daniels’ subsequent experiments with a higher line only resulted in him getting swallowed up by a charging Bauman, who would also go on to overwhelm Ott less than a minute later.
Davis Fisher (No. 67 Rackley Racing/Bob Lanphere’s BMC Racing KTM 790 Duke) was the next to power up the outside of Daniels. The Estenson Racing star regrouped and responded, and their fight saw them track Ott back down and flow past him to turn their scrap into one for second.
Fisher seemed relatively safe in that position late, but one last charge from Daniels made it interesting – to the tune of a 0.061-second differential at the flag. Still, the Rackley Racing rider managed to hold on to earn his best result of the year after earlier finishing third at Daytona.
While Daniels upped his podium streak to 18, he also saw his championship deficit expand as Bauman powered on to stack a third successive victory on his pair of opening week seconds. As a result, the Rick Ware Racing pilot now leads by ten points (107-97) with five races down and 11 to go.
Asked to explain his seeming return to peak Grand National Champion form, Bauman said, “Getting back with Dave (Zanotti) and Michelle (Disalvo), and George Latus giving myself, Shayna, and Rick Ware Racing this opportunity… Look, I know how incredible Dallas is and all of these guys are. I spent the last two years on the downer a little bit; we had a couple wins, but there was no rhythm. It was hoping to finish the Main Events.
“I'm going to ride this high for a little while. It's been a little bit of time, and I know what it feels like to not be in this position. I'm going to keep it going. I'm going to love it. And to announce that we're having our first child this morning.... All the credit to my wife, she's been going through lately. Thank you so much to my whole team for everything. I know I'm on a roll right now, and I'm not going to take it for granted, but I feel really good.”
The fast-starting Ott lost one additional position – that to fourth-place finisher Jarod VanDerKooi (No. 20 Fastrack Racing/Wally Brown Racing KTM 790 Duke) – to close out the race’s top five. Ott narrowly avoided fading to sixth, with Brandon Robinson (No. 44 Mission Roof Systems Harley-Davidson XG750R) just another 0.180 seconds in arrears at the stripe.
Dan Bromley (No. 62 Memphis Shades/Vinson Construction Suzuki GSX-8S) continued to demonstrate the promise of his developing Suzuki platform in seventh while Max Whale (No. 18 Moto Anatomy X Powered by Royal Enfield 650), Logan McGrane (No. 14 Schaefer’s Motorsport KTM 790 Duke) and Nick Armstrong (No. 160 Competitive Racing Frames Yamaha MT-07) rounded out the top ten just behind.

AFT Singles presented by KICKER
One week ago at Ventura Raceway, Kage Tadman (No. 288 Old Oak Ranch/Roof Systems KTM 450 SX-F) became just the fourth rider in AFT Singles presented by KICKER history to win in his debut. Quite naturally, the big question coming into this weekend was what he might possibly do for an encore at Silver Dollar Speedway.
The answer was emphatic: Tadman became the first to ever immediately back up that debut victory with another triumphant performance.
If possible, his unprecedented feat was even more impressive in action than the record books will ever show. Tadman isn’t just two for two in AFT Singles Main Events, he’s six for six in Progressive AFT races of any type, standing undefeated following a second consecutive event in which he swept the heat, the Helmet House Challenge, and the Main Event.
And once again, he did so in loose style and breakaway fashion, rendering the competition one for runner-up honors less than a minute into Saturday’s Main.
Last week, Tadman admitted to having exploited something of a home track advantage in Ventura. There was none this time around at what was an unfamiliar circuit and surface to him, and yet the result was identical.
After a second dominant showing, the class’ newest star said, “It was about getting used to a new track. I’ve never been here and don’t really ride these types of tracks much. But I was just trying to get used to it and adapt to the size of the track and the dirt. And I was able to pull off a good win.”
While Tadman again commanded the spotlight, the six-rider battle for second behind him was hugely entertaining as well.
Once it became evident this was another one-rider race for victory, Trevor Brunner (No. 21 American Honda/Mission Foods CRF450R) defended second position vigorously with Australian Tom Drane (No. 59 Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450F) initially in pursuit.
By mid-distance, Canadian Hunter Bauer (No. 24 Vinson Construction/Reel Medics Yamaha YZ450F) slung his way around the high line and into the catbird seat, even displacing Brunner in second for a brief spell.
Once Brunner re-established himself in second, Drane slotted back up to third and the two stayed in that order to the checkered flag. The runner-up was Brunner’s first podium since returning to both the AFT Singles category and the American Honda-backed Turner Racing outfit.
Despite finding himself in the midst of his longest winless streak since going seven races before earning his first-career AFT Singles victory, Drane also finds himself even more solidly in control of the points race with finishes of 2-3-2-4-3 to kick off his ‘25 campaign.
Today’s third edged him three points further ahead of rival Chase Saathoff (No. 88 RWR/Parts Plus Honda CRF450R), who finished in fifth just behind Bauer.
Ventura podium finisher Tarren Santero (No. 75 Mission Roof Systems Honda CRF450R) came home sixth, despite finishing closer to Brunner on track than Brunner did to Tadman.
Following five rounds, Drane leads Sathoff 84-79, with Brunner still within striking distance at 70. Santero is fourth at 57, followed by the night’s seventh-place finisher, Aidan RoosEvans, (No. 26 FRA Trust/ATV’s and More Yamaha YZ450F) (52), and Tadman, who stands side-by-side with three-time class king Kody Kopp (No. 1 Bob Lanphere/KTM/Fastrack Racing KTM 450 SX-F), who similarly boasts 46 points for going two-for-two in ‘25.

https://results.americanflattrack.com/

West Coast Racing. Get Your Fill!

Friday        May 23       Cycle Bowl          Lodi
Saturday    May 24       Cycle Bowl          Lodi
Sunday       May 25       Cycle Bowl          Lodi

www.lodicyclebowl.com

No more race-only factory bikes like Indian’s FTR750

https://www.cycleworld.com/blogs/ask-kevin/history-of-indian-ftr750-flat-tracker/

Back On Track Web Site Back On Track Facebook

Link to a great article in the Bedford, Indiana Times-Mail about Jackie Mitchell and

the Bultaco riders from this area.

Willow Springs International Raceway SOLD

https://www.thedrive.com/news/iconic-willow-springs-international-raceway-is-for-sale

https://bangshift.com/-bill-huth

I received this note from VARA on Feb 6th. So Willow is SOLD! dennis vft

Good Morning from the VARA (Vintage Auto Racing Assoc.) office, this email is to give you some information

about the upcoming first race March 29th & 30th, and to clarify rumors about Willow Springs.

We have been informed by the track that escrow is due to close 1st April, and because of that there are

some changes before we race, many do not effect us, staff etc will be the same and nearer the time I will have

gate hours to share for arrival.

Click on the year for VFT page

Greg Owen Interviews

Don LaRue's Web Site of National Numbers

http://www.amanationalnumber.com

Old VFT Photos from home page

I found this photo sequence I took a few years ago of Brandon Bergen at Willow.

Photos page

Lodi 100cc TT National

Link to coverage and results

Lodi - Nite before the Mile

Sammy honored Dominic Colindres, who won last years race,

2019 Events & Results
Mecom Las Vegas Auction January 25	Trailblazers Banquet April 7	Eddies WCDTS Willow Springs May 4
Eddies WCDTS Willow Springs May 5	SCFTA Framer Shootout May 10	AFT Perris National May 11
Lodi Nite Before The Mile August 9	AFT Sacramento Mile August 10	Sacramento Mile - Sunday Amateur August 11

2018 Events & Results
Trailblazer Banquet April 7	Lake Cachuma British Bike Rally June 1	SCFTA Round 2 P.........................erris

2017 Events & Results
Trailblazers Banquet April 22	Lodi - Nite Before The Mile May 19	Sacramento Mile May 20
Dan Rouit Memorial Open House May 21	Las Vegas Auction June 1	Eddie's British Bike Rally June 2
Eddie's WCDTS Willow Springs October 1

2016 Events & Results
MX'ers at Perris January 24	SCFTA Round 1 Perris February 13	SCFTA Round 2 Perris March 12
Trailblazers Banquet April 23	SCFTA Round 3 Perris April 23	SCFTA Round 4 Perris May 14
SCFTA Round 5 Perris May 15	Lodi - Nite Before the mile May 20	SCFTA Round 6 Perris June 4
SCFTA Round 7 Perris July 16	SCFTA Round 8 Perris August 6	SCFTA Round 9 Perris September 10
WCVDT Willow Springs October 1	WCVDT Willow Springs October 2	SCFTA Round 10 Perris October 15
Old School Scrambles November 20	.	.

2015 Events & Results
Del Mar Short Track February 14	SCFTA Round 1 Perris March 28	Trailblazers Banquet April 11
SCFTA Round 2 Perris April 18	SCFTA Round 4 Perris May 15	Cal Expo GNC May 30
Cal Expo CFTA Vintage - Amature May 31	SCFTA Round 5 Perris June 20	SCFTA Round 7 Perris July 25
SCFTA Round 8 Perris August 15	SCFTA Round 10 Perris October 10	SCFTA Round 11 Perris November 14
AMA National - Las Vegas November 20	Joe Kopp race report from Las Vegas November 20	Nicky At Perris February 13
Bultaco Astro Cup September 5	.	.

2014 Events & Results
SCFTA Round 1 Perris February 15	SCFTA Round 3 Perris March 15	San Jose Indoor March 29
Trailblazers Banquet April 5	SCFTA Round 4 Perris April 5th	SCFTA Round 5 Perris May 17
SCFTA Round 7 Perris July 26	Cal Expo GNC July 26	Castle Rock August 1
Castle Rock August 2	Castle Rock August 2	SCFTA Round 8 Perris August 23
SCFTA Round 10 Perris October 10	Speedway -World Championship October 11	SCFTA Round 11 Perris November 8

Race Pages Index Page from previous years

Note from Steve at OSSA Engineering https://ossaengineering.com/

John Taylor, of OSSA, Yankee, ETC. fame, is up for vote to be in the AMA Hall Of Fame

this year. Emails will be sent out to AMA members in the next couple of weeks.

West Coast Racing. Get Your Fill!

Friday May 23 Cycle Bowl Lodi Saturday May 24 Cycle Bowl Lodi Sunday May 25 Cycle Bowl Lodi

No more race-only factory bikes like Indian’s FTR750

Link to a great article in the Bedford, Indiana Times-Mail about Jackie Mitchell and

the Bultaco riders from this area.

Willow Springs International Raceway SOLD

I received this note from VARA on Feb 6th. So Willow is SOLD! dennis vft

Good Morning from the VARA (Vintage Auto Racing Assoc.) office, this email is to give you some information

about the upcoming first race March 29th & 30th, and to clarify rumors about Willow Springs.

We have been informed by the track that escrow is due to close 1st April, and because of that there are

some changes before we race, many do not effect us, staff etc will be the same and nearer the time I will have

gate hours to share for arrival.

Greg Owen Interviews

Don LaRue's Web Site of National Numbers

I found this photo sequence I took a few years ago of Brandon Bergen at Willow.

Lodi 100cc TT National

Lodi - Nite before the Mile

Sammy honored Dominic Colindres, who won last years race,

by running Dominic's number.

2019 Events & Results

2018 Events & Results

2017 Events & Results

2016 Events & Results

2015 Events & Results

Bultaco Astro Cup

2014 Events & Results

Friday May 23 Cycle Bowl Lodi
Saturday May 24 Cycle Bowl Lodi
Sunday May 25 Cycle Bowl Lodi