Indian Motorcycle Racing & Jared Mees Win Sacramento Mile

 Mees Pilots Indian FTR750 to Third Victory of the Season,

Continues Hunt for Record-Tying Ninth Premier Class Championship

MINNEAPOLIS (May 15, 2023) – It was one other thrilling weekend of American Flat Track (AFT) racing, as Indian Wrecking Crew Rider and Reigning SuperTwins Champion Jared Mees wins the Sacramento Mile aboard his Indian FTR750. The win marked Mees’ third of the season, tying him for probably the most wins this season with Estenson Racing Yamaha rider Dallas Daniels.

Starting from the pole place, Mees staved off the competitors as he rode arduous throughout the end line to his Twenty fourth-career Mile victory, shifting him up within the report books with the fifth most Mile wins of all time. In typical Mees vogue, Mees delivered a clutch efficiency, as he and Daniels are within the thick of a head-to-head battle for the 2023 SuperTwins Championship.

“I honestly was sweating coming into the Miles – last year I felt like we were a little down,” Mees admitted. “I didn’t know what to expect. But Kenny (Tolbert) worked really hard this winter to get us back some ponies, and Jimmy Wood really had that thing hooked up with the Öhlins suspension. I don’t think I’ve ever been that hooked up before. I could just go into the corner and mash the throttle. The Indian Motorcycle was phenomenal tonight.”

With 139 factors on the yr, Mees sits securely in second – 24 factors forward of third (115) and 20 factors behind Daniels (159). In addition to his three wins, Mees has secured a third-place podium end, two fourth-place finishes and a P6. Meanwhile, Daniels has raced to a top-two end in all seven races this season.

The AFT season continues with two extra Mile races, the Red Mile introduced by Indian Motorcycle of Lexington on May 27, and the DuQuoin Mile on June 17.

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