05.09.2020

TEXTER SALVAGES CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS AT SPRINGFIELD SHORT TRACK DOUBLEHEADER

SHAYNA TEXTER © AMA Pro Racing

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Rounds 5 & 6 - American Flat Track Championship - September 5, 2020
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team’s Shayna Texter fought through adversity at Friday’s Springfield Short Track doubleheader to salvage championship points in the first Main Event, where she sits sixth overall in the 2020 American Flat Track Singles Championship after six rounds of racing.
 
With one set of qualifying and two complete rounds of Semis and Main Events, Friday’s doubleheader put riders through the typical night program back-to-back for rounds five and six of the series. Texter struggled through qualifying earlier in the day where she was slotted to start on row four for both of the semis. In AFT Singles Semi 1, she began in 15th and wasn’t able to make any moves to progress forward, therefore missing the opportunity to qualify into the Main Event through the semi. Shayna and the team made the decision to use a provisional card in order for her to advance and she lined up behind the fourth row for Main Event 1. She got off to a 15th place start and as she was working her way through the field early on, she caught a hole coming off turn two and it threw her sideways but she was able to save herself and keep it on two wheels. From there, she he spent a few laps getting settled back in, where she ultimately finished 16th.
 
With a quick transition into the next round of racing, Texter regrouped and the team made some bikes changes to send her into Semi 4 with great confidence behind her. She got off to a great start as she rounded the opening lap in ninth and she began closing in on an eighth-place transfer just after the halfway point. However, another rider came from behind and pushed her off the track, causing her to narrowly miss the Main Event transfer by three positions.
 
Texter: “It’s an unfortunate way to end the night and miss out on qualifying when we were so close to the second Main Event. I was feeling really confident heading into the second set of racing but we’ll regroup and get ready for Williams Grove – my home track – next week and we’ll be ready to attack them on the half-mile.”
 
Next Race: September 11-12, 2020 – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
 
AFT Singles Main Event (Round 5 – Springfield Short Track)
1. Dallas Daniels, YAM
2. Henry Wiles, HON
3. Morgen Mischler, KTM
OTHER
12. Brandon Kitchen, KTM
16. Shayna Texter, KTM
 
AFT Singles Main Event (Round 6 – Springfield Short Track) 
1. Trevor Brunner, HON
2. Henry Wiles, HON
3. Max Whale, KAW
OTHER
10. Brandon Kitchen, KTM
13. Morgen Mischler, KTM
 
AFT Singles Point Standings (After Round 6)
1. Henry Wiles, 108 points
2. Dallas Daniels, 88
3. Max Whale, 88
OTHER
6. Shayna Texter, 61
12. Morgen Mischler, 43
14. Ryan Wells, 41
17. James Ott, 29
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