AFT Series

AFT Series secures widespread industry support for 2019

With a new rider roster for 2019 featuring defending champion Jared Mees, Indian Motorcycle has reinforced its support for the series with a contingency. As the American Flat Track (AFT) series heads into another season and with its popularity continuing to grow, Indian is offering nearly $360,000 in prize contingency, and an impressive line-up of team sponsors is headed by S&S Cycle, Parts Unlimited and Drag Specialties, Indian Motorcycle Oil, Alpinestars and Bell Helmets.
The 2019 series also has significant contingency programme backing from Suzuki, Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha and KTM as OEM sponsors. This year's series features an 18-round championship and 12 AFT Production Twins events for twin cylinder engine production bikes from BMW, Ducati, Harley, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha street bikes between 649 - 800 cc.
In the premier AFT Twins presented by Vance & Hines, the line-up of aftermarket brands supporting the series is impressive. In addition to their sponsorship of the Indian Motorcycle factory team, as reported elsewhere in this edition, Parts Unlimited and Drag Specialties return as the series' Official Parts and Accessories Distribution Partner.
Danish specialist SBS Brakes is now into the second of a three-year commitment to AFT, with North American Market Manager Chris Lyngkilde Jensen commenting "we could see the success that lay ahead for the series, it is proving to be a classic case of the right format at exactly the right time - that is why we were very happy to commit for three years."

National Cycle's backing for AFT has run deep, having sponsored Jared Mees for many years; Sales Director Ann Willey seen here. This year the company is sponsoring AFT as the series' Official Windshield

Maywood, Illinois windscreen specialist National Cycle has renewed its involvement for another year. In 2018, National Cycle served as a sponsor to AFT Twins presented by Vance & Hines champion Jared Mees and heavily supported his campaign to victory. After a successful season, National Cycle has now stepped up its support of the sport by joining the AFT series family of partners.
Motion Pro, founded in 1984 by International Six Day Trial (ISDT) gold medallist Chris Carter, is deeply rooted in the racing community and returning as the Official Tools, Cables and Controls of AFT in 2019.
Concord, Ohio based Cometic Gasket returns as the Official Gasket of AFT, with fellow Ohio business Wiseco returning as the Official Piston for the 2019 season. Also owned by Pro-X parent company Race Winning Brands, Wiseco's sister company Rekluse returns as the Official Clutch. 

AFT official brake pad sponsor SBS

Swedish suspension manufacturer Öhlins is continuing its AFT partnership for 2019, with Doug Shaw, Racing Manager of Öhlins USA, saying that "Öhlins is all about hardcore racing, and AFT is the peak of that mountain". Cycle Gear is back as the Official Retailer, Arai as the Official Helmet and Dainese is Official Safety Partner.
AFT has confirmed its NBCSN broadcast schedule for the 2019 season, maintaining its valuable weekend afternoon programming slots within two weeks of each event. Telecasts reached 41% more viewers in 2018 than in its first year; this spike in viewership delivered a record-breaking total of more than two million viewers tuning in during prime weekend programming slots.