KTM first ever SuperTwins win
Two-time Grand National Champion Briar Bauman (No. 3 Parts Plus/Jacob Companies KTM 790 Duke) took an emotional and historic victory in the Lima Half Mile presented by Indian Motorcycle and Drag Specialties at the Allen County Fairgrounds in Lima, Ohio (June 24).
Following a first half-season spent developing an all-new racebike for an all-new team, Briar Bauman kicked off the second half of 2023 by claiming the first premier-class (Mission SuperTwins presented by S&S Cycle) victory for a KTM twin in the history of Progressive American Flat Track.
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Bauman, who earned the crown in 2019 and 2020, took the inaugural KTM SuperTwins win in a final that had seen him embroiled in a non-stop dogfight with the rider who currently has the inside track on this year's title - Dallas Daniels (No. 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT).
It was a four-manufacturer top-10 with four Indian FTR750s, three Yamaha MT-07s, two KTM 790 Dukes and a Royal Enfield 650 taking the top-10 spots.
KTM made it a two-win double in round 10 of the 2023 AFT season, with reigning Parts Unlimited AFT Singles presented by KICKER champ Kody Kopp (No. 1 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 450 SX-F) notching up a timely victory in the Parts Unlimited AFT Singles class too.
The Yamaha YZ50F was second and fifth, Husqvarna FC450 (basically a badged KTM) third, and another KTM 450 SX-F in fourth.
