Daniels Clinches AFT Singles Crown with Sixth-Consecutive Victory

“Today was a great night for the team with Dallas wrapping up the championship with three races remaining. It’s really good to get that out of the way. The team has worked really hard all year -- during the offseason in testing and during the season. There are a lot of good people here involved and a lot of people who put in a lot of hard work to make that happen. It feels good for the team to do that for all of our sponsors and all of our supporters. That was definitely the highlight of the night. With Mikey, we tried a few things for the race. He kind of struggled in the Semi and the Main. We’re not really sure what’s going on there. Hopefully, we can figure that out and get him back towards the front. He’s capable, we just have to get him comfortable and going good again.

“In the SuperTwins race, JD was moving forward. I thought maybe the red flag would help us, and it did for a while. He got a good start and was solidly inside the top 10. I’m not really sure what happened -- he had some kind of issue and the bike wasn’t running quite as well at the end. Hopefully, the weather holds out and we can get another chance at it tomorrow.”

“It definitely feels amazing. It’s been a dream of mine and my family’s for sure. It’s a big goal, but it’s just a stepping stone for the goals I have set for myself. Obviously, I want to be a Grand National Twins Champion, but this is awesome. 

“Today, I was really stressing out just because I knew it was possible. We were kind of struggling earlier in the day with the front-end of the motorcycle, and I wasn’t able to run the same lines as some people. I was worried that was going to come into play, but I had this line where I could go in low and let it drift up, and I knew that would stay because the high line was starting to go away. It was a crazy race -- it was basically the same thing as Atlanta. On the last lap, I sized the leader up, waited for the right time, and passed him and then sort of blocked him in (Turns) 3 and 4 so he couldn’t get back by. I knew I had the championship if I won. I wasn’t sure if I got second that would quite work; I’m not really good at math. So I was like, ‘I’ll just win so it’ll be clear that I won it, and I don’t have to think about it.’ It was great. With three races left, we can kind of relax, but we still want to win races.”

“We showed up here and the track was nice and sticky and wet, and that usually suits my style. We just tried little tweaks on the bike all day to get myself more comfortable. The first practice we were good, but we just went steadily backwards. It’s not helping me with my hip and my knee hurting me throughout the day, especially when we’re doing over twenty-some laps in the Main. It starts hurting 10 laps in, so I’m kind of milking that side of my body to try to not hurt it any more. I guess I have to get that out of my mind and block it out. I’m just in a slump, basically. Hopefully we can get a better finish tomorrow and then go to Daytona, which is one of my favorite places to race.”

“I think it was just kind of the story of the year for us. If we didn’t have bad luck, we wouldn’t have any luck. The way the track was today, being overcast and wet, the bike actually wasn’t too bad. Everybody was worried before the Main Event when it started raining, but it actually helped us a little bit. We started out okay and the bike really started to feel better after a few laps. The red flag let us regroup and I was feeling good. We got a good jump and were sitting inside the top 10. I feel like with our bike and where we’re at, that’s where we should be on a good day. But all of a sudden we had a slight problem, and I just had to limp it home. It’s frustrating because we’re getting to the end of the season, and we haven’t had a good result yet. Hopefully, it will rain tonight and make the track nice and grippy, and we’ll see what we can do tomorrow.”