Daniels Leads AFT Singles with Emphatic Win at Williams Grove Half-Mile II

“Today was a good day for our AFT Singles team. We’re really having some success there. Things are clicking well for both riders. We’ve won three out of the last four races and we want to keep that up. Mikey was fast all day, but unfortunately, the Main Event didn’t go as he expected. He didn’t quite get the result he wanted, but he made a big gain in the points over the weekend. Dallas had a spectacular weekend overall with a second and first, but in particular, looking at the bigger picture with the championship. It was a 34-point swing from where he was going into the weekend to leaving with the lead. So that’s huge for one weekend. He’s riding well. Both guys are riding well. The bikes are working well, the team is working well. We’ve just got to keep that up. The next few races are similar tracks. So hopefully we can continue like we did this weekend.  

“On the Twins side, we tried some different stuff today. Nothing too drastic. We were just trying to make some small improvements today and not get too far out of the box. Unfortunately, we didn’t make the gains that we had hoped to find today. We need to go home and really analyze the stuff from this week. We have a similar track for the next race. We’re just going to keep pushing ahead, keep trying to find something, and be better at Dallas.”

“It was for sure the best weekend for us by far. The race couldn’t have gone any better. I led every lap and got the holeshot. The only thing that could have made it better was starting on pole. It was good to get the win for me and the team and move up into the points lead. We’re just going to take it in stride. It’s flat track. You can’t get too excited because everything can change in an instant. So we’ll go back home and do our homework and keep working hard for the next race. The rest of these tracks are going to be similar to this one with being a slick groove. I’m really looking forward to the rest of the season.”

“I got off to a bad start in the Main. I didn’t get the greatest jump off the line and then struggled the whole race. The track got a lot slicker than last night and I went with the same setup, which I think was the wrong move. I was fighting for traction the whole race and tried to do something to fix it. I was moving around on the track, trying different lines - trying off the groove, on the groove - but it was still doing the same thing the whole race. That’s the way it goes sometimes. Dirt track is like that. You have got to chase the track. We’ll come back stronger for Dallas. The guys will do a good job with the bikes and I’ll be ready.”

“We had our best result of the season in 13th, but that’s not where we want to be. It’s frustrating. For the first five laps, I’m in the thick of it with the second pack guys. I’ve definitely got the speed, but for some reason after the first bunch of laps, there’s something we’re lacking a little bit. We just fall off the pace. My lap times are super consistent though, within a tenth for 30 laps. We’ve just got to figure out some more stuff. This track didn’t suit our bike. We’re going to dig deep, figure something out for Dallas and try again.”

“We just had a tough night. The day started out better when there was a lot of grip on the track and then as the track dried out, we just started struggling more and more. We made some changes for the Main Event, but unfortunately, we had an issue and didn’t get to start it. That’s just how our luck is going right now. If we didn’t have bad luck, we would have no luck. We’re going to regroup during this short break and see what we can do in Texas.”