BAUMAN RACES HARLEY-DAVIDSON XG750R TO FIFTH STRAIGHT AFT SUPERTWINS WIN AT LIMA HALF MILE Kopp Puts Harley-Davidson XG750R on Race II Podium and Keeps Series Points Lead

BAUMAN RACES HARLEY-DAVIDSON XG750R TO FIFTH STRAIGHT AFT SUPERTWINS WIN AT LIMA HALF MILE Kopp Puts Harley-Davidson XG750R on Race II Podium and Keeps Series Points Lead

MILWAUKEE (June 28, 2026) – Super.com/Rick Ware Racing/Jacob Construction/Parts Plus rider Briar Bauman raced a Harley-Davidson XG750R motorcycle to a fifth consecutive Mission AFT SuperTwins victory and Latus Motors Racing/Harley-Davidson/BMC Racing rider Kody Kopp maintained his Mission AFT SuperTwins championship points lead following the Super.com Lima Half-Mile presented by Drag Specialties, a double-header weekend of racing June 26-27 at the Allen County Fairgrounds in Lima, Ohio.

On Friday evening, the SuperTwins field competed using the Mission Triple Challenge format that combines the results of three successive Main Events – a 10-lap sprint, a 15-lap race that pays double points, and a final 20-lap triple-points race – to determine an over-all winner.


Kopp continued his impressive rookie SuperTwins season by setting the fastest time in qualifying with a lap of 25.664 seconds on the challenging Lima pea gravel surface. In the first race championship, contenders Kopp, Bauman and Yamaha rider Dallas Daniels charged to the front with Daniels leading the opening laps before Kopp engaged him in a back-and-forth battle for the lead. Daniels took the point for good on lap eight and won by 1.244 seconds with Bauman in third right behind Daniels. In the second race, Kopp led every lap and raced to a 3.412-second victory over Bauman with Daniels 5.445-seconds back in third place. Bauman’s four-race win streak was on the line when racers lined up for the 20-lap final race. Bauman got the great start he needed while Daniels spun his rear wheel at the line and almost went down before recovering in sixth place. Bauman took the lead with Kopp engaged in a battle for second position with KTM rider Davis Fisher. On lap six, Kopp began to slow his pace and had to leave the race with a mechanical issue. Daniels finished second, 2.661 seconds behind Bauman with Fisher third. With 3-2-1 results in the three races Bauman was the overall winner on the night and overtook Kopp to lead in championship points. Daniels went 2-3-2 to finish second while Fisher was third with 4-4-3 results. Kopp’s misfortune and 1-1-15 result dropped him to fourth place.


“I’m bummed for Kody,” Bauman said after the Friday racing. “I’ve had that happen, and it doesn’t feel good. I want everyone to know that I want to race everyone at their best, and it’s a bummer that that happened. I think I’m more bummed because my bike was really good – at least I think it was – and I’m ready for tomorrow. This whole Rick Ware Racing Super.com team is so eager. We keep running scared. I will say I wasn’t the fastest guy today, I know that for a fact. That doesn’t sit well, but we didn’t give up on it.” 


SuperTwins reverted to its standard format for the Saturday night race, with Bauman gunning for a record-tying sixth consecutive win and Kopp seeking redemption. Kopp was again fast qualifier with a lap of 25.361 seconds, while Bauman and Daniels each won a heat race. Bauman also won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge sprint race. In the main event (eight minutes plus two laps), Daniels, Kopp and Bauman charged away from the start with Daniels at the point. Kopp pushed Daniels for lap after lap but could not find a line to take the lead. With about three minutes elapsed Bauman began to fall off the pace and with about two minutes left was forced to retire with a mechanical issue. Daniels beat Kopp to the finish line by 1.583 seconds, with Fisher in third, FRA Trust Advisors/Harley-Davidson rider Aidan RoosEvans in fourth and Happy Trails Racing/Harley-Davidson rider Jeffery Carver in fifth. Bauman was credited with 14th place.


Harley-Davidson joins the entire AMA Pro Racing organization in mourning the loss of racer Dan Bromley, who passed on Saturday following an on-track incident during the Lima Half Mile, and extends sincere condolences to Bromley’s family, friends, team and the entire AFT fraternity. A third-generation flat track racer from Warrington, Pa., Bromley was the 2018 AFT Singles champion and the 2025 AFT AdventureTrackers champion.


After nine of 16 rounds in the 2026 Mission AFT SuperTwins championship, Kopp leads the series with 169 points, followed by Daniels with 168 points, Bauman with 158 points and Fisher with 106 points. The 2026 AFT Mission SuperTwins series resumes July 4 with the Drag Specialties DuQuoin Mile at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds in Illinois.


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Mission AFT SuperTwins Race Results

Super.com Lima Half-Mile I presented by Drag Specialties (Top 10)

  1. Briar Bauman (H-D) Super.com/Rick Ware Racing/Jacob Construction/Parts Plus

  2. Dallas Daniels (Yam) Estenson Racing/Yamaha Racing/Monster Energy

  3. Davis Fisher (KTM) Rackley Racing/Bob Lanphere’s BMC Racing/Wall60 Racing

  4. Kody Kopp (H-D) Latus Motors Racing/Harley-Davidson/BMC Racing

  5. Henry Wiles (Yam) DL Racing/HYMMCO/Joey Burch Racing/J&M Logging

  6. Dalton Gauthier (RE) Moto Anatomy/Royal Enfield/Fairway Ford

  7. Ben Lowe (KTM) Rackley Racing/Roof Systems/J&M Logging

  8. Chad Cose (Yam) PRO Roofing/Parker Racing/Fredericktown Yamaha

  9. Declan Bender (Yam) OTB Racing/Memphis Shades/Corbin

  10. Trent Lowe (Hon) American Honda/Mission Foods/Castrol/Roof Systems


Super.com Lima Half-Mile II presented by Drag Specialties (Top 10)

  1. Dallas Daniels (Yam) Estenson Racing/Yamaha Racing/Monster Energy

  2. Kody Kopp (H-D) Latus Motors Racing/Harley-Davidson/BMC Racing

  3. Davis Fisher (KTM) Rackley Racing/Bob Lanphere’s BMC Racing/Wall60 Racing

  4. Aidan RoosEvans (H-D) FRA Trust Advisors

  5. Jeffery Carver (H-D) Happy Trails Racing

  6. Chad Cose (Yam) PRO Roofing/Parker Racing/Fredericktown Yamaha

  7. Ben Lowe (KTM) Rackley Racing/Roof Systems/J&M Logging

  8. Trent Lowe (Hon) American Honda/Mission Foods/Castrol/Roof Systems

  9. Declan Bender (Yam) OTB Racing/Memphis Shades/Corbin

  10. Logan Mcgrane (KTM) Schaffers MotorSports/Ryan Varnes Racing,


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