Indian and his driver Jared Mees, 2017 AMA Flat Track champions
Three-time winner in the American Flat Track Championship on Harley-Davidson XR750, Jared Mees was recruited by Indian at the end of 2016 to develop the new competitive Scout. Now this FTR750 and its brilliant developer have just won the constructor and pilot titles. !
More and more trendy in Europe – as among motorcycle trainers, – Flat Track is a flagship discipline across the Atlantic. In 2017, the American championship was particularly interesting, as Harley-Davidson and Indian again entered factory machines !
Beaten last year by Kawasaki rider (!) Bryan Smith, the Milwaukee firm was keen to impose its. This was also the case during the media. In the championship, however, Harley failed to claim her crown….
Indian and his have indeed scalped the No. 1 American! To do this, the brand – successfully resuscitated by the group – had carefully prepared for its return to competition by securing the services of three very great drivers.
In addition to reigning champion Smith, the Spirit Lake plant hired the illustrious Brad Baker for this 2017 season,! And even stronger, Indian had managed to convince Jared Mees to work at the end of last season on his proto…
Titled in 2012, 2014 and 2015 in the premier category of "Twins" of the AMA championship riding the good old Harley XR750, Mister Mees has perfectly perfected his new machine: the official n ° 9 Indian started the season with a bang , winning during the first two meetings !
Then roughed up by his teammate Bryan (four wins in a row for the "Number One"!), Jared never gave up, ceding the second step of the podium to his third Indian companion (No. 6 Brad) that on one occasion.
A single misstep in the middle of the season earned the future 2017 champion a "bubble": a penalty for a stolen start in the semi-final at the Half Mile in Lima (Ohio, USA) prevented him from competing in the final round! But two rounds from the end of the season, his provisional record remains excellent.
His nine victories in fifteen finals and six additional podiums allowed him to clinch his fourth American title last week, ahead of his own. To "top it off", four races before the end of the season already, the Mees – Smith – Baker trio had offered Indian the constructor title. Harley-Davidson will have to react…
2017 AMA Flat Track Champions Statements
Gary Gray, Vice President Indian Motorcycle:
“Locking in the constructors title after 14 races is an incredible accomplishment. Coming back to competition after more than 60 years of absence and winning the championship with our all new racing bike, the Scout FTR750, is a testament to all the hard work that has been done by the entire Indian Motorcycle Racing team ".
Jared Mees, Indian # 9:
“Oh man, it’s an honor to come to Williams Grove – I was born and raised 45 minutes from here – and to win this championship in front of all my friends and family. We’ve had a phenomenal year. I had a wonderful team behind me. I don’t know what else to say. Congratulations to my guys they work so hard seven days a week. My Indian was a great bike from start to finish. It’s incredible".
“Winning a championship that way – no offense, we dominated – clinching nine wins and taking the championship two races to the end of the season was phenomenal. I never thought it could happen, especially considering the talent of the other guys. But I wanted to be the one to win Indian, the first to do it. I wanted to be the first at every level. I wanted to dominate, and that’s what we did. ".
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