July 18, 2025 | By Lyndal Scranton

Brunner, Bauman earn Progressive American Flat Track motorcycle wins at Lucas Oil Speedway

WHEATLAND, MO.—Progressive Flat Track motorcycles came to Lucas Oil Speedway for the first time on Friday night and put on a show, with Trevor Brunner making a last-turn pass for the feature win in the AFT Singles.

Brunner of Aurora, Ind., sailed around season points leader Tom Drane on the outside in the final turn to prevail in a thriller. Drane had led nearly the entire race, taking over the top spot on lap two.

Brunner and Chase Saathoff gradually cut into the lead over the final laps and Brunner was able to make the big move coming out of turn four coming to the checkered flag to win by .069 of a second. Saathoff was right behind in third.

The race went for six minutes, plus two laps. Brunner made the most of the allotted time and distance.

“It feels amazing. I feel like I got about 300 pounds lifted off my chest,” Brunner said of his first win of 2025. “I knew I could get it done. We were missing the little things and I think it was a lot mentally for myself.

“Man, this facility is awesome. These fans are awesome. This experience at Lucas Oil Speedway has been awesome and sticking around to watch us do our thing. I couldn’t have picked out more of a dogfight for that one. I had to be really patient.”

Points leader Bauman prevails in AFT Super Twins: Briar Bauman of Salinas, Calif., led all the way to earn his fifth Super Twins victory of the season as he held off a late-race charge from Dallas Daniels by .329 seconds.

Bauman took the lead with Brandon Robinson running second in the early going. Bauman led Davis Fisher by 1.33 seconds at the halfway timed mark at four minutes before Daniels rolled into the runner-up spot and began to cut into the lead.

But Daniels wasn’t able to reel him in for the last-lap pass. Fisher held on for third, nearly three seconds behind Bauman.

“I have a great team. We’re gonna keep chipping at it," said Bauman, adding "that got a little too lose for comfort" at the finish

“We started on the third row and a second place is like a win tonight,” Daniels said. “The track kind of came to us.”


PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK

AFT SINGLES

Feature - 1, Trevor Brunner. 2, Tom Drane. 3, Chase Satthoff. 4, Jared Lowe. 5, Bradon Pfanders. 6, Aidan RoosEvans. 7, Chad Cose. 8, Tarren Santero. 9, Walker Porter. 10, Evan Kelleher. 11, Hunter Bauer. 12, Skylar Sentell. 13, Evan Renshaw. 14, Reece Pottorf. 15, Ian Wolfe. 16, Jacob Vanderkooi. 17, Kage Tadman.

Heat 1 - 1, Chad Case. 2, Bradon Pfanders. 3, Kage Tadman. 4, Aidan RoosEvans. 5, Walker Porter. 6, Skylar Sentell. 7, Justin Anselmi. 8, Reece Pottorf. 9, Ian Wolfe. 10, Hunter Bauer. 11, Kaleb Martin.

Heat 2 - 1, Tom Drane. 2, Trevor Brunner. 3, Chase Saathoff. 4, Jared Lowe. 5, Tarren Santeria. 6, Evan Kelleher. 7, Evan Ranshaw. 8, Jacob Vanderkooi. 9, Aidan Brown. 10, Maclain Drucker.

Last Chance Qualifier - 1, Evan Renshaw. 2, Reece Pottorf. 3, Hunter Bauer. 4, Jacob Vanerkooi. 5, Justin Anselmi. 6, Ian Wolfe. 7, Aidan Brown. 8, Kaleb Martin . 9, Maclain Drucker.

Super Fan Challenge - 1, Trevor Brunner. 2, Tom Drane. 3, Chad Cose. 4, Bradon Pfanders.



AFT SUPER TWINS

Feature - 1, Briar Bauman. 2, Dallas Daniels. 3, Davis Fisher. 4, Trent Lowe. 5, Jarod VanDerkooi. 6, James Ott. 7, Declan Bender. 8, Max Whale. 9, Bronson Bauman. 10, Billy Ross. 11, Justin Jones. 12, Dan Bromley. 13, Logan Mcgrane. 14, Kole King. 15, Brandon Robinson.

Heat 1 - 1, Briar Bauman. 2, Brandon Robinson. 3, Jarold VanDerkooi. 4, Trent Lowe. 5, Dallas Daniels. 6, James Ott. 7, Billy Ross. 8, Kole King.

Heat 2 - 1, Davis Fisher. 2, Dan Bromley. 3, Max Whale, 4, Bronson Bauman. 5, Declan Bender. 6, Logan Mcgrane. 7, Justin Jones.

#2Fast2Tasty Challenge - 1, Brandon Robinson. 2, Briar Bauman. 3, David Fisher. 4, Dan Bromley.



Weekly racing on dirt oval, off road circuit on Saturday: A big Saturday of racing on the Off Road course and dirt oval awaits.


On the dirt track, the Pitts Homes and Realty Weekly Racing Series will be Horton Supply Company Veterans and Military Appreciation Night at the races. All veterans and military personnel with ID will be admitted free with ID.

4 State Dirt Series pays $1,250-to-win the feature and $400-to-start the main event. Other classes in action will be the Arctic Food Equipment Modifieds, O'Reilly Auto Parts Stock Cars and the Clear Creek Golf Car B-Mods.


Grandstands open at 4 p.m. Saturday with hot laps at 6:30 and racing to follow.


Saturday Dirt Track admission:

Ages 6-and-up - $5
Ages 5-and-under - FREE
Pit pass - $35

On the Off Road track, UTV qualifying set for Friday was moved to Saturday morning after wet conditions. Qualifying is set for 9:15 a.m. with races to follow the last qualifying class.

UTV divisions include Vet NA and Turbo, 700cc, Mini Stock, Women's NA and Turbo, Mini Limited, Sportsman NA, Pro-Am NA, Sportsman Turbo, Youth 1000, Pro-Am Turbo, Pro NA and Pro Turbo.


Saturday Off Road admission:

Advance discount tickets online only (16 and up) - $27
Adults (13 and up) $30
Seniors (62 and up)/Military (62 and up) $27
Youth (age 6 to 12) $10
Kids (age 5 and under) FREE
(All tickets include access to the off-road pit area)
(Tickets include entry to the dirt track event Saturday night)


For information on admission or camping for any Lucas Oil Speedway event in 2025, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 282-6119 or (417) 295-6043 or email her at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com for more information.