Jared Mees Takes Gold in Harley-Davidson Flat Track Racing at X Games Minneapolis 2018
Flat Track is currently the fastest growing sport on two wheels, so much so that it’s even become one of the center focal events at X Games, and all the sport’s top guys are coming out to race. Indian Factory Racing’ Jared Mees took the overall win followed by Briar Bauman and Jake Johnson. The whole event is a one-off exhibition race, but it brings awareness of the sport to homes and viewers nationwide, and we’re pretty excited about that.
Monster Energy:
MINNEAPOLIS, MN ? July 23, 2018 ? Monster Energy congratulates team rider Jared ?Jammer? Mees on winning gold in the Harley-Davidson Flat Track event at X Games Minneapolis 2018 today. In front of a high-energy crowd, the 32-year-old from Clio, Minnesota won his second career gold in a field of 24 elite flat track racers.
The high-octane Flat Track race marked the final motorized event at the world?s premier action sports spectacle ? supported by Monster Energy as the official drink sponsor for the fifth consecutive year ? at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis.
For the first time in event history, the Harley-Davidson Flat Track race was brought indoors at U.S. Bank Stadium today. The construction crew had worked all night to transform yesterday?s motocross freestyle course into a flat track at one-eighth of a mile length. The relatively short track with its tight turns presented a challenge to even the most seasoned riders, plus the dry and slick surface punished even the slightest mishaps...
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