Dick Mann was an American professional motorcycle racer. He was a two-time winner of the A.M.A. Grand National Championship. Mann was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1993, and the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998. He was one of the few riders to ride motocross and Observed Trials as well as dirt flat tracks, TT and road racing.
Mann won the Grand National title on this BSA A75 Rocket 3 and continued to race this very bike until the end of the 1973 season.
1968 Yankee Prototype
American Flat Track is an American motorcycle racing series. The racing series, founded and sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1954, originally encompassed five distinct forms of competitions including mile dirt track races, half-mile, short-track, TT steeplechase and road races. The championship was the premier motorcycle racing series in the United States from the 1950s up until the late 1970s.
Brandon Robinson
Briar Bauman leads the AFT SuperTwins pack at the 2020 Springfield Mile. Photo: Brian J Nelson
The AFT Singles at the 2021 Springfield Short Track.
James Rispoli on the No. 43 Latus Motors Racing Harley-Davidson XG750R in the AFT Production Twins class.