After a wild night of racing under the lights at Daytona
International Speedway for the Daytona TT, Estenson Racing’s Ryan Wells has his
eyes firmly set on a top result at the first American Flat Track oval race of
2019, the Atlanta Short Track in Woodstock, Georgia, on Saturday, March 23.
For Wells, returning to Dixie Speedway is also about
redemption. Last season the 2016 AFT Singles Champion was part of a multi-rider
crash in the second Semi. Even though he was a little banged up, he was still
able to finish fourth in the Semi and sixth in the Main. This year Wells is
hoping for better and aiming to put his Estenson Racing YZ450F on top of the
box.
Wells’ AFT Singles teammate Dallas Daniels still awaits his
professional debut later this June at the Lima Half-Mile, but will be on hand
to help the team and sign autographs.
Ryan Wells – AFT Singles #94:
“I am excited to get past Daytona and move on to the first
oval race of the season in Atlanta. I went into Daytona super-motivated and
confident that I could get on the podium. At the end of the day, you can’t win
the championship at the first round, but you sure can lose it. So, although not
the result that we had hoped for, we got the points, we stayed safe and we got
out of there.
“Moving on to Atlanta, I am confident that with the whole team
– me, Nick and everybody – we’ve got a great package going into the first oval.
Especially last year with me having my biggest wreck of my racing career, I
want to go back there and get some redemption at that track. I really feel like
it’s my style of racetrack – a fast clay short track – so I definitely think we
can be a frontrunner and hopefully put it on top of the box.”
The Atlanta Short Track is streamed live, Saturday, March 23, on FansChoice.TV starting with practice at 3:00 p.m. ET, followed by the Heat races at 5:30 p.m. ET. Opening Ceremonies kicks off at 7:00 p.m. ET, with Semis at 7:15 p.m. ET and the Main Events at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Catch the race on NBCSN March 31 at 4:30 p.m. ET. For tickets and additional information about the event: http://www.americanflattrack.com/events
Ryan Wells – AFT Singles #94:
