Harley and Indian Wars: 2017 Daytona AFT Update

Indian Wins, Harley Misses the Podium

Jared Mees takes flight off the TT jump in Daytona. (American Flat Track/Mitch Friedman Photo)

Jared Mees takes flight

Score: Indian 1 / Harley 0

History was made.Jared Mees gave the Indian Motorcycle Company its first Daytona victory since Floyd Emde won the Daytona 200 in 1948. The No. 9 Indian Motorcycle Rogers Racing FTR750 rider’s big win at the 2017 season opener also marked the first time that a rider won a TT on a Twin in nearly 34 years, when fellow National No. 9 rider Jay Springsteen won at the Peoria TT in 1983.

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