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Indian to make racing return
Indian Motorcycle announces 2017 AMA Pro Flat Track campaign, using all-new competition engine and race-engineered frameIn what will be its first full factory race effort since the 1950s, Indian Motorcycle has announced it will be launching an assault on America's top-flight flat track championship next year, utilising a race-bred Indian with an all-new proprietary engine and a race-engineered frame.
The bike will be powered by a new-from-the-ground-up 750cc, liquid-cooled V-twin developed specifically for flat track competition use, says Indian.
It will be raced for the first time later this year with AMA Grand National Champion Jared Mees (pictured) behind the 'bars, before Indian Motorcycle Racing sets its sights on contesting the 2017 AMA Pro Flat Track series.
Flat track competition is entwined in the fabric of Indian's heritage, with the marque once dominating the sport in the US with all-conquering teams like the Indian Motorcycle Wrecking Crew. Team members Bill Tuman, Bobby Hill and Ernie Beckman demolished the competition across the US on their Indian Scouts in the post-WWII years, even as Indian itself was in decline. Click here to read our launch review of the production Indian Scout.
"We are very excited to return to the AMA Circuit," said Steve Menneto, President of Motorcycles for Polaris Industries.
"We have established the new Indian Chief and Scout series as the cornerstones of our production line-up, and now is the time for us to return to racing in a big way. We know that fans of Indian Motorcycle have been anticipating this announcement and can't wait to see Indian Racing back in action."
Mees, 30, said he was thrilled to be at the cutting edge of Indian's racing return.
"I can't express how excited I am to be the guy to bring Indian Motorcycle back into the forefront of AMA Pro competition," he said.
"We will have a lot of work to do to develop a 100 percent new race platform, but I'm committed and excited at what I have seen on the drawing boards and what the plans are for Indian Motorcycle Racing. This is history for the brand, and being a part of it is truly exciting for me and this sport."
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