American Flat Track Rider Bio

Shayna Texter

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Riding until 2021 as part of the Red Bull KTM Factory Race Team, Shayna Texter is a history maker, inspirational figure, role model, and, quite possibly, the most popular rider in all of dirt track racing. She’s also incredibly fast and accomplished. Texter became the first female to win an American Flat Track Main Event with her GNC2 triumph at Knoxville Raceway in 2011. As monumental as that was, it was only a small preview of what was to follow. Now the Pennsylvanian not only ranks as the winningest rider in AFT Singles history, she has nearly doubled up the nearest rider on the list. Texter boasts a unique blend of tactical acumen, go-for-broke bravery, iron will, and diminutive size that, at times, makes her practically unstoppable in Mile and Half-Mile competition. She’s made more than one serious run at the AFT Singles crown in recent seasons, and Texter continues to rewrite the record books with each successive victory. That was true again at the 2019 Texas Half-Mile where she and her brother, Cory, became the first siblings to earn AFT Main Event victories on the same day.

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2018 Finishing third in overall points for the AFT Singles class, Texter is the winningest rider currently competing in the class. Amassing three wins including the Lima Half-Mile, Black Hills Half-Mile and Meadowlands Mile, Texter finished on the podium a total of eight times in the 2018 season.
2017 A breakout season for Texter, who won five races among nine podium finishes and finished third overall in the AFT Singles championship after leading the point standings for much of the campaign.
2016
Made the GNC1 Main at Santa Rosa and finished 17th. Raced for RMR/Kawasaki.
2015
Made one GNC1 main event, posting a 10th place finish at the second round of the Springfield Mile. Raced for Richie Morris Racing.
2014 Texter’s rookie season in the GNC1 ranks saw her make four main events with a best showing of 12th at Lima.
2013 Texter’s four top five performances helped her finish fourth in the final GNC2 point standings. 2012 – Competed in GNC2. Three victories helped her finish the season fifth in the point standings.
2012 Competed in the GNC Pro Singles competition. Three victories helped her finish the season 5th in the point standings.
2011 Shayna finished eighth in the Pro Singles class. Her season highlight was winning the Pro Singles main event at Knoxville Raceway, making her the first female to win a Pro Singles main event in the long history of this great sport.

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Year	Cls	Stnd	Pts	St	Wins	Best Fin	Worst Fin	Avg Fin	Poles	Best Qual	Worst Qual	Avg Qual	Laps Led
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2019	AFT Singles	7	172	13	3	1	17	7.8	2	1	17	5.9	41
2018	AFT Singles	3	230	14	3	1	14	4.9	2	1	15	5.1	34
2017	AFT Singles	3	240	12	5	1	6	2.6	1	1	11	4.8	52
2017	AFT Twins	39	5	1	0	14	14	14.0	0	18	18	18.0	0
2016	GNC	44	2	1	0	17	17	17.0	0			0.0
2016	GNC1	39	2	1	0	17	17	17.0	0	16	16	16.0
2016	GNC1	36	0	0	0			0.0	0			0.0
2016	XGames	3	0	0	0			0.0	0			0.0
2015	GNC1	29	9	1	0	10	10	10.0	0	12	12	12.0
2014	GNT	24	18	4	0	12	16	14.5	0	13	17	15.0
2013	FTBT	1	48	2	2	1	1	1.0	1	1	2	1.5	24
2013	FTPro	4	110	9	2	1	17	6.9	0	2	18	8.4	8
2012	FTPro	5	147	11	3	1	15	7.3	2	1	18	9.4	36
2011	FTPro	8	128	12	1	1	16	9.0	0	3	18	9.9	10
2010	FTPro	17	60	8	0	6	16	11.5	0	5	15	10.3
2010	GNT			0	0			0.0	0			0.0	0
2009	FTPro	9	69	8	0	3	15	8.8	0	2	13	8.0
2009	HSProS	3	67	4	1	1	5	3.5	1	1	6	3.3	20
2009	HSProT	1	49	3	0	2	5	3.3	0	3	5	3.7
2008	ExTwin	10	9	1	0	10	10	10.0	0	5	5	5.0