Shayna Texter is a leading contender for the 2018 American Flat Track AFT Singles championship. At the midway point in the season she sits fourth overall in points, with two runner-up finishes, two 3rd-place finishes and seven top-ten finishes.
One of just two professional female riders currently competing in the sport, Texter posted a total of five wins during the 2017 season – more than any other AFT Singles competitor – and finished 3rd overall at season’s end. This year she hopes to better that impressive accomplishment aboard Husqvarna motorcycles supported by her own team – ST52 Racing.
Texter and the ST52 Team’s support from Husqvarna Motorcycles is significant aside from that fact that she’s the first factory-supported rider in AFT Singles history. The collaboration with Husqvarna Motorcycles, which has a storied history in motorcycle manufacturing and racing dating back to 1903 in both off- and on-road genres, opens the door to more manufacturer involvement going forward. Texter’s pioneering work with Husqvarna is good for her ST52 team and good for American Flat Track.
She is a strong inspiration for female riders wanting to join motorsports, and has taken on the position as the next great American role model for girls. She says she “would love to get more girls involved with motorcycles, especially in the sport of Flat Track. To see the look on the little girl’s and women’s faces, and when they tell you that you’re an inspiration…that encourages me to keep riding."
2017: Returning with a bolstered Richie Morris Racing in 2017, Shayna quickly got her groove back. She scored her first win in four years at the Law Tigers Arizona Mile presented by Indian Motorcycle. The Mile-specialist backed up that win the following weekend at the Harley-Davidson Sacramento Mile presented by Cycle Gear. Since then she's scored a total of four wins in 2017 -- winning another Mile thriller at the OKC Mile presented by Indian Motorcycle and a dominant win on the clay at the Rolling Wheels Half-Mile.
Going into round 12 of the 2017 American Flat Track season, Shayna leads the AFT Singles Championship by 29-points, further establishing herself as not only the most successful female in the sport but the winningest rider in the class with a total of 12 wins to date.
2016 and earlier: Shayna raced in the premier GNC1 class the past three seasons, with a best finish of 10th in the 2016 Springfield Mile. Before that, she competed in GNC2 (the current AFT Singles class), and finished fourth in the 2013 championship. Shayna won three races and placed fifth in the Singles points in 2012. In 2011, she became the first female to win a main event, winning in GNC2 at Knoxville Raceway.
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | AFT Singles | 3 | 139 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5.2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6.4 | 19 | |
| 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 | ||
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