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Cory Texter

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Long-time Progressive American Flat Track racer Cory Texter has established himself an Mission Production Twins power in recent seasons, first earning the crown in 2019, finishing as championship runner-up in 2020, and then reclaiming his throne in 2021. Texter, who first started riding at the age of four, fought long and hard to achieve his current level of success, both enduring and enjoying a career that had seen more than its fair share of peaks and valleys. His professional career started in 2008 and, by 2016, the Pennsylvanian had gradually built himself into one of the ten best Grand National Championship riders on the planet. That season he twice finished on the podium, backing up his first-career premier-class top three taken at the Arizona Mile with a second at the Springfield Mile. However, he finished outside the top 20 in points the following season. He next moved to the Parts Unlimited AFT Singles class in 2018 hoping to rediscover his confidence. While he did manage to claim a fourth-place race result, that desired career resurgence wouldn’t truly take place until his epic ‘19 Mission Production Twins campaign. Texter came out of the gates swinging in 2019, dominating the opening three rounds of the season -- claiming pole, leading the most laps, and taking the checkered flag first each time out. He didn’t win another race all year, but he didn’t need to; Texter remained a consistent force near the front of the pack, adding five more results of fourth or better -- including a pair of podiums -- before his championship-winning season was complete. Texter made history in the Mission Production Twins opener, when he and younger sister Shayna became the first siblings to ever win American Flat Track Main Events on the same day. While he ultimately fell short in his title defense in ‘20, he earned plenty of accolades with his four-win, 11-podium effort. Texter then returned with a thoroughly dominant ‘21, claiming seven victories among eleven podiums to lock up the championship with two races still remaining. Texter is a respected, well-liked figure in the paddock. He often serves as an unofficial voice for fans, privateers, and the sport more broadly alike. He’s a certified trainer, bicyclist, runner, and family man.

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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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2022	AFT Production Twins	2	313	17	5	1	9	3.2	4	1	15	4.5	87
2022	Mission SuperTwins	16	42	8	0	9	17	13.1	0	14	14	14.0	0
2021	AFT Production Twins	1	313	16	7	1	7	2.9	8	1	12	3.8	107
2020	AFT Production Twins	2	292	16	4	1	7	2.7	4	1	12	3.8	107
2019	AFT Production Twins	1	190	11	3	1	9	4.0	5	1	10	3.6	51
2019	AFT Twins	35	2	1	0	17	17	17.0	0	13	13	13.0	0
2018	AFT Singles	15	77	8	0	4	18	9.4	0	3	8	6.3	1
2018	AFT Twins	40	2	1	0	17	17	17.0	0	14	14	14.0	0
2017	AFT Twins	21	53	10	0	9	18	13.7	0	11	18	15.1	0
2016	GNC	9	87	10	0	3	17	10.3	0			0.0
2016	GNC1	21	8	1	0	11	11	11.0	0	13	13	13.0
2016	GNC1	9	79	9	0	3	17	10.2	0	2	18	11.6
2016	XGames	22	0	0	0			0.0	0			0.0
2015	GNC1	27	4	1	0	15	15	15.0	0	7	7	7.0
2015	GNC1	21	26	3	0	7	13	10.3	0	6	14	9.7
2014	GNS	24	7	2	0	14	17	15.5	0	15	17	16.0
2014	GNT	16	36	7	0	10	19	14.0	0	10	18	15.1
2013	XR	29	14	2	0	13	15	14.0	0	15	20	17.5
2012	GNS	37	1	1	0	18	18	18.0	0	15	15	15.0
2012	GNT			0	0			0.0	0			0.0	0
2011	GNS			0	0			0.0	0			0.0	0
2011	GNT	39	3	1	0	16	16	16.0	0	15	15	15.0
2010	GNS			0	0			0.0	0			0.0	0
2010	GNT			0	0			0.0	0			0.0	0
2009	GNT	23	17	4	0	11	18	14.8	0	10	13	11.7
2009	HSExS	4	61	5	0	3	14	7.4	0	3	12	7.0
2009	HSExT	4	34	3	0	4	12	7.7	0	4	9	7.0
2008	GNT	18	1	1	0	20	20	20.0	0	17	17	17.0
2007	ExTwin	4	101	6	1	1	7	3.3	1	1	7	3.8	5