H-D and V & H Take a Win Each at COTA King Of The Baggers
Round 11 of the 2023 Mission King Of The Baggers series at the Championship of the Americas ( COTA ) circuit at Austin , Texas ( September 10 ), saw Harley-Davidson Screamin ' Eagle factory rider Kyle Wyman win his sixth race of the season and Harley riders claim all three of the podium spots - they went on to take five of the six available podium spots for the weekend . On the Saturday , racers endured the challenge of temperatures topping 100 degrees at the start of the six-lap race . Wyman got a great start from the pole and opened a 1.02-second lead after two laps , stretching that to more than 2 seconds at the finish . Hayden Gillim was second on a Vance & Hines / Mission Foods Road Glide , followed by his teammate James Rispoli in third place . Travis Wyman was fourth on the H-D team ' s second Road Glide . The win moved Kyle Wyman two points ahead of Gillim for the series championship . Wyman was the top qualifier for the weekend with a quickest lap of 2:15.621 on the challenging 3.4-mile , 20-turn COTA course . Wyman led the
Race 1 ( Round 11 ) Circuit of the Americas - September 9 Kyle Wyman ( H-D ) Screamin ' Eagle Harley-Davidson Hayden Gillim ( H-D ) Vance & Hines / Mission Foods / Harley-Davidson James Rispoli ( H-D ) Vance & Hines / Mission Foods / Harley-Davidson Travis Wyman ( H-D ) Screamin ' Eagle Harley-Davidson Kyle Ohnsorg ( Ind ) Roland Sands Design Jake Lewis ( H-D ) Team Saddlemen Max Flinders ( Ind ) M3 / Revolution Performance Hawk Mazzotta ( Ind ) Lloydz Garage Frankie Garcia ( H-D ) Team Saddlemen Patricia Fernandez-West ( H-D ) Team Saddlemen DNF . Bobby Fong ( Ind ) Sacramento Mile / SDI Racing / Roland Sands Design
Saturday race from start to finish . Rispoli won the Sunday race ( Championship Round 12 ) on the V & H prepared Road Glide - Kyle Wyman having got caught in traffic at the start was running eighth when he crashed in turn 13 following contact with another rider . Kyle Wyman was able to pick up his motorcycle and rejoined the race in last place , then battled back to finish in ninth place and earn valuable championship points . Rispoli took the race lead on lap 4 and crossed the finish line 8.66 seconds ahead of his teammate Gillim . Travis Wyman was running second before crashing out on the last lap , promoting Gillim and Kyle Ohnsorg , who finished third on the Roland Sands Design Indian . After 12 of 14 rounds in the 2023 MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers series , Vance & Hines ' Gillim leads the championship with 215 points , followed by his teammate Rispoli with 213 points , and Harley ' s Kyle Wyman in third place with 204 points . Travis Wyman is in eighth place with 86 points . Up Next : The season finale ( Rounds 13 and 14 ) on September 22-24 in the MotoAmerica Superbikes at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville , N . J .
Race 2 ( Round 12 ) Circuit of the Americas - September 10 James Rispoli ( H-D ) Vance & Hines / Mission Foods / Harley-Davidson Hayden Gillim ( H-D ) Vance & Hines / Mission Foods / Harley-Davidson Kyle Ohnsorg ( Ind ) Roland Sands Design Jeremy McWilliams ( Ind ) Progressive / Mission Foods Jake Lewis ( H-D ) Team Saddlemen Max Flinders ( Ind ) M3 / Revolution Performance Hawk Mazzotta ( Ind ) Lloydz Garage Frankie Garcia ( H-D ) Team Saddlemen Kyle Wyman ( H-D ) Screamin ' Eagle Harley-Davidson Travis Wyman ( H-D ) Screamin ' Eagle Harley-Davidson Patricia Fernandez-West ( H-D ) Team Saddlemen Robert Johnson ( H-D ) Johnson Engine Technology DNF . Bobby Fong ( Ind ) Sacramento Mile / SDI Racing / Roland Sands DNF . Tyler O ' Hara ( Ind ) Progressive / Mission Foods
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