Laguna Seca KOTB - Wyman Scoops Win and Second for H-D
Back where it all started at the legendary WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca at Salinas , California ( Rounds 11 and 12 of the 2024 MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers - July 12-14 ), H-D Factory Racing rider Kyle Wyman took the series points lead with a dominating Double Header win on the Saturday and a second place finish the following day . Aboard a race-prepared 2024 Road Glide motorcycle , Wyman also broke his own track record in qualifying and won the Mission King Of The Baggers Challenge . RevZilla / Motul / Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson rider Hayden Gillim won on Sunday as Harley- Davidson riders locked out the King Of The Baggers race podiums all weekend . Wyman led all King Of The Baggers qualifiers with a time of 1:28.182 , breaking the lap record he set in 2023 . Wyman also won the three-lap Mission
King Of The Baggers Challenge on Saturday . Starting from pole position on Saturday , Wyman led every lap of the nine-lap Mission King Of The Baggers feature race . In the opening laps , Wyman led a group that included Harley-Davidson Factory Racing rider James Rispoli , RevZilla / Motul / Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson riders Hayden Gillim and Rocco Landers , Factory Indian rider Troy Herfoss and SDI / Roland Sands Racing Indian rider Bobby Fong . Wyman gradually opened a gap of about 1 second on Gillim , with Landers and Herfoss trailing . Herfoss ran off the track on lap 8 , and later that same lap Landers got by Gillim to take second place . Wyman crossed the finish line 2.666 seconds clear of Landers with Gillim in third place , followed by Fong and Rispoli . Herfoss finished 11th . The following day , Wyman again led the King Of The Baggers off the start
Race One 1 . Kyle Wyman ( H-D ) Harley-Davidson Factory Racing 2 . Rocco Landers ( H-D ) RevZilla / Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson 3 . Hayden Gillim ( H-D ) RevZilla / Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson 4 . Bobby Fong ( Ind ) SDI / Roland Sands Racing / Indian Motorcycle 5 . James Rispoli ( H-D ) Harley-Davidson Factory Racing 6 . Max Flinders ( Ind ) Mad Monkey Motorsports 7 . Tyler O ’ Hara ( Ind ) S & S / Indian Motorcycle 8 . Jake Lewis ( H-D ) Saddlemen / Harley-Davidson 9 . Travis Wyman ( H-D ) Saddlemen / Harley-Davidson 10 . Ruben Xaus ( H-D ) Feuling Parts 11 . Troy Herfoss ( Ind ) S & S / Indian Motorcycle 12 . Danny Spina ( H-D ) Ruthless Road Racing
Race Two 1 . Hayden Gillim ( H-D ) RevZilla / Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson 2 . Kyle Wyman ( H-D ) Harley-Davidson Factory Racing 3 . Rocco Landers ( H-D ) RevZilla / Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson 4 . Troy Herfoss ( Ind ) S & S / Indian Motorcycle 5 . James Rispoli ( H-D ) Harley-Davidson Factory Racing 6 . Tyler O ’ Hara ( Ind ) S & S / Indian Motorcycle 7 . Travis Wyman ( H-D ) Saddlemen / Harley-Davidson 8 . Jake Lewis ( H-D ) Saddlemen / Harley-Davidson 9 . Danny Spina ( H-D ) Ruthless Road Racing
with Gillim and Fong in pursuit . Gillim executed a daring pass for the lead at the top of the infamous Corkscrew turn on lap 3 , but Wyman took the lead back with a pass in turn 2 on lap 6 . On lap 8 , Gillim got past Wyman again in the Corkscrew , and Fong dropped out with a mechanical problem . Gillim crossed the finish line 0.188 seconds ahead of
Wyman . Landers made a last lap pass of Herfoss to grab third place . Rispoli finished fifth . Next Up : Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course , Lexington , Ohio , August 16-18 ; Circuit Of The Americas , Austin , Texas , September 13-15 ; New Jersey Motorsports Park , September 27-29 . www . motoamerica . com
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