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Announced just before Daytona, Harley-Davidson has returned as an official partner for the 2026 season and hit the strip with every intention of maintaining the momentum that saw the company win the 2025 Mission AFT SuperTwins Manufacturer Championship. Three times AFT Singles Champion and SuperTwins debutant didn ' t disappoint- winning both races of the Double Header, including two out of the three ' Mains ' in the Daytona II ST Mission Triple Challenge on the HDXG750R.

Highly influential in financial circles, Jamie Dimon, the CEO at JP Morgan Chase- the largest bank in the United States( and fifth largest in the world)- has warned that some lenders are doing " dumb things " and that he is starting to see parallels to the era before the 2008 financial crisis. In the years leading up to the 2008 meltdown banks had climbed into sub-prime lending and other high-risk fiscal instruments such as derivatives trading. That resulted in banks failing to adequately securitise their loans, triggering the 2008 Global Financial crisis and subsequent ' Great Recession '. Dimon ' s comments came as a Bank of America survey found that an " AI bubble " is the biggest concern of credit investors at this time.

Award-winning craft distillery Sugarlands Distilling Company has been named as the Official Moonshine and its new Broken Antler flavoured whiskey as the Official Whiskey of Progressive American Flat Track.

Performance Brokerage Services, North America ' s highest volume dealership brokerage firm, announced the sale of McGrath Quad Cities Harley-Davidson in Davenport, Iowa from Mike and Pat McGrath to Steven Towers. Added to the McGrath portfolio in 2018. " This 19,611 square-foot facility sits on approximately 1.6 acres, located just south of Interstate 80 in a busy retail area. In 2019, the dealership underwent renovations to enhance customer experience and operational efficiency." Steven Towers is an automotive industry professional and long-time Harley rider. He began his H-D dealer acquisitions in 2023 with Boneyard H-D in Winterville, NC; followed in 2024 by Frontier H-D( Lincoln, NE); Historic H-D in Topeka, Kansas; H-D of Carroll in Iowa and Freedom H-D in Baton Rouge, LA.

<<< Continued from cover banks of Daytona. Whether slicing past the Harley- Davidson Road Glide on the straights or, in Gillim ' s case, building commanding gaps over the field, the Indian Challenger ' s performance left no question about its power advantage." Race 1 saw Gillim deliver a commanding performance aboard his # 69 Indian Challenger. After running third through much of the opening lap, Gillim used the draft to surge past Herfoss and Harley-Davidson rider Kyle Wyman before the end of Lap 1. " From there, Gillim set a steady pace and quickly pulled away from the field. His dominant performance saw him maintain a lead of more than four seconds in the closing laps before ultimately taking the checkered flag by more than eight seconds. Behind him, Herfoss and Wyman traded passes throughout the race in a hard-fought battle for second. " In the final laps, Herfoss made a decisive defensive move to shut the door on Wyman ' s drafting attempt, securing the runner-up position and showcasing the power and precision of the Vance & Hines Indian Challenger race bike." The team ' s momentum carried into Race 2, where the Indian Wrecking Crew again found themselves at the center of the action in a tightly contested battle with Harley-Davidson factory riders. " Gillim initially surged to the front and began building a gap early, while Herfoss and Wyman traded positions in an intense bar-to-bar fight for second. The battle tightened in the closing laps as mistakes and drafting opportunities reshuffled the order and a mechanical issue took Gillim out of the race. " Despite briefly dropping positions after a mistake entering the horseshoe and overcoming a momentary false neutral, Herfoss fought his way back into contention as the race

Troy Herfoss made it an Indian Challenger Wrecking Crew double, taking the KOTB Race 2 win at Daytona.

approached its final lap." Herfoss powered his # 17 Indian Challenger into the lead to secure his first Daytona victory, while Landers used the draft in the closing moments to pass Wyman and put his # 97 Indian Challenger second on the box." The result capped a remarkable opening weekend for the J & P Cycles / Motul / Vance & Hines Factory Indian Motorcycle Racing Team, delivering a powerful statement in the sport ' s

premier V-twin rivalry. Herfoss leads the Mission King of the Baggers standings with 45 points, while Gillim sits tied for second with 32 points heading into Road Atlanta, April 17-19. Sponsors for the 2026 Indian Motorcycle-Vance & Hines Factory Race team includes J & P Cycles, Motul, Progressive Insurance, Drag Specialties and Performance Finance.