Kyle Wyman Clinches 2015 King Of The Baggers Championship at COTA
Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Race Team rider Kyle Wyman was crowned 2025 Mission King Of The Baggers champion during the MotoAmerica double-header at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas (September 13-14).
Capping a dominating season in the series, Wyman secured his second King Of The Baggers championship aboard a race-prepared H-D Road Glide - with two races left on the schedule, his points lead in the class is insurmountable.
RevZilla/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson rider Hayden Gillim scored his second King Of The Baggers series victory of the season in Race 1 (September 13) after setting a new track record to top King of the Bagger qualifying. On Sunday September 14 H-D x Dynojet Factory Race Team rider Bradley Smith (United Kingdom) finished in third place for his third King Of The Baggers podium finish of the season.
With two races left on the 2025 Mission King Of The Baggers schedule, Wyman has scored seven race wins, and three additional podium finishes in 12 races while building a lead in the series standings that now stands at 70 points.
Wyman also leads all entrants in the King Of The Baggers series with 25 career race wins. Wyman won the King Of The Baggers championship in 2021, finished in third place in 2022 and 2023, and was second in the series in 2024.
Race-1 was dominated by Gillim, who set a new track record for the class in qualifying with a lap of 2:12.975 around the 3.4-mile, 20-turn Circuit of the Americas course. Gillim next won the three-lap King Of The Baggers Mission Challenge race by 3.025 seconds. In the 7-lap King Of The Baggers main event, Gillim led from the start and by the second lap had a 1.3-second lead over Factory Indian riders Loris Baz and Troy Herfoss, Wyman and Bradley Smith.
Herfoss dropped off the leader's pace after two laps and by mid-race Gillim's lead stretched to more than two seconds. RevZilla/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson rider Rocco Landers charged up from eighth on the starting grid to pass Smith and Wyman and battled with Baz for second place in the closing laps.
Gillim crossed the finish line 3.317 second clear of Baz, with Landers in third 0.111 seconds behind Baz. Wyman finished fourth ahead of Smith H-D x Dynojet factory team rider James Rispoli.
The Sunday King Of The Baggers main event started with a close call for Wyman and Gillim, as the two Harley riders came together in the tight first turn. Both riders remained upright, and Wyman held the lead as Gillim dropped back to fifth place. Wyman led the first three laps with Herfoss, Baz, and a charging Gillim on his rear wheel.
Herfoss passed Wyman for the lead on lap four and opened a half-second gap. Gillim passed Wyman to claim second place on lap 6 but ran off the track later on that lap and rejoined the field in ninth place. On the final lap Wyman ran onto the curbing trying to chase down Herfoss, went off the track and was not able to continue. Herfoss led Baz across the finish line by 1.447 seconds. Smith finished third, 7.014 seconds behind Baz.
After 12 of 14 rounds in the 2025 MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers series, Kyle Wyman leads in series points with 240, followed by Baz with 170, Herfoss with 158 points, Factory Indian rider Tyler O'Hara with 128 points, Gillim with 127 points, Rispoli with 110 points, and Smith with 103 points.
The series wraps up on September 26-28 at the MotoAmerica Superbikes at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, N.J.
The Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Race Team is sponsored by Rockford Fosgate, Mission Foods, Brembo, Öhlins, Akrapovic, SYN3 lubricants, and Screamin' Eagle Performance Parts and Accessories.
MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers Race Results - Circuit of the Americas Race 1
1. Hayden Gillim (H-D) RevZilla/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson
2. Loris Baz (Ind) S&S/Indian Motorcycle
3. Rocco Landers (H-D) RevZilla/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson
4. Kyle Wyman (H-D) Harley-Davidson® x Dynojet Factory Race Team
5. Bradley Smith (H-D) Harley-Davidson® x Dynojet Factory Race Team
6. James Rispoli (H-D) Harley-Davidson® x Dynojet Factory Race Team
7. Troy Herfoss (Ind) S&S/Indian Motorcycle
8. Tyler O'Hara (Ind) S&S/Indian Motorcycle
9. Jake Lewis (H-D) Saddlemen Race Development
10. Cory West (H-D) Saddlemen Race Development
11. Kyle Ohnsorg (Ind) TAB Performance Racing
12. Max Flinders (H-D) Lyndall Brakes/M3
MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers Race Results - Circuit of the Americas Race 2
1. Troy Herfoss (Ind) S&S/Indian Motorcycle
2. Loris Baz (Ind) S&S/Indian Motorcycle
3. Bradley Smith (H-D) Harley-Davidson® x Dynojet Factory Race Team
4. Cameron Petersen (Ind) SDI Racing
5. James Rispoli (H-D) Harley-Davidson® x Dynojet Factory Race Team
6. Cory West (H-D) Saddlemen Race Development
7. Jake Lewis (H-D) Saddlemen Race Development
8. Hayden Gillim (H-D) RevZilla/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson
9. Kyle Ohnsorg (Ind) TAB Performance Racing
10. Tyler O'Hara (Ind) S&S/Indian Motorcycle
11. Max Flinders (H-D) Lyndall Brakes/M3
