O'Hara Takes Road Atlanta KoTB Race Win for Indian/S&S
Having posted a top speed of 144.2 mph on his way to qualifying first for the first King of The Baggers race of the season at Road Atlanta, Jamie O'Hara took the win on his Mission Foods S&S Indian Challenger on Sunday May 2nd to pick up where he left off when he scooped the win at the first ever KoTB race (Laguna Seca) in 2020.
In a closely fought race that likely foreshadows the story of the three-race season, O'Hara took the win on his OEM and S&S Cycle backed Indian Challenger by less than half a second from the H-D Screamin' Eagle Performance backed, 131" crate engined Road Glide raced by pro rider Kyle Wyman - the son of Kim Wyman, owner of Harv’s H-D at Macedon, near Rochester in upstate New York.
Frankie Garcia brought the Roland Sands Design Indian Challenger home in third, some 25 seconds back but only 0.122 of a second ahead of Hayden Gillim on the Vance & Hines RDC (Racing Development Center) prepared 131" Fuelpak FP3 custom tuned, hi-output 2-into-1 exhaust equipped Electra Glide in fourth.
Eric Stahl (Jiffy Tune Racing) and John Seuberling (Mad Monkey Racing) brought their Harleys home a lap behind Gillim as fifth and sixth finishers. Michael Barnes, also on a Harley (DTF Performance/Hoban Brothers Racing/Darkhorse Crankworks), was classified DNS - despite clearly having the chops to compete, having been the fourth best qualifier just 3.2 seconds behind O'Hara.