King Of The Baggers To Feature Six Rounds In 2022, Including Daytona
After a successful 2021 series debut season that built on the one-off debut race at Laguna Seca in 2020, MotoAmerica, the home of the premier motorcycle road racing series in North America, has announced that the King Of The Baggers Series will double its rounds from three to six for the 2022 Championship.
The 2022 MotoAmerica KOTB Championship will kick off during Bike Week in Daytona Beach, Florida, with the Baggers taking to the High Banks of Daytona International Speedway for the first time, March 10-12, in conjunction with the Daytona 200.
From there, the series will head to Georgia and Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in Braselton, April 22-24, the site of the thrilling 2021 opening round that was won by Indian Motorcycle's Tyler O'Hara. The championship will then revisit Road America, the site of the 2021 second round, June 3-5, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, 60 miles north from Harley-Davidson's headquarters in Milwaukee.
The WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca is where Kyle Wyman wrapped up the 2021 MotoAmerica KOTB Championship for Harley-Davidson, and the iconic track in Monterey, California, will play host to round four of the series, July 8-10.
The final two rounds of the 2022 series will take place at tracks that are new to the KOTB - Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minnesota, the home state of Indian Motorcycle, July 29-31, and New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey, September 9-11.
The three-round 2021 MotoAmerica KOTB Series generated more than 19 million impressions and an engagement of 1.2 million on social media, with the races delivering over 1.1 million views and 43,000 total hours of viewing time on YouTube.
"The popularity of last year's three-round KOTB Series was such that it left our fans, teams, sponsors and racers wanting more," said MotoAmerica President Wayne Rainey.
"So, we are giving them what they want - a six-race championship held at the three tracks that the Baggers competed on last year, with an additional three rounds, including our first visit to Daytona International Speedway added to the series. We know the 2022 season, which will be MotoAmerica's eighth as the home to the AMA Superbike Championship, will be as exciting as ever, and the expanded KOTB Championship will be a huge part of that."
Last year's KOTB Championship came down to a fierce battle between Harley-Davidson's Wyman and Indian's O'Hara, with Wyman winning the decisive final round at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca to take home
the title.
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