King Of The Baggers - Daytona, March 2024
The 2024 Mission King Of The Baggers Championship series kicked off on March 9 with two rounds on the Daytona 200 undercard at the Daytona International Speedway.
The podium for both races was exactly the same, with Harley-Davidson Factory Racing's Kyle Wyman battling a lost quick shifter near the end of round 2 to get the double win - his 13th and 14th wins in the class and the 19th and 20th victories of his AMA/MotoAmerica racing career.
Making his debut in MotoAmerica at Daytona, S&S/Indian Motorcycle's Troy Herfoss, the three-time Australian Superbike rider, looked like he was headed for wins in both races, but the slightest of mistakes allowed Wyman to chase him down and a season opening checkered flag double.
With Herfoss posting two second place finishes for S&S/Indian Motorcycle Racing, Wyman's Screamin' Eagle teammate James Rispoli made it onto the podium in third place in both races.
In the BellissiMoto Twins Cup - the Rodio Racing Powered by Robem Engineering's Gus Rodio -went one better than the single win he scored at Daytona in 2023, taking his Aprilia RS 660 to both the race wins this year. Rodio won each of the two races by more than 11 seconds.
In round 1, Dominic Doyle took second on his Yamaha YZF-R7, with TopPro Racing team's Avery Dreher third on another Aprilia.
The round 2 second place went to Rocco Landers aboard the brand-new RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki GSX-8R (having been fifth the day before), with Rodio's teammate Alessandro Di Mario's RS 660 in third - the 15-year-old rider recording the second MotoAmerica podium result of his young career, to back up his fourth-place finish in round 1.
In the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship, Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson's Cory West was third in round 1, behind the Indians of S&S/Indian Motorcycle teammates Troy Herfoss, taking the round 1 win, with Tyler O'Hara second.
The following day, history was made when West took the win, giving the Harley-Davidson Pan America its first-ever race win, with teammate Jake Lewis second and Gator Harley/KWR/Harley-Davidson's Cody Wyman making it a podium sweep for the Pan America in third.