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podium result in second. North East Cycle Outlet Racing Ya- maha's Benjamin Smith rounded out the podium in third. Race two was a return to normality as Escalante smoked all before him to take a resound- ing victory. Escalante overtook Kelly, who started on pole, on the opening lap, stretching his lead throughout the 11-lap race. Escalante took the checkers by nearly 10 seconds over second- place finisher and class rival Kelly. Third place in race two went to race-one winner Mesa. The series sees Kelly holding an 11-point lead over Escalante, 125-144. Mesa lies third on 90. Twins Cup Robem Engineering Aprilia rider Kaleb De Keyrel put on a rac- ing clinic at Road America in the single Twins Cup race, taking the holeshot and winning the eight-lap race by just under eight seconds. While De Keyrel cleared off at the front, the battle was on for the other two spots on the podi- um. Championship leader Teagg Hobbs crashed out of a possible podium finish, which handed the points lead to De Keyrel. Second place ultimately went to Jackson Blackmon Racing Yamaha's Jackson Blackmon over third-place finisher Chris Parrish aboard his GCP Suzuki. VOLUME 58 ISSUE 24 JUNE 15, 2021 P73 De Keyrel now leads the series with 77 points to Parrish's 67, and Hobbs sits third at 63. King of The Baggers Round two of the 2021 Mission King Of The Baggers Champion- ship took place on Sunday at Road America, and in the home state of Harley-Davidson, it was a perfect day for the Bar & Shield as they swept the podium. Harley-Davidson factory rider Kyle Wyman started from pole and led every lap of the race all the way to the checkered flag. Indian-mounted O'Hara was glued to Wyman's back wheel for most of the race until he was side- MAKING THE BOSS PROUD "It's amazing," said Kyle Wyman, who was stoked to get on the Bag- ger podium in the presence of Mr. Davidson himself. "We got [Harley- Davidson's] Bill Davidson con- gratulating me in victory lane. The who's-who of The Motor Company is here. I think they gave away 200 tickets to employees this weekend. There are people that came out spe- cifically just to watch this race, so to get it done here in Harley's backyard is just an incredible feeling. Those guys deserve it. They work so hard. Harley has put a pretty large number of people on this project full-time. They were told, look, this is racing. You don't punch out at 5 o'clock. Those guys are putting in the hours and putting in the extra time, and it's all paying off. It's amazing also to have my brother finish second." Briefly... Road America Superbike Race One