class champion Hayden Gillim
(RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines
Harley-Davidson) all in the mix
at various stages. Herfoss
came up eighteen-thousands
of a second short in race two in
what would have been a dream
debut win in the championship,
with Wyman taking the gold and
Rispoli in third.
In race two, however, Herfoss
was playing the waiting game
in the pack of Rispoli, Gillim and
O'Hara. With two laps to go, he
marched to the front ahead of
Wyman and put the heater down
to gap the former KoTB number
one to what looked like a race-
winning margin.
But it all went wrong head
-
ing into the chicane on the final
who failed to finish lap two for
the second year in a row, this
time on a Yamaha YZF-R6.
MISSION KING
OF THE BAGGERS
The first round of the 2024 King
of The Baggers Championship
saw a rookie make a massive
splash in Australian Troy Her-
foss (S&S/Indian Motorcycle),
but when the dust settled, it
was class veteran Kyle Wyman
(Harley-Davidson Factory Rac-
ing) who emerged with two wins
out of three at Daytona.
Wyman and Herfoss en-
gaged in two hard races with
James Rispoli (Harley-Davidson
Factory Racing), Tyler O'Hara
(S&S/Indian Motorcycle), and
Hanika, the Endurance World
Champion on the Yamaha Austria
Racing Team entry heading team-
mate Marvin Fritz with two-time
champion Brandon Paasch com-
ing home seventh and the last
rider not to be lapped by Herrin.
Stefano Mesa, after qualify-
ing a very impressive second on
the Boulder Motorsports Ducati,
came home eighth with the top
10 rounded out by Canadian
Ben Young on the Team Battlax
Suzuki and Teagg Hobbs on the
third Vision Wheel Ecstar Suzuki
taking 10th.
The DNF list was extensive,
with 18 riders failing to finish.
These included Josh Hayes,
Peter Hickman, Richard Cooper,
David Anthony and Xavi Fores,
DAYTONA 200 / MARCH 7-9, 2024
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY / DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA / FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
P84
Kyle Wyman outfoxed impressive
rookie Troy Herfoss by taking
two race wins and leaving with a
perfect 50-point tally.
