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here with a victory for Harley- Davidson. The boys will have something to smile about!" Herfoss appeared unfazed by his late-race defeat. "My Indian Challenger was working so well. Kyle was just a bit better than me today, and that's fine," he said. " We've got 14 races to go to try and catch him. He's riding well, and his bike is working well. I honestly think we're on par. He's a smart guy and played that well. But hat's off to my team. The bike was amazing." Rispoli got the final spot on the podium—his third top three of the year—just ahead of a com - bative Fong, with O'Hara fifth and Gillim sixth. The result shows Wyman (95 points) retains his championship lead with Herfoss (85), who is 10 points behind in second. Rispoli (61) sits third, ahead of O'Hara (46) and Gillim (45), both involved in a tight fight for fourth. CN KOTB CHALLENGE (Top 5) 1. Troy Herfoss (Ind) 2. Bobby Fong (Ind) 3. Hayden Gillim (H-D) 4. Kyle Wyman (H-D) 5. Tyler O'Hara (Ind) RACE 1 (Top 5) 1. Troy Herfoss (Ind) 2. Kyle Wyman (H-D) 3. Tyler O'Hara (Ind) 4. James Rispoli (H-D) 5. Hayden Gillim (H-D) RACE 2 (Top 5) 1. Kyle Wyman (H-D) 2. Troy Herfoss (Ind) 3. James Rispoli (H-D) 4. Bobby Fong (Ind) 5. Tyler O'Hara (Ind) distance, the pair were eking tenths out of the quartet behind, partly thanks to O'Hara, Rispoli, Fong and Gillim's intense scrapping for third. Four bikes entered turn 13 on the penultimate lap together and some - how made it out. A rerun of the race-one show- down awaited. Wyman cleanly moved under Herfoss at turn one starting the final lap before tough - ing it out around that Australian's outside entering turn two. And from there, he was gone. The Harley-Davidson Factory Racing runner posted a new track record for the class—2:14.8—on the final lap to ensure his third victory out of four rounds this year. Herfoss simply had no answer. "I learned my lesson from the race here last year when I got a bad start and ran out of patience," said Wyman after his race-two success. "I just chilled out and let it come. It seemed I had some pace, once I saw I had a gap to third; I love a one-on-one fight like that. I wasn't going to let him have it in race two. So pumped to get this win. It's a big deal leaving I thought I was out of it. I couldn't ride the same way as in practice, but once I settled in, I was able to make some passes. It's a credit to the Indian Challenger team." Wyman, meanwhile, appeared sheepish after allowing the Aus - tralian to get the better of him on the final lap. "I only saw the 29 [O'Hara] the whole race. When I passed Tyler, I defended for Tyler. I guess I left the door open, and Troy snuck through." Race 2 Wyman wouldn't make the same mistake for the second race run- ning. Once again, O'Hara got the jump, with Gillim emerging from a turn-one melee in second and Herfoss third. A slow starter in the first encounter, the Australian was immediately on the front foot, posting a fastest lap the second time while getting by Gillim at turn one and O'Hara at turn 11. That series of moves spurred Wyman into action. He had climbed to second by the start of lap three courtesy of a clean move on O'Hara at turn one. By half-race ROUND 2 / APRIL 12-13, 2024 CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS / AUSTIN, TEXAS ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA KING OF THE BAGGERS CHAMPIONSHIP P108 Indian's Tyler O'Hara (29) got on the podium in race one.