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Cycle News 2025 Issue 18 May 6

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Jacobsen rebounded from a poor start to finish second to his championship rival. Early in the race, it looked as though Jacob- sen would give back a horde of points to Scholtz, who was streak- ing away at the front. But Jacob- sen kept fighting until eventu- ally passing Scholtz's teammate Blake Davis to take over second, keeping his points loss to Scholtz down to five points after gaining 11 on Scholtz on Saturday. Jacobsen leads Scholtz by eight points, 85-77, after four races. In finishing second, Ja- cobsen kept his podium-in-every- race streak alive with his fourth successive podium. Mission King of the Baggers Frenchman Loris Baz, in just his third race in the class, did the seemingly impossible, tracking down and passing Kyle Wyman to win Saturday's wet Mission King of the Baggers race. In doing so, he becomes the championship's 10th different winner since its beginning five years ago. Wyman, on the Harley-David- son x Dynojet Factory Racing machine, led the race until Baz got him on the final lap. Baz took the checkers just 0.199 seconds ahead of Wyman. "It was sketchy, but after two laps, I saw that I was catching Kyle in a lot of places," Baz said. "So, I went from trying to secure second place to accepting the risk of trying to catch him. I knew that I was on the limit, but I think everyone was." Third place went to defending class champion Troy Herfoss, ROUND 2 / MAY 2-4, 2025 MICHELIN RACEWAY ROAD ATLANTA / BRASELTON, GEORGIA ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP P94 Kyle Wyman ran off with Sunday's King of the Baggers win, but Baz was never too far behind. Superbike Race One Highlights

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