Herfoss managed to hold
second place to the line over
Wyman, who saw his five-race
Daytona streak come to an
end, with his teammate Bradley
Smith taking fourth ahead of the
third factory Harley of James
Rispoli.
Gillim looked to make it a
clean sweep of Daytona in race
two and was well clear until his
Indian suffered a mechanical
problem with three laps to go.
It looked as though the number
69 would pull into the pits, but
he instead decided to keep go
-
ing in the hopes of taking any
championship points. He did so,
coming home in ninth for seven
points.
be a closer-fought affair than
in 2025, with Indian Motorcycle
now partnering with former
nemesis Vance & Hines to eke a
lot more speed out of the Indian
Motorcycle Challenger platform.
So much so that Harley-Da
-
vidson x Dynojet Factory Racing
and current number one Kyle
Wyman really didn't get a sniff in
at Daytona, with Hayden Gillim
(J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance &
Hines Factory Indian) and team
-
mate Rocco Landers going 1-2
in the two-lap Challenge race
before the Kentuckian backed
that up in race one with a com
-
manding eight-second win over
the third factory Indian of Troy
Herfoss.
Rounding out the top 10 in the
2026 Daytona 200 was class
debutant Dominic Doyle (Liberty
Yamaha Racing), Blake Davis
(Strack Racing Yamaha), Josh
Hayes (BPR Racing Yamaha),
Ryder Davis (Ducati Pittsburgh/
Mosites Motorsports) and Gus
Rodio (Rodio Racing Ducati).
As the Daytona 200 is now a
points-paying race, Herrin leads
the way on 25 to Scott's 20 and
Yaakov's 16.
Mission King
of The Baggers
The opening round of the 2026
Mission King of The Baggers
series gave indications it will
ROUND 1 / MARCH 5-7, 2026
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY / DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA AMA/FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
P90
Troy Herfoss (17)
took the second
King of the Baggers
race win, but the
rider of the weekend
was Hayden Gillim
(69), who would
have made it a clean
sweep if his Indian
Challenger hadn't
given up the ghost
in race two.
