DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Mission King Of The Baggers wrapped up final qualifying on Friday with J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian rider Troy Herfoss setting the fastest lap with a 1:50.034 ahead of Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory teammates Bradley Smith in second, and Kyle Wyman third.
The second row was set with the other two J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian teammates Hayden Gillim and Rocco Landers in fourth and fifth, respectively and Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Factory Racing’s James Rispoli sixth, setting the field for the Mission King Of The Baggers Challenge.
The first race of the 2026 MotoAmerica season was the two-lap Mission King Of The Baggers Challenge. The field included five of the six qualified riders as Kyle Wyman, who crashed towards the end of Q2, elected to sit out the Challenge to give his crew time to repair his motorcycle before Race 1.
Hayden Gillim led the five-rider field through the first turn with his J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian teammate Rocco Landers close behind and Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Factory Racing’s James Rispoli in third. Behind Rispoli in fourth was J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian rider Troy Herfoss who unfortunately would low side in the first corner and not finish the race, giving that position to the Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Road Glide of Bradley Smith.
The running order would remain the same for the remainder of the race with the J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indians of Gillim and Landers first and second, and Big Diehl x Harley-Davidsons Factory Racing’s James Rispoli third.
The J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian team is rolling this week at Daytona. After qualifying fastest and winning the Challenge race, Hayden Gillim checked out to win Race 1 by over eight seconds aboard his Indian Challenger. The 31-year-old from Owensboro, Kentucky marked his first win at Daytona International Speedway by and broke Kyle Wyman’s five-race win streak at Daytona.
Behind Gillim in second was his J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian teammate Troy Herfoss. Herfoss battled early with third-place finisher Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Kyle Wyman, who rounded out the podium in third. Wyman had led the field into turn one at the beginning of the race but was passed for the lead on the backstretch and later made a mistake entering the international horseshoe pushing him back to third where he would finish the race.
Wyman’s teammate Bradley Smith would finish fourth after J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian rider Rocco Landers had to retire with an unfortunate mechanical. Landers was closing in on the podium battle but had to lean his Indian Challenger against the wall for a heartbreaking DNF.
Supersport Q2 – Riders Up The Pace Eyeing A Spot In Supersport Time Attack
Today’s Q2 session was vital for any riders looking to improve their starting positions. The Q2 session itself was hotly contested as the top 12 move on to a 15-minute Time Attack session to determine the final running order.
Twins Cup Race 1 at Daytona kicked off with a clean start, as the entire field safely navigated turn one. On the opening lap, M4 ECSTAR Suzuki teammates Bodie Paige and Michel Agazzi surged to the front on their Suzuki GSX-8Rs. The draft was an immediate factor as Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane slipstreamed past them at the stripe, only to lose the lead to Robem Engineering Aprilia’s Hank Vossberg heading into the first turn.
By the backstretch, Vossberg established his rhythm, pulling M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bodie Paige with him as they cleared the Bus Stop chicane. As they crossed the line for lap three, the duo successfully gapped the pursuing pack of riders.
From that point on, Robem Engineering’s Vossberg checked out, expanding his lead to over four seconds and leaving the rest of the field to battle for the remaining podium steps.
The fight for second intensified into a three-way slipstream battle between Yamaha’s Drane, M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Paige, and Karns/TST Industries Racing Suzuki GSX-8R rider Isaac Woodworth, who remained locked together. Meanwhile, a second pack formed four seconds behind, with polesitter Ghetto Customs Chris Parrish holding fifth ahead of Karns/TST Industries Racing Suzuki GSX-8R rider Kevin Olmedo, M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Michel Agazzi, and Matthew Chapin.
Robem Engineering Aprilia rider Hank Vossberg dominated the closing stages, taking the checkered flag with a 4.46-second command. Behind him, the battle for the runner-up spot came down to a tactical masterclass by Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane. Drane timed his final draft to perfection, getting a slingshot past Bodie Paige before reaching the tri-oval to secure a hard-fought second place over the M4 ECSTAR Suzuki rider, capping off a three-manufacturer podium with an Aprilia RS 660, a Yamaha YZF-R7, and a Suzuki GSX-8R, respectively.
Race 1 of the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship was the closest race of the Daytona weekend thus far. The top 10 finished the race separated by just three-tenths of a second and maintained a heated drafting battle throughout the entire race.
Saddlemen Race Development’s James Rispoli led the field into the first corner but never had any breathing room at the front of the field. For the entire six-lap contest, the top 10 were constantly swapping positions and drafting around one another on the high banks of Daytona.
The 10-rider pack included the entire Saddlemen Race Development Team of James Rispoli, Cory West, Jake Lewis, and Travis Wyman followed by Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio, BRP Racing Yamaha’s Bryce Kornbau and COATZYMOTO-LATIN WE Yamaha’s Robertino Pietri.
Capping off the lead group were TopPro Motorsports/Edge Racing’s Jason Waters, followed by BPR Racing Yamaha’s Bryce Kornbau and Trackhouse/Hawk Mazzotta Moto Camp/BLU CRU Yamaha’s Hawk Mazzotta.
As the field came into the chicane on the final lap, the top 10 were still in lockstep, and the typical stall tactics began to see who would lead everyone around the high banks to the finish. As Saddlemen Race Development’s James Rispoli reluctantly entered the chicane, Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio put his Ducati Streetfighter V2 at the front and tried to make a run to the finish.
As the field came into the tri-oval, Saddlemen Racing Development’s trio of Harley-Davidson Pan Americas came with a full head of steam. Cory West was the first of the Saddlemen riders to draft around Rodio before the tri-oval, but West’s teammate James Rispoli made a masterful last-second move at the line to get by his teammate and take the win. Saddlemen Race Development riders Cory West and Jake Lewis rounded out the podium for a Harley-Davidson lockout in a classic Daytona drafting finish.
