Daytona 200
History was made at the 84th running of the DAYTONA 200 as Josh Herrin took the checkered flag to become the only rider with four consecutive DAYTONA 200 wins. He also tied DAYTONA 200 legends Scott Russell and Miguel Duhamel for the most DAYTONA 200 victories with each of the three riders winning the “Great American Motorcycle Race” five times.
The 57-lap race drew a red flag on lap two when a rider crashed in the international horseshoe. Once restarted, it ran 56 laps flag-to-flag until the required 200-mile distance was completed. The 2026 DAYTONA 200 required three pit stops from the top finishers, which proved critical in many racers’ results.
D3O M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott finished second after starting from the pole for the third straight year, and more history was made as Kayla Yaakov, at 19 years old, became the first woman to achieve a podium result in the DAYTONA 200.
Yaakov battled with fourth-place finisher Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse HSBK Ducati’s Darryn Binder late in the race and made the pass to put herself on the podium. Binder went on to finish fourth in his first DAYTONA 200.
Daytona 200 rookie Alessandro Di Mario had his Rahal Ducati Moto with Roller Die + Forming Panigale V2 in fifth for most of the race and finished in that position, besting his grid position by one from the start of the race.
The highest-finishing Yamaha YZF-R9 and last rider to finish on the lead lap was Liberty St. Yamaha Racing’s Dominic Doyle, who was 1:40.449 behind in sixth position. Doyle was followed by two more R9s. The Strack Racing Yamaha YZF-R9 of Blake Davis in seventh and BPR Racing Yamaha’s Josh Hayes in eighth.
Rounding out the top 10 were Ducati Pittsburgh/Mosites Motorsports’ Ryder Davis in ninth and Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio in tenth.
The DAYTONA 200 did not go as planned for Rahal Ducati Moto with XPEL rider PJ Jacobsen or Mission M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante. Escalante lowsided his GSX-R750 in the infield and was unable to continue.
As for Jacobsen, he lost the front of his Ducati Panigale V2 while leading the race with eight laps to go. From there, it was smooth sailing for Herrin to mark his fourth-straight, and fifth career DAYTONA 200 win.
Twins Cup
Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane took the win in a photo finish during an abbreviated Twins Cup Race 2 at Daytona. The race was halted on lap one after a crash in the infield brought out a red flag making it a six-lap sprint to the finish.
After the restart, the 15-year-old Australian finished atop a four-way drafting battle to the finish line in the tri-oval. The top four crossed the finish line close enough to cover them all with a blanket. Just 0.01 of a second separated Drane from M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Matthew Chapin in second. Robem Engineering Aprilia’s Hank Vossberg finished third (0.058 of a second behind Drane), and another M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-8R ridden by Bodie Paige was a mere 0.376 of a second behind race winner Drane.
M4 ECSTAR Suzuki rider Michel Agazzi started strong behind his teammate Bodie Paige in second and hung with the lead group until lap three when the frontrunners built a gap of 1.3 seconds, separating the lead group from the pack for the rest of the race. Agazzi would finish fifth in his wild-card appearance, which was awarded to him for winning the GSX-8R Cup in Europe.
Karns/TST Industries Suzuki rider Kevin Olmedo finished sixth followed by the Weyh Racing Aprilia tandem of Eli Block and Andrew Weyh, who finished seventh and eighth, respectively.
TAB Performance’s Kyle Ohnsorg was ninth aboard his Suzuki. Hoban Brothers Racing/Darkhorse Motor Co. Suzuki GSX-8R rider Seth Dahmer, who was involved in the incident that brought out the red flag at the beginning of the race, was able to re-mount and make it back for the restart to finish tenth.
Mission Super Hooligan National Championship
The Saddlemen Race Development Harley-Davidson team was part of another photo finish today in their sweep of the podium at Daytona, and all three riders were separated by just 0.06 of a second at the line. The running order was an exact inversion of the Race 1 finishing order with Jake Lewis in first, Cory West repeating his second-place finish, and James Rispoli dropping back to the third step of the podium.
The lead group developed into a pack of five riders towards the end of the race and came across the line just 0.296 of a second apart as a squad. Andy DiBrino brought his BPR Racing Yamaha across the line in fourth just one-tenth of a second behind the Saddlemen Race Development team. DiBrino looked solid in Race 2 and stayed attached to the lead group for the entire race, even leading a lap early on. Behind him, Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio capped off the lead group. Rodio brough his Ducati Streetfighter V2 across the line in fifth.
Slightly behind the lead group of five was Travis Wyman in sixth on his Saddlemen Race Development Harley-Davidson FXR. Wyman was followed by BPR Racing Yamaha’s Bryce Kornbau on a Yamaha MT-09 SP in seventh and TopPro Motorsports/Edge Racing’s Jason Waters on a Ducati Streetfighter V2 in eighth.
Rounding out the Top 10 for Race 2 were the COATZYMOTO-LATIN WE Yamaha XSR900 of Robertino Pietri and Trackhouse/Hawk Mazzotta Moto Camp/BLU CRU Racing’s Hawk Mazzotta on a Yamaha MT-09 SP.
The competition in the class throughout the first two races has been phenomenal with more lead changes than one can track, and it carries the requirement for a high-resolution camera at the finish line to determine the winner.
Mission King Of The Baggers
J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian rider Troy Herfoss took the win at Daytona aboard his Indian Challenger in Race 2. The Australian Superbike Champion held a slight lead over teammate Rocco Landers, to take his first victory at the “World Center of Racing.” Landers, who suffered a mechanical in Race 1, bounced back for his first podium of the season and made it a J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian one-two punch.
Landers was part of a three-rider group to cross the line just 1/10th of a second apart with the Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing Road Glides of Kyle Wyman and Bradley Smith in third and fourth, respectively.
The lead group was in a race of their own as the remainder of the field was, at minimum, 14 seconds behind. Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Factory Racing ‘s James Rispoli finished in fifth followed by SDI Racing’s Tyler O’Hara on an Indian Challenger in sixth.
Saddlemen Race Development teammates Jake Lewis and Cory West were seventh and eighth, with Hayden Gillim’s J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian Challenger in ninth. Gillim, who won Race 1 by over eight seconds, was leading by over two seconds again. The Kentuckian would suffer a mechanical “gremlin” with two laps to go. Exiting the first part of the international horseshoe, Gillim threw his hand up and fell off the pace. There were no visible signs of damage to the motorcycle and, after a few turns, he was back up to speed, but he had dropped all the way to ninth, which is where he finished.
Rounding out the field in 10th was M3/Tobacco Road Harley-Davidson’s Max Flinders on his Harley-Davidson Road Glide. The next Mission King Of The Baggers round takes place at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta on April 17-19.
Friday Daytona 200 Time Attack
As the 15-minute Supersport Time Attack began, all previous lap times for the top 12 riders were reset. The battle for a front-row start intensified as riders broke into the 1:48s for the first time at the event.
Tyler Scott secured pole position for the third year in a row at the DAYTONA 200. The 20-year-old Pennsylvanian has a knack for qualifying here at the “World Center of Racing” and dropped the pace to 1:48.908 in the Time Attack.
The only other rider to drop into the 1:48s was Rahal Ducati Moto with XPEL rider PJ Jacobsen at 1:48.944 with his teammate Rahal Ducati Moto with Desnuda Organic Tequila rider Josh Herrin completing the front row in third with a 1:49.455.
Darryn Binder has been near the front of qualifying all weekend and will start fourth for the DAYTONA 200. The Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse HSBK rider laid down a 1:49.598 on his Ducati Panigale V2. He is followed by Mission Foods M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante in fifth and Rahal Ducati Moto with Roller Die + Forming’s Alessandro Di Mario in sixth with a 1:50.211.
The third row is led by veteran BPR Racing Yamaha rider Josh Hayes in seventh, followed by Rahal Ducati Moto with Droplight’s Kayla Yaakov in eighth and Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse HSBK’s Wristin Grigg in ninth.
Rounding out the Supersport Time Attack is an all-international fourth row of Team Classic Suzuki’s Danny Webb from the UK in 10th, Liberty Yamaha Racing’s Dominic Doyle from South Africa in 11th, and PHR Performance Triumph’s Peter Hickman from the UK in 12th.
The field is set for the 84th running of the Great American Motorcycle Race on March 7 at the “World Center of Racing.”
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.
Mission King Of The Baggers Race 1
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.
Rounding out the rest of the field were Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Factory Racing James Rispoli in fifth, SDI Racing’s Tyler O’Hara in sixth, Saddlemen Racing Development teammates Jake Lewis and Cory West in seventh and eighth, and M3/Tobacco Road Harley-Davidson’s Max Flinders in ninth.
Twins Cup Race 1
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.
Mission Super Hooligan National Championship
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.
The post-race lap charts show a different leader for all but two of the laps, and the only rider to lead more than one lap was Saddlemen Race Development’s Cory West in laps three and five.
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.
Thursday Daytona 200
Rahal Ducati Moto with XPEL rider PJ Jacobsen topped the first qualifying session for the 84th running of the Daytona 200. The 32-year-old Jacobsen laid down the fastest lap with a 1:49.359 on just his seventh lap of the session, and it stood the test of time. Jacobsen looks to carry that momentum into tomorrow’s Q2 and a spot in the Supersport Time Attack.
Jacobsen currently holds the provisional pole over D3O M4 ECSTAR Suzuki rider Tyler Scott, who has started on the pole at the DAYTONA 200 for the past two years in a row. Scott is currently sitting within 0.188 seconds of Jacobsen with a lap time of 1:49.547.
Celtic/Economy Lube + Tire/Warhorse HSBK Ducati rider Darryn Binder completes the provisional front row with a 1:49.942 lap time. The former MotoGP rider looked immediately comfortable on the Daytona banks and has aligned himself with the pace almost immediately. In fact, Jacobosen, Scott, and Binder were the only riders to dip below the 1:50 mark in the first qualifying session and are separated by about half a second altogether.
Richie Escalante’s M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSXR-750 sits fourth after the first session and was the only rider in the one-minute-fifty range with a 1:50.538.
Daytona 200 rookie Alessandro Di Mario is sitting fifth after Q1 aboard his Rahal Ducati Moto with Roller Die + Forming Ducati Panigale V2. The 17-year-old rookie set his fastest time of 1:51.441 on his 13th lap of the session.
Liberty Yamaha Racing’s Dominic Doyle is sixth and is the top-ranking YZF-R9 thus far. Doyle is followed by Rahal Ducati Moto with Droplight’s Kayla Yaakov in seventh, and Rahal Ducati Moto with Desnuda Organic Tequila’s Josh Herrin in eighth.
Danny Webb aboard the Team Classic Suzuki GSXR-750 is ninth with Strack Racing’s Blake Davis rounding out the top 10 with a 1:51.901 lap time.
The qualifying session was marred by two red flags. The first was shown with approximately 18 minutes remaining after Brenden Ketelsen went down while exiting the international horseshoe. The final red flag occurred with one minute and 55 seconds left when Davey Todd crashed. The session was ended since the riders would likely not have had enough time to complete their out-lap before the qualifying clock expired.
The teams and riders will certainly aim to replicate or boost their results for tomorrow’s Qualifying 2. The top 12 from both combined sessions will advance to a 15-minute Time Attack for a more focused qualifying session and a chance to further improve their starting positions.
Thursday Mission King Of The Baggers
The J&P Cycles/Motul/Vance & Hines Factory Indian squad came out swinging in Q1, capturing the top three provisional spots with all riders separated by just three-tenths of a second. Troy Herfoss led the charge for Indian Motorcycle with a fast lap of 1:51.011 and is followed closely by his teammates Hayden Gillim in second and Rocco Landers third. All three teammates are separated by just three-tenths around the 3.51-mile Daytona circuit.
Kyle Wyman registered his Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing Road Glide in fourth position with a lap time of 1:51.516 with just one-tenth separating him and his teammate Bradley Smith in fifth.
The final rider to register a time in the 1:51s was SDI Racing’s Tyler O’hara aboard his Indian Challenger.
Behind O’Hara in the 1:52s was TAB Performance’s Kyle Ohnsorg in seventh and Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Factory Racing’s James Rispoli in eight with Saddlemen Race Development’s Cory West and Jake Lewis rounding out the top 10 aboard their H-D Road Glides.
The top five riders from Q1 are separated by just half of a second, which will surely make tomorrow’s Q2 a heated battle for the top starting spot.
Thursday Twins Cup
With a tighter schedule at Daytona, the Twins Cup class is challenged with only one 25-minute qualifying session available to them. This means, if a rider crashes, or simply doesn’t have the feel in Q1, there is no Q2 session to improve their grid position.
Ghetto Customs team owner/rider Chris Parrish took full advantage of the limited qualifying time. The 49-year-old Tennessean laid down a 1:57.625 lap aboard his Aprilia RS 660 on his ninth lap of the session. In fact, the winner of the very first Twins Cup Championship in 2018 was the only rider to record a time below 1:58 in the session.
Lining up next to Parrish in second will be Twins Cup rookie and M4 ECSTAR Suzuki rider Bodie Paige. Paige’s 1:58.430 lap time was just fast enough to start one step ahead of Karns/TST Industries Racing Suzuki GSX-8R rider Isaac Woodworth, who completes the front row of the grid.
Twins Cup rookie Michel Agazzi was fourth-fastest aboard his M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-8R with a 1:58.648 lap time. The Italian, Agazzi, is competing in his first MotoAmerica Twins Cup race after winning the GSX-8R cup this past summer, and he already looks to be getting comfortable at Daytona.
Completing the second row of the grid are Sam Drane aboard the Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing YZF-R7 in fifth position, and M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-8R rider Matthew Chapin in sixth.
Thursday Mission Super Hooligans National Championship
Defending champion James Rispoli kicked off the 2026 Mission Super Hooligan National Championship season by grabbing pole -position at Daytona International Speedway. His 1:52.991 lap narrowly edged out Saddlemen Race Development teammate Cory West by a razor-thin 0.054 seconds.
Andy DiBrino broke up the Saddlemen stronghold, placing his BPR Racing Yamaha in third. The shuffle pushed the third Saddlemen rider, Jake Lewis, down to fourth.
Rounding out the top six were Venezuelan Robertino Pietri in fifth—debuting the COATZYMOTO-LATIN WE Yamaha XSR900—and Bryce Kornbau, who secured sixth on a second BPR Racing Yamaha MT-09.
Rounding out the top 10 on day one are Jason Waters and his TopPro Motorsports/Edge Racing Ducati Streetfighter V2, the Trackhouse/Hawk Mazzotta Moto Camp/BLUCRU Yamaha MT-09 of Hawk Mazzotta and Rodio Racing’s Gus Rodio in ninth, and Saddlemen Race Development’s Travis Wyman in 10th.
The field is set for tomorrow’s Race 1 and, with all the top 10 qualifiers within one-second of each other, the stage is set for an epic Daytona battle.
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