Harley-Davidson® x Dynojet Factory Race Team rider Bradley Smith makes debut at Daytona

Posted on Mar 10, 2025 by George Penny

Harley-Davidson® x Dynojet Factory Race Team rider Bradley Smith made a successful debut at Daytona International Speedway for the opening rounds of Mission King of the Baggers. Racing his HD Road Glide which carried the all-new team livery, but it was his teammate Kyle Wyman who had the perfect race weekend.

Wyman led all Mission King of the Baggers qualifiers with a new lap record time of 1:49.383 around the 3.56-mile, 12-turn Daytona International Speedway road course. In first action with the Harley-Davidson® x Dynojet Factory Race Team, former MotoGP rider Bradley Smith qualified fourth, while teammate James Rispoli qualified fifth. Wyman won the two-lap Mission King of the Baggers Challenge race on Saturday, ahead of second-place Rispoli by 0.238 seconds.

Wyman led the 13-bike field at the start of the first eight-lap Mission King of the Baggers race on Friday. In the first turn, Rispoli and S&S/Indian Motorcycle rider Loris Baz touched wheels and both riders went off the course and did not return to the race. Wyman turned a blistering opening lap at 1:49.672 to open a gap on S&S/Indian Motorcycle rider Troy Herfoss and Smith. Herfoss left the track on lap 4 and was able to continue. Wyman crossed the finish line 2.602 seconds clear of second-place Smith. Cam Petersen was third on the SDI Racing Indian.

On Saturday, Wyman, Herfoss, Rispoli, and Baz paced the field at the start of the race, with Wyman and Herfoss trading the lead multiple times. Rispoli ran off track in the infield portion of the track on lap 5 and was unable to continue. Wyman and Herfoss raced wheel-to-wheel in the closing three laps. Wyman took the lead on the final lap as the riders entered the high-bank oval portion of the track and then used a great drive out of the backstraight chicane to open a gap on Herfoss with Wyman and his Harley-Davidson® Road Glide® crossing the finish line 0.056 seconds ahead of Herfoss. Baz finished third, 0.884 seconds behind Wyman.

After 2 of 14 rounds in the 2024 MotoAmerica Mission King of the Baggers series, Wyman leads in series points with 50, followed by Herfoss with 28 points, Smith with 26, S&S/Indian rider Tyler O’Hara with 23, TAB Performance Indian rider Kyle Ohnsorg with 22, RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Rocco Landers with 20, and Saddlemen Racing Performance rider Jake Lewis with 19 points.

The Harley-Davidson® x Dynojet Factory Race Team returns to action May 2-4 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia.