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The King of The Baggers race was particularly challenging, as the Baggers have no electronic rider aids, weight 620 pounds and the racers had to wrestle them around on a wet Road Atlanta circuit. Race One runner-up Kyle Wyman said he was at full-lock more than once, and he was a bit of a sitting duck as first-time winner Loris Baz came past on the last lap. MotoAmerica data showed that Baz’ Indian was clocked at 166.7 mph, more than eight miles an hour faster than Wyman’s Harley-Davidson.
Turns 10a and 10b proved to be treacherous for the Superbike riders. Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Cameron Beaubier slid down the road in the rain familiarization session. Warhorse/HSBK’s Josh Herrin sent it through the gravel trap, frustrated because he felt that he was losing the front every time he tried to lean the bike over. And Attack Performance Progressive’s Bobby Fong crashed early in the race, unharmed, re-mounted and raced back to 11th place.
PJ Jacobsen put his experience in wet and mixed conditions to use in the final race of the day, preserving his rain tires on a drying track and blowing past leader Jake Lewis to take the Supersport win. Jacobsen said afterward that he could have closed the gap to Lewis earlier, but chose to wait for until the last lap to make sure he could make a decisive move that would stick.
Andrew Lee was emotional after the Stock 1000 win on Saturday. His last MotoAmerica race win was in 2019.
Jake Lewis had a pretty good day, even if he was somewhat unhappy about being passed on the last lap of the Supersport race. Lewis finished second in Supersport and won the Super Hooligan race. The only real low point of the day was a mechanical DNF in the King of The Baggers race.
