Kyle Wyman Wins XR1200 Race at Daytona

Riding for RMR/Bruce Rossmeyer's Daytona Racing, 21-year-old Kyle Wyman took his first professional road racing win on his Harley-Davidson XR1200 motorcycle in the AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 series season, which opener at Daytona late last week.

Wyman surpassed teammate Chris Fillmore at the finish line by a mere 0.016 second, and came ahead of third place finisher Joe Kopp (Latus Motors Racing) and polesitter Steve Rapp (Parts Unlimited). The top four riders were separated by only 0.136 second at the end of the race.

"Steve drafted me up the inside coming off NASCAR four and dropped all the way down to the yellow line. I tried to get down there and get a little bit of a side draft. My front wheel was still ahead of his rear wheel so there was no way I could get fully behind him, but I got just enough side draft to get a little past him for the win," said Wyman. "It was such a good race. I thought if I was going to be on the podium anywhere with Joe Kopp it would be at the Springfield Mile, but here we are the Speedway. A little different than I pictured it, but it’s awesome."

Wyman's younger brother, Travis Wyman (Harv's Harley-Davidson) finished fifth, at the head of a trio of riders that included Chase McFarland (Latus Motors Racing) and Dave Estok (Black Hills Harley-Davidson), all covered by a 0.139 second gap. Five-time Daytona 200 Winner Scott Russell (HOG Racing) finished 13th.

The next round of the Vance & Hines XR1200 series will be May 12-13 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California.