Wyman Wins AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 Race at Barber

O’Hara Second as Barnes Takes Third over Estok

KLR Group/Spyke’s Harley-Davidson’s Kyle Wyman won a thrilling back-and-forth contest with Bartels’ Harley-Davidson/Scrubblade rider Tyler O’Hara Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park to earn his second straight AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 series race by a slim 0.047-second margin.

Wyman and O’Hara checked out at the front of the field at the start of the race, with polesitter O’Hara losing the lead to Wyman at the end of the first circuit. O’Hara and Wyman then traded the race lead back and forth over the next three laps, with O’Hara maintaining the front position on laps four through ten until Wyman made his race-winning move on the final trip around the 2.3-mile track.

“It was a lot of fun up front, dicing and battling back and forth with Tyler,” Wyman said. “There were areas he was a little stronger than me and other spots where I was faster. It was a great race; the first I’ve ever won where drafting wasn't a big factor. The last lap set up perfectly. I passed in the Museum Corner and then rode as tight a line as I could the rest of the way in. I didn’t want to give him any space because I knew he’d pass me [back] if he could.

Equally spirited was the three-way race for the third step on the podium that developed between MOB Racing’s Michael Barnes, Deeley H-D’s David Estok and Kuryakyn’s Gerry Signorelli, who worked his way up to fourth on lap nine before crashing out of the race on the penultimate lap. Barnes’ ultimate margin over Estok for third was 0.146 second.

Further back, Benjamin Carlson (Suburban Motors H-D) took the fifth position ahead of Michael Corbino (XP Motorsports/Rossiter’s H-D) and Harv’s Harley-Davidson’s Travis Wyman. Josh Chisum (Bartels’ H-D/Scrubblade), Nicholas Hansen (Suburban Motors H-D) and Brice Cooper (Hoban Brothers/Woodstock H-D) rounded out the top ten.

Final Results:

1. Kyle Wyman (KLR Group/Spyke’s H-D), 7 laps

2. Tyler O’Hara (Bartels’ H-D/Scrubblade), +0.047 second

3. Michael Barnes (MOB Racing), +10.947 seconds

4. David Estok (Ruthless Racing/Deeley H-D Racing), +11.094 seconds

5. Benjamin Carlson (Suburban Motors H-D), +25.380 seconds

6. Michael Corbino (XP Motorsports/Rossiter’s H-D), +26.574 seconds

7. Travis Wyman (Harv’s H-D), +26.594 seconds

8. Josh Chisum (Bartels’ H-D/Scrubblade), +43.565 seconds

9. Nicholas Hansen (Suburban Motors H-D), +1:04.645

10. Brice Cooper (Hoban Brothers/Woodstock H-D), +1:08.007

11. Paul James (Hoban Brothers/Woodstock H-D), +1:10.185

12. Gerry Signorelli (Kuryakyn), -1 lap

13. Ray Delaney (None listed), +1:45.391

14. Shane Narbonne (Suburban Motors H-D), -3 laps, DNF

XR1200 Championship Points

1. O’Hara, 165

2. K. Wyman, 159

3. Barnes, 144

4. Corbino, 89

5. Estok, 88

6. T. Wyman, 79

7. Signorelli, 78

8. D. James, 63

9. Chisum, 62

10. Carlson, 54

The next round of the Vance & Hines XR1200 series is July 9-10 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, which will be the final opportunity to set the top ten competitors who will battle for the XR Showdown over the final four events of the season beginning with the doubleheader at Indianapolis.

Wyman Wins AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 Race at Road America

KLR Group’s Kyle Wyman held off Bartels’ Harley-Davidson/Scrubblade teammates Michael Barnes and Tyler O’Hara Sunday in a classic drafting battle at Road America to earn his second AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 series race win of the season by a 0.157-second margin.

As has become the pattern in recent XR1200 series races, the trio of Wyman, Barnes and polesitter O’Hara set the pace at the front, furiously trading the lead multiple times per lap of the 4-mile-long road course. O’Hara led the first four of the race’s seven laps, if often only briefly by drafting into the lead at the start/finish line. Wyman took over the lap lead on the fifth lap and held it through to the conclusion of the contest.

“I figured out that I was pretty quick in the last few corners of the race track, but very weak in the Carousel, so I figured if I could be out front at the end of the Carousel [on the last lap] I’d be alright to the finish,” Wyman said. “A couple times they drafted me but it was kind of on the fence whether they’d be able to get by me to the [finish] line or not. I knew I could get a good drive out of the last corner so that’s what I wanted to do. I was pretty confident I could make it to the line [first].”

Barnes, who came up just short of his second XR1200 win, noted the importance of last-lap positioning at the draft-heavy track: “I didn’t really have anything in the draft, and that’s what I’m really disappointed about because I felt I had something on the last lap. I got a really good run out of the last corner and I had Kyle set up for a draft [pass]. I had to get around Tylerbecause I didn’t have anything for sitting back in third even to draft into second, so I just took my chances and it kind of paid off 50 percent. I got halfway there.”

Behind the front-running trio, Harv’s Harley-Davidson’s Travis Wyman held off Benjamin Carlson (Suburban Motors H-D) by 0.008 seconds to finish fourth, with Gerry Signorelli (Kuryakyn) and David Estok (Ruthless Racing/Deeley H-D Racing) less than one second behind. XP Motorsports/Rossiter’s H-D’s Michael Corbino and Darren James (Ruthless Racing/Deeley H-D Racing) finished eighth and ninth, with Nicholas Hansen (Suburban Motors H-D) nipping Joseph Rozynski by 0.006 second to round out the top ten finishers.

Final Results:

1. Kyle Wyman (KLR Group/Vesrah), 7 laps

2. Michael Barnes (Bartels’ H-D/Scrubblade), +0.157 second

3. Tyler O’Hara (Bartels’ H-D/Scrubblade), +0.403 second

4. Travis Wyman (Harv’s H-D), +10.437 seconds

5. Benjamin Carlson (Suburban Motors H-D), +10.445 seconds

6. Gerry Signorelli (Kuryakyn), +10.772 seconds

7. David Estok (Ruthless Racing/Deeley H-D Racing), +11.207 seconds

8. Michael Corbino (XP Motorsports/Rossiter’s H-D), +21.391 seconds

9. Darren James (Ruthless Racing/Deeley H-D Racing), +41.683 seconds

10. Nicholas Hansen (Suburban Motors H-D), +57.775

11. Joseph Rozynski (Sound Waves/Kneedraggers.com), +57.881 seconds

12. Brice Cooper (Woodstock H-D/Hoban Brothers), +58.114 seconds

13. Paul James (Hoban Cycle/Woodstock H-D), +58.126 seconds

14. Matthew Heidel (Online Paddock/Down Home H-D), +1:44.274

15. Josh Chisum (Bartels’ H-D/Scrubblade), 1 lap

16. Shane Narbonne (Suburban Motors H-D), DNS

XR1200 Championship Points

1. O’Hara, 138

2. K. Wyman, 129

3. Barnes, 123

4. Corbino, 74

5. Estok, 70

6. Signorelli, 69

7. T. Wyman, 65

8. D. James, 63

9. Chisum, 49

10. Hansen, 41

The next round of the Vance & Hines XR1200 series is June 23-24 at Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds, AL.