FIM Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup
Spherical One – COTA
Archie McDonald topped the first-ever official observe session for the brand new FIM Bagger World Cup early within the week however was gazumped for pole on Friday by 29-year-old Eric Granado. The Australian teenager obtained the higher of the Brazilian on Saturday to announce his presence on the world stage in the very best means.
McDonald crossed the road second in Sunday’s follow-up race earlier than a penalty demoted him to 3rd within the ultimate classification. Even so, McDonald left Austin with 41 factors, eight away from Oscar Gutierrez and Jake Lewis, with Eric Granado an additional three factors behind on 30.
Bagger World Cup Race One
Italian Filippo Rovelli had additionally began from the entrance row, however the inaugural opening FIM Bagger World Cup bout shortly grew to become a two-rider affair as Joe Rascal team-mates McDonald and Granado broke away from the sphere.
Whereas each McDonald and Granado reeled off 2m12s, with respective bests of 2m12.605 and 2m12.699, the remainder of the sphere struggled to crank out even a single 2m14s lap.
The Joe Rascal pair simply clicked off lap after lap below the American King of the Baggers lap report.
Granado hounded McDonald from shut astern all through the opening, however Archie seemed in good management. That was till Archie’s rear tyre got here unstuck in dramatic vogue with simply over two laps to go, which opened the door for Granado to take the lead for the primary time.
McDonald recovered effectively to hound Granado, and the Brazilian then made a expensive mistake, dropping the entrance and taking place midway via the penultimate lap.
Archie now had a ten-second lead over American Jake Lewis with solely eight kilometres to run. {The teenager} backed it off slightly on the ultimate lap however nonetheless took the chequered flag slightly below 9 seconds away from Lewis. Rovelli rounded out the rostrum just a few bike lengths additional again.
As Archie had led nearly all of the race, he by no means benefitted from a slipstream and thus recorded the race’s slowest prime velocity of 261 km/h.
If Archie had not already made the established American Bagger pecking order sit up and take discover together with his performances on the check and in qualifying, his title was now on everybody’s lips, with various fairly glad he isn’t racing within the American King of the Baggers Sequence this 12 months!
Bagger World Cup Race One Outcomes
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| 1 | Archie MCDONALD | HAR | 15m36.244 |
| 2 | Jake LEWIS | HAR | +8.759 |
| 3 | Filippo ROVELLI | HAR | +9.655 |
| 4 | Cory WEST | HAR | +13.428 |
| 5 | Travis WYMAN | HAR | +15.605 |
| 6 | Eric GRANADO | HAR | +17.726 |
| 7 | Cody WYMAN | HAR | +18.737 |
| 8 | Oscar GUTIERREZ | HAR | +1m54.605 |
| Not labeled | |||
| Dimas EKKY PRATAMA | HAR | ||
Bagger World Cup Race Two
Sunday’s bout seemed like a case of rinse and repeat, with McDonald once more getting an ideal launch as Granado and the remainder of the pack gave chase in cooler morning situations.
This time Oscar Gutierrez managed to affix the Joe Rascal pair within the 2m12s, and the now 26-year-old ex-Pink Bull Rookie went on to decrease the race lap report on lap 5 to affix the Joe Rascal pairing up entrance. The Spaniard’s 2m12.348s is lower than 5 seconds off the MotoAmerica Superbike race lap report. It was quicker than the quickest Moto3 lap on Sunday, lower than six seconds off racing successful tempo in Moto2, and ten seconds off MotoGP race winner Marco Bezzecchi’s quickest lap on Sunday. That’s not unhealthy going for a 280 kilogram bike pushing over 220 Nm and 200 horsepower via a tall 200/70-17 Dunlop KR108. Poor tyre… No surprise the races have been solely seven laps lengthy, and even then, it was nonetheless a story of tyre administration.
Gutierrez took second place from Granado midway via the competition and instantly began to hound McDonald. The Spaniard took the lead from McDonald with three laps to run to arrange an important three-way tussle over the ultimate 15 kilometres of the race. However Granado couldn’t run with McDonald and Gutierrez, and it got here right down to a two-man combat for victory.
Archie McDonald was then given an extended lap penalty for exceeding monitor limits, however the teen didn’t heed it and battled Gutierrez all the best way to the flag. McDonald put an important transfer up the within on the ultimate activate Gutierrez, nonetheless, the Spaniard obtained the higher drive out to take the victory on monitor by a nostril. An excellent bounce again from Gutierrez after a technical drawback held him again on Saturday.
McDonald was given a three-second penalty for not serving the lengthy lap penalty. That addition noticed him relegated to 3rd place by a fraction, as he crossed the stripe 2.90 seconds forward of Granado.
Regardless of the penalty, McDonald nonetheless left COTA with 41 factors and a nine-point lead within the championship over Gutierrez and Jake Lewis. Throughout the 2 races, McDonald led 10 of the weekend’s 14 laps, received the primary race in decisive fashion, and was crushed on the street within the second by solely Gutierrez, and that margin was solely by 0.030s. That’s some debut…
Bagger World Cup Race Two Outcomes
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Pos |
Rider |
Bike |
Time/Hole |
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1 |
O. Gutierrez |
Har |
15m30.573 |
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2 |
E. Granado |
Har |
+3.020 |
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3 |
A. McDonald |
Har |
+3.030 |
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4 |
J. Lewis |
Har |
+12.183 |
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5 |
F. Rovelli |
Har |
+15.739 |
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6 |
C. West |
Har |
+23.710 |
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7 |
D. E. Pratama |
Har |
+37.938 |
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NC |
T. Wyman |
Har |
1 Lap |
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DNS |
C. Wyman |
Har |
– |
Bagger World Cup Standings
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| 1 | MCDONALD A. | AUS | 25 | 16 | 41 |
| 2 | GUTIERREZ O. | SPA | 8 | 25 | 33 |
| 3 | LEWIS J. | USA | 20 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | GRANADO E. | BRA | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| 5 | ROVELLI F. | ITA | 16 | 11 | 27 |
| 6 | WEST C. | USA | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| 7 | WYMAN T. | USA | 11 | – | 11 |
| 8 | WYMAN C. | USA | 9 | – | 9 |
| 9 | EKKY PRATAMA D. | INA | – | 9 | 9 |
Bagger World Cup Friday Mixed Apply
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Pos |
Rider |
Bike |
Time/Hole |
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1 |
A McDonald |
Har |
2m13.043 |
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2 |
O Gutierrez |
Har |
+0.471 |
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3 |
E Granado |
Har |
+0.703 |
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4 |
D Pratama |
Har |
+1.615 |
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5 |
T Wyman |
Har |
+1.840 |
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6 |
J Lewis |
Har |
+2.228 |
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7 |
C Wyman |
Har |
+2.541 |
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8 |
C West |
Har |
+2.711 |
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9 |
F Rovelli |
Har |
+2.768 |
Bagger World Cup Qualifying Outcomes
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Pos |
Rider |
Bike |
Time/Hole |
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1 |
E Granado |
Har |
2m12.387 |
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2 |
A McDonald |
Har |
+0.417 |
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3 |
O Gutierrez |
Har |
+1.323 |
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4 |
J Lewis |
Har |
+2.140 |
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5 |
T Wyman |
Har |
+2.791 |
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6 |
C West |
Har |
+2.882 |
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7 |
D Ekky Pratama |
Har |
+2.953 |
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8 |
C Wyman |
Har |
+3.703 |
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9 |
F Rovelli |
Har |
+4.064 |
In regards to the Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup
The Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup would be the world’s first international racing sequence devoted solely to high-performance Harley-Davidson bagger bikes, competing as a premier assist championship on choose MotoGP weekends throughout North America and Europe.
Bagger World Cup race bikes are constructed on Harley-Davidson’s Grand American Touring platform, reworked by Harley-Davidson Manufacturing unit Racing into purpose-built competitors machines.
Every race-prepared Harley-Davidson Highway Glide options:
- A Milwaukee-Eight V-Twin 131R race-modified motor
- Function-built chassis, suspension, braking, and electronics packages
- Intensive weight discount and aerodynamic growth
- Efficiency ranges exceeding 200 horsepower, with prime speeds as much as 300 km/h (186 mph)
Bagger World Cup Technical Regulations Here
Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup Calendar
- Austin, USA: March 27–29
- Mugello, Italy: Could 29–31
- Assen, Netherlands: June 26–28
- Silverstone, Nice Britain: August 7–9
- Aragon, Spain: August 28–30
- Pink Bull Ring, Austria: September 18–20
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