RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson’s Hayden Gillim and SDI Racing’s Cameron Petersen renewed their battle from the day prior in Sunday afternoon’s Mission King Of The Baggers season finale, with Petersen turning the tables on Saturday’s winner Gillim.
Petersen’s win, by .208 of a second over Gillim, was the perfect ending for an imperfect season for the SDI team and its South African rider. Plagued by mechanical issues for much of the season, Petersen and the team have started to hit their stride in the closing stages, and winning the season finale was the perfect finish for the squad.
The victory was Petersen’s first in the Mission King Of The Baggers Championship,
Coincidentally, Gillim and his V&H crew also started slowly to the season only to turn things around towards the three-quarter mark. Gillim’s podium finish was his fourth of the season, with three of those podiums coming via victories.
The third rider on Sunday’s podium was defending series champion Troy Herfoss, with the Australian also suffering through a mostly miserable season on the S&S Indian Challenger.
All three ended on a high, however, and all three are likely returning to the King Of The Baggers class in 2026.
Fourth place went to Herfoss’ teammate Loris Baz, with the Frenchman just a bit under a second ahead of newly crowned Mission King Of The Baggers Champion Kyle Wyman. Wyman’s Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing teammate James Rispoli was sixth. The battle for seventh went the distance with S&S Indian Motorcycle’s Tyler O’Hara narrowly defeating Bradley Smith.
TAB Performance Racing’s Kyle Ohnsorg and Saddlemen Race Development’s Jake Lewis rounded out the top 10.
With Wyman a runaway championship winner, Baz ended up second, 11 points ahead of teammate Herfoss. Gillim and O’Hara rounded out the top five.
“Honestly, I think I got a little bit lucky,” Petersen said. “Hayden (Gillim) made the mistake coming out of turn five there and just opened the door just enough for me to think about it. At that point, I knew I had to go for it no matter what. It was pretty close. As soon as I got on the gas and came out the corner, I was pretty happy. Going in there when I was underneath him the front was making all kinds of shapes and was pretty close to going down and taking both of us out. Just so stoked. Like Hayden said, we were kind of in the same boat. A couple races into the season already we were ready to give up on the Bagger racing. Such a tough season. I think up until Ohio, I finished two races and just was lacking a lot of seat time. I think it’s pretty massive for the team to finish off the season like this and at least give them a taste of what it’s like and where the program should have been all season. I think it’s very, very capable. The bikes good. The crew that works on the bike and gets everything going are unbelievable. So, it’s just nice to finish off like we did for those guys. Hopefully it gives them some motivation to come back next year and keep pushing at this thing.
“Got off to a pretty good start again and just got smart going into turn one. Got stuck behind Kyle (Wyman) in the beginning there. The Harley, at least that bike, it’s got some legs on it, so I struggled to get by in the first couple laps. Once I did, Hayden had a pretty big gap. I thought I wasn’t going to be able to catch him. We’d been pretty damn similar all weekend. I just hit my marks, put my head down and slowly but surely, I got onto the back of him. I’m so stoked to get this done, especially after tipping off early on the Supersport bike. I didn’t want to end the season off like that. I would have had to think about it for a while. This kind of takes it out of my head. I can go enjoy this feeling. Just stoked to get a win. I think I said yesterday that this would have been the first season since 2020 that I hadn’t won a race. So, to get it done in the last race of the season, I’m pumped. Keep the streak going and then look forward to next year. Hopefully, we can come back and hit the ground running, kind of start off where we finished this season.”
SC-Project Twins Cup – Good Morning!
Robem Engineering’s Hank Vossberg scored his first-career SC-Project Twins Cup victory on Sunday morning at NJMP, with the 15-year-old coming out on top of a four-rider battle that went to the bitter end. The win also vaulted Vossberg to third in the final championship point standings.
The four riders – Vossberg, Karns/TST Industries’ Levi Badie, Bad Boys Racing’s Avery Dreher, and RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki’s Matthew Chapin – battled for all 11 laps of the race and the foursome crossed the line with just .665 of a second covering all four, with Vossberg .439 of a second ahead of Badie.
Vossberg crossed the line just .038 of a second ahead of Badie.
The four all took turns at leading at some point in the race with Saturday’s winner Chapin doing most of the leading. Vossberg got the lead late and Chapin got the worst of the four in the exchange with lapped riders on the last lap. Vossberg rode an intelligent last few laps and his first victory in the class was his.
“It means a lot to me,” Vossberg said. “Going into this season, I didn’t think I’d have a contention in the top three of the championship. Getting on the box my first weekend at the Ridge was more than a dream come true. I just can’t give it up to the team enough for giving me such an amazing bike to ride, and Aprilia Americas for bringing it out. We go ride for them tomorrow (an Aprilia track day). Everyone else that’s helped me. HJC Helmets, and Alessandro Di Mario for being such a great teammate. It was just an amazing ride. Thank you, everyone.”
Robem’s Alessandro Di Mario, who wrapped up the Twins Cup title at Circuit of The Americas, finished seventh in the season finale.
Di Mario ended up 97 points ahead of Chapin with Vossberg snatching third in the title chase from Dreher by six points. Badie rounded out the top five in the championship.
Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul – Vossberg x 2
Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Hank Vossberg had a very good Sunday at NJMP with the teenager winning the finales of both the SC-Project Twins Cup and the Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul.
Yamaha BLU CRU Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane made Vossberg work for the victory, with the Australian pressuring the Wisconsinite for the full 13 laps, only to come up .039 of a second short.
Bettencourt Racing’s Nathan Bettencourt was third with Royalty Racing’s Carson King just behind him in fourth.
Australian Jake Paige ended his first weekend of Talent Cup racing by rounding out the top five on the Team Roadracingworld.com Krämer. Paige’s older brother, Bodie, was 10th after crashing and remounting.
With Alessandro Di Mario wrapping up the title two weeks ago at Circuit of The Americas, second place ended up going to Vossberg by just a point over Drane. Bodie Paige ended up fourth with MP13 Racing’s Ella Dreher rounding out the top five.
“Off the start, there was like five of us going at it,” Vossberg said. “I’ve got to give props up to Sam (Drane) He was keeping me honest the whole race, pushing. Had a couple moments out there and just had to remind myself it’s the last race of the season. Don’t want to go total a bike. Can’t thank the team enough, the whole Tytlers Cycle Racing crew gave me an amazing bike to ride. Dunlop Tires, HJC Helmets for all the help. See if we can go and do it in Spain.”
Motovation Supersport – Scholtzy Again!
Strack Racing’s Mathew Scholtz completed his perfect weekend in the Motovation Supersport class with his second win in two days. This one was pure domination by Scholtz, with the South African winning by some 14 seconds.
The newly crowned two-time Supersport Champion was rewarded with the announcement from his team owner Peter Strack that the team will field Scholtz in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship in 2025.
Second place on Sunday at NJMP went to Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott, who got the better of Scholtz’s teammate Blake Davis by .013 of a second.
Rahal Ducati Moto w/XPEL’s PJ Jacobsen concluded his 2025 season with a fifth-place finish. Jacobsen topped 3D Motorsports’ Brandon Paasch by just .031 of a second.
BPR Racing Yamaha’s Josh Hayes was also in the battle for fourth, with the four-time AMA Superbike Champion .064 of a second behind Paasch.
Bauce BARTCON Racing’s Joseph LiMandri Jr., Rahal Ducati Moto w/Roller Die’s Corey Alexander, Altus Motorsports’ Jake Lewis and his teammate Torin Collins rounded out the top 10.
When all was said and done, Scholtz won the championship by 58 points over Jacobsen with Davis third, Scott fourth and Cameron Petersen, who crashed out of second place today, was fifth.
“No, I didn’t drink anything last night but I’m going to aggressively smash some beers now. It’s been a brilliant season,” Scholtz said. “The (Dunlop) R7 definitely slowed us down slightly. I think I did a 21.5. In the high 21s pretty consistently. I think I could have stayed there for all 19 laps if I really, really had to. The R7 tire definitely wasn’t nearly as good as the R4 on the side. I just kind of figured out where you had to push, where you had to kind of slow down. I think if you tried to get on the gas too quick, too soon, you lost grip very, very quickly out there. So, I just learned to slow the throttle down. Whether it’s the Japanese or the U.S. tire, I think it kind of proved that we were the quickest people here so I’m very happy. Just Peter (Strack) telling me that we got a Superbike ride next year makes me feel great. Obviously, losing my ride at the end of ’23 and moving down to the Supersport class, that kind of killed me slightly, but I think I’ve proven that I deserve to be back up there. So, I’m just super happy. Now just celebrate, go smash some beers and get ready for ’26.”
