24 | JUNE 2026 SPECIAL SECTION
Bottom photos courtesy BMW, MotoAmerica, and Red Bull KTM
Top: Teddy Morse’ s Harley-Davidson becomes Destination Daytona during Bike Week. Above, left to right: Reg Pridmore’ s BMW R90S. The Daytona 200 podium, with Kayla Yaakov on the right. Eli Tomac on his Red Bull KTM 450.
Bull KTM Factory Racing’ s Eli Tomac captured his eighth 450 SX victory at Daytona, the most by any competitor at the venue. Hunter Lawrence( Honda) and Ken Roczen( Suzuki) rounded out the podium.
More history was made during the Daytona 200, held on March 7. Eighteenyear- old Kayla Yaakov became the first woman in the 84- year history of the race to stand on the podium. She made a decisive late- race pass to secure 3rd place and write her name in the history books.
“ I just really invested in myself this off- season,” Yaakov said after the race.“ I’ m in the best mindset and condition I’ ve ever been in. I focused on putting myself in the right position and staying calm. It was a great race.”
Multi- time MotoAmerica champion Josh Herrin continued his remarkable run at the Speedway, winning his fourth straight Daytona 200 victory.
BMW also celebrated a historic milestone: the 50th anniversary of Steve
McLaughlin’ s victory in the very first Superbike race at Daytona on March 6, 1976, and Reg Pridmore winning the inaugural AMA Superbike Championship that same year. Pridmore’ s R90S racebike was on display at the Speedway, and Nate Kern’ s R 1300 R wore special livery with McLaughlin’ s“ 83” on the number plates for the opening round of the Super Hooligan series.
Visit OfficialBikeWeek. com for more information. If you can’ t wait until next year, Daytona Beach hosts the 34th annual Biketoberfest on Oct. 15- 18. Visit DaytonaBeach. com / Biketoberfest to learn more.