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J&P Cycles is joining the MotoAmerica Mission King of the Baggers series in a big way in 2026 by sponsoring the Indian factory racing team, which will be run by Vance & Hines Racing. The new partnership will combine some historic names in racing with three of the most exciting current racers in the Baggers series.
The three-rider team will be a formidable lineup of 2024 King of the Baggers champion Troy Herfoss, 2023 Baggers champion Hayden Gillim, and Rocco Landers, a multi-time champion in other MotoAmerica classes. For the past two years, J&P's sister company, RevZilla, has sponsored the Vance & Hines team with Gillim and Landers as riders on race-prepped Harley-Davidson Road Glides. For 2026, Vance & Hines switches to running the Indian factory team with Challenger race bikes and the sponsorship switches from RevZilla to J&P Cycles. Other team sponsors are MOTUL, Progressive Insurance, Drag Specialties, and Performance Finance.
The multi-year partnership between Indian and Vance & Hines revives a combination — the Vance & Hines team and the Indian Challenger — that previously won four of the six MotoAmerica King of the Baggers championships since the series was launched in 2020. The announcement was made by Mike Kennedy, who will be the CEO of Indian Motorcycle next year once the sale of the company by Polaris to the new ownership, Carolwood LP, is completed in the first quarter of 2026.
"Indian Motorcycle is entering a new era in its historic journey in 2026, and the first place we plan to prove it is on the racetrack," said Kennedy. "This partnership is a reminder of what American performance looks like when you refuse to back down."
The multi-year agreement between Indian Motorcycles and Vance & Hines brings together some historic names in U.S. motorcycling, as well as some strong current talent. In addition to their past MotoAmerica championships, Herfoss, Gillim, and Landers finished third, fourth, and seventh in the King of the Baggers standings this year. Racing was a part of Indian's history from its founding in 1901 and its dominant teams in Grand National racing in the 20th century were the first to earn the "Wrecking Crew" name. Vance & Hines has been running successful race teams and winning championships in multiple disciplines since 1979. J&P Cycles was founded in 1979 by Hall of Famer John Parham and his wife, Jill, who began by selling products out of a van at swap meets and built a thriving national aftermarket parts company.
"The King of the Baggers series is one of the most exciting and popular things to come along in the V-twin world in recent years," said Zack Parham, CEO of J&P parent company Comoto. "I can't think of a better way to show our commitment to V-twin motorcycle riders than to partner with a proven, championship-winning team like Vance & Hines — founded the same year my parents started J&P Cycles — to back the latest version of the famed Indian Wrecking Crew factory race team.
The first race of the 2026 Mission King of the Baggers series takes place at Daytona International Speedway the weekend of March 5 to 7 during Daytona Bike Week.
