Patricia Fernandez Is The Only Woman Racing Baggers
Image: Indian Motorcycles / Justin George
Racing baggers was laughed off as a one-time thing by many motorcycle folks, racers and street riders alike, but it has come a long way in just a few months. What was once a single-race invitational during the MotoAmerica weekend at Laguna Seca last year has evolved into two major national series in 2021. And for good reason, it whips all kinds of ass. Major factory efforts and seriously qualified riders have joined the bagger revolution, including the one and only Patricia Fernandez.
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While she got her start riding sport bikes and has never sat in the saddle of a street bagger, she was afforded the opportunity to race a factory-supported Indian Challenger for the Saddlemen team. Saddlemen is an interesting case, because they straddle the brand divide, running a Harley-Davidson for her partner Cory West. Both bikes require different parts and expertise, and everything about
This coming weekend, the Road America track in Wisconsin will be where the second race of the King of the Baggers series will take place. As usual, we’ll only be seeing Harley-Davidson and Indian motorcycles chasing the win, as no other bikes have been enlisted yet, but the show should be spectacular.
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The immense success MotoAmerica’s King of the Baggers competition seems to have has inspired others into creating other, perhaps even more exciting such events. The most recent is the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association’s (AHRMA) annuncement for a new bagger class. 1 photo
But there’s an even bigger, more important such event coming our way: the Bagger Racing League (BRL). The series is scheduled to kick off in Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 25, with the Drag Specialities Battle of the Baggers.
Unlike King of the Baggers, which comes as a single race part of a larger weekend event, BRL is solely dedicated to baggers. Most importantly, with a little more than a month left until the start of the season, the organizers have announced the rules and regulations, but also the officials who will be overseeing the whole show.