Josh Herrin Wins Attrition-Filled Daytona 200 AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Race

Josh Herrin Wins Attrition-Filled Daytona 200 AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Race

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69th Daytona 200 AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Championship Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida March 5, 2010 Provisional Race Results (3.5-mile course, all on Dunlop tires): 1. Josh Herrin (Yam YZF-R6), 57 laps 2. Dane Westby (Yam YZF-R6), -7.964 seconds 3. Steve Rapp (Duc 848), -24.496 4. Danny Eslick (Suz GSX-R600), -40.973 5. Kevin Coghlan (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, crash 6. Cory West (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap, 39.919 seconds 7. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap, -110.590, ran off track 8. Shawn Higbee (Buell 1125R), -1 lap, 114.030, crash 9. Taylor Knapp (Duc 848), -2 laps 10. Eric Wood (Hon CBR600RR), -2 laps, 15.626 seconds 11. Eric Haugo (Yam YZF-R6), -2 laps, 50.989 12. Ryan Patterson (Yam YZF-R6), -2 laps, 76.795 13. Bobby Fong (Duc 848), -2 laps, 77.343 14. Ricky Orlando (Kaw ZX-6R), -2 laps, 100.129 15. Santiago Villa (Suz GSX-R600), -2 laps, 100.244 16. Paul James (Buell 1125R), -3 laps 17. Andrea Padovani (Duc 848), -3 laps, 18.553 18. Alex Lazo (Yam YZF-R6), -3 laps, 31.987 19. Dario Marchetti (Duc 848), -3 laps, 69.585 20. Walt Sipp (Buell 1125R), -3 laps, 69.855 21. John Ashmead (Kaw ZX-6R), -4 laps 22. Roberto Vargas (Kaw ZX-6R), -4 laps, 49.807 23. Kyle Keesee (Kaw ZX-6R), -7 laps 24. Calvin Martinez (Yam YZF-R6), -7 laps, 3.965 25. David Dumain (Yam YZF-R6), -8 laps 26. Melissa Paris (Yam YZF-R6), -10 laps, DNF, crash 27. Brett McCormick (Suz GSX-R600), -26 laps, DNF, crash 28. Kris Turner (Suz GSX-R600), -27 laps, DNF, crash 29. David McPherson (Yam YZF-R6), -28 laps, DNF, crash 30. Barrett Long (Kaw ZX-6R), -33 laps, DNF 31. Michael Barnes (Yam YZF-R6), -36 laps, DNF, mechanical 32. Tommy Aquino (Yam YZF-R6), -40 laps, DNF, mechanical 33. Reese Wacker (Suz GSX-R600), -42 laps, DNF 34. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R600), -42 laps, 5:03.726, DNF, crash 35. Craig Moodie (Yam YZF-R6), -47 laps, DNF 36. Anthony Fania, Jr. (Suz GSX-R600), -49 laps, DNF 37. Fernando Amantini (Kaw ZX-6R), -56 laps, DNF, crash 38. Martin Cardenas (Suz GSX-R600), -57 laps, DNF, crash 39. Clinton Seller (Yam YZF-R6), -57 laps, DNF, crash 40. Josh Day (Yam YZF-R6), -57 laps, DNF, crash 41. P.J. Jacobsen (Suz GSX-R600), -57 laps, DNF, crash 42. Bostjan Skubic (Yam YZF-R6), -57 laps, DNF, crash 43. Russ Wikle (Suz GSX-R600), -57 laps, DNF, crash 44. Mark Crozier (Duc 848), -57 laps, DNF, crash Championship Point Standings: 1. Herrin, 31 points 2. Westby, 25 3. Rapp, 21 4. Eslick, 19 5. Coghlan, 16 6. West, 15 7. May, 14 8. Higbee, 13 9. Knapp, 12 10. Eric Wood, 11 11. Haugo, 10 12. Patterson, 9 13. Fong, 8 14. Orlando, 7 15. Villa, 6 16. James, 5 17. Padovani, 4 18. Lazo, 3 19. Marchetti, 2 20. Sipp, 1 More, from a press release issued by Daytona International Speedway: Graves Motorsports Rider Josh Herrin Wins Daytona 200 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Graves Motorsports’ Josh Herrin held off fellow Yamaha rider Dane Westby to win the 69th Daytona 200 AMA Pro Racing Daytona SportBike event on Friday night at Daytona International Speedway. The 19-year-old rider from Dublin, Ga., received plenty of pressure from the hard-charging Westby, who was riding for Project 1 Atlanta, in the closing laps of the 57-lap event but was able to pull away for a 7.964-second victory. “I just kept putting in the laps and trying to push as hard as I could just to keep (Westby) back and make it as easy as possible at the end and it all paid off,” said Herrin, who finished second in last year’s Daytona 200 to Ben Bostrom. “This shows what you can do with a good bike,” Westby said. “I saw the gap open and close. I thought maybe I had but didn’t want to do something stupid and throw away second.” For Yamaha, it was the manufacturer’s second straight victory in the Daytona 200 and its 20th overall in America’s most historic motorcycle race. Steve Rapp, the 2007 Daytona 200 champion, rounded out the podium on a Ducati. Jake Zemke Sweeps American SuperBike Races DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Jake Zemke continued his impressive debut with Michael Jordan Motorsports giving the NBA legend his second straight American SuperBike win at Daytona International Speedway. Zemke charged past fellow Suzuki rider Tommy Hayden at the finish line by a mere 0.009 seconds. “It was so close,” Zemke said. “I didn’t know who won. I was riding around on that last lap after the checkered flag and I kept looking at the tower looking at the numbers. I’m like mine’s on top but when is it going to change. I couldn’t really celebrate until I got in here (in Gatorade Victory Lane). I still wasn’t sure.” Tommy Hayden, who was runner up in Thursday’s race as well, hoped leading the race was the best position to be in coming to the checkered flag after watching Zemke ride away in the closing laps of Thursday’s race. “I knew Jake was going to be tough again,” Hayden said. “I thought leading was going to be my best bet. I just didn’t have quite enough speed. The race was a couple feet too long for me today.” The top-five motorcycles were separated by less than a second with Ben Bostrom rounding out the podium. Zemke’s teammate Aaron Yates finished fourth with Larry Pegram on a Ducati finishing fifth. After barely missing the victory in the SuperSport race Thursday by .001 seconds, 17-year-old Joey Pascarella dominated Friday’s race leading every lap of the 35-mile race. “We were all riding really good,” Pascarella said. “I just put my head down and rode as hard as I could.” LTD Racing swept the podium with Pascarella’s teammates Jake Gagne and Tomas Puerta finishing second and third. Next up for Daytona 200 Week is the Daytona Supercross By Honda on Saturday. Tickets are available at the gate or by calling 1-800-PITSHOP. Fans can stay connected with Daytona International Speedway on Twitter (www.twitter.com/disupdates) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/DaytonaInternationalSpeedway).

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