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Roberto Panichi of Italy was leading when the BMW BoxerCup race was red-flagged on the 8th of 13 laps at Daytona. The running order on lap 7 will be used to set the grid for a 5-lap restart.

The race featured a huge lead pack, with riders often heading into turn one 4 and 5 wide.

The race was stopped due to a crash in turn 6, leading up onto the banking, which left a rider stuffed up underneath the Airfence Bike with a machine on the track.

A few laps earlier, American Steve Atlas crashed and was transported directly to Halifax Medical Center.

Jason Perez will not make the restart because his BMW was too heavily damaged when he was rammed from behind before the red flag.

Running order at end of lap 7:

1. Markus Barth, Germany
2. Guillaume Dietrich, France
3. Roberto Panichi, Italy
4. Fernando Cristobal, Spain
5. Andy Hofmann, Switzerland
6. Brian Parriott, USA
7. Sebastian Legrelle, Belgium
8. Jason Perez, USA
9. Thomas Hinterreiter, Austria
10. Alessandro Tomassoni, Italy
11. Eric Lejeune, Belgium
12. Federico Aliverti, Italy
13. Norbert Rebholz, Germany
14. Peter Ottl, Germany
15. Tripp Nobles, USA