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Al Salaverria, who charged from 52nd to third in the AMA 250cc Grand Prix race at Daytona, is hoping a continuation of his one-race deal with Shark Energy Drink will keep his AMA comeback going.

Salaverria hadn’t raced in two years when he gridded up at Daytona on his Aprilia RSV250. A string of intermittent bike problems in practice and Salaverria’s qualifying heat race were finally traced to a bad ignition black box the morning of the 250cc final.

Salaverria will know his racing fate later this week or early next week.