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By David Swarts

Several of the AMA factory teams are displaying interest in young Australian racer Jamie Stauffer following his impressive performance at Daytona.

Stauffer, 23, was fast in most practice sessions and in qualifying at Daytona before finishing seventh in the Supersport final on a privateer Yamaha YZF-R6 he built. Stauffer says he was contacted after the Daytona event by several of the AMA factory teams who displayed interest in working with him on a variety of levels.

“They are talking about helping me with parts and bikes, and some are talking about maybe having me join their team,” said Stauffer Friday before adding that the Yamaha factory team gave him some parts for his R6 in the week prior to the Fontana race.

But the factory teams want to see Stauffer repeat his Daytona performance before they talk contracts.

“They want to make sure that it wasn’t a fluke,” said Stauffer.