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Kirk McCarthy won the AMA Pro Thunder race at Daytona, running out to an almost-12-second lead on an AMS Ducati built by Jeff Nash.

Defending Series Champion Tom Montano raced Mike Ciccotto for second before crashing, picking up his Ducati and finishing sixth.

1. Kirk McCarthy, Ducati
2. Mike Ciccotto, Buell
3. Michael Barnes, Buell
4. Carlos Macias, Ducati
5. Tom Fournier, Ducati
6. Tom Montano, Ducati
7. Ricky Lundgren, Ducati
8. Josh Bryan, Buell
9. Paul Vitale, Ducati
10. Charlie Hewett, Ducati
11. C. Freatman, Ducati
12. Bryan Bemisderfer, Buell
13. Al Charles, Ducati
14. Shawn Higbee, Buell
15. S. Keener, Suzuki