Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Roger Hayden narrowly beat his teammate Jamie Hacking to take his second consecutive AMA Supersport victory at Daytona International Speedway. Roger Hayden and Hacking broke away from the rest of the field early and ran nose-to-tail for much of the 22-lap race. On the final lap, Hacking had one slight bobble in the infield, and that was enough for Roger Hayden to hold on for the win. Hacking finished second, while Yoshimura Suzuki’s Tommy Hayden pulled away from a multi-rider battle late in the race to claim the final podium position. Pro Honda Oils AMA Supersport Championship Presented by Shoei: Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida March 8, 2007 Provisional Race Results; 1. Roger Hayden (Kaw ZX-6R), 22 laps 2. Jamie Hacking (Kaw ZX-6R), -0.369-second 3. Tommy Hayden (Suz GSX-R600), -12.147 seconds 4. Michael Barnes (Suz GSX-R600), -15.698 seconds 5. Josh Hayes (Hon CBR600RR), -15.762 seconds 6. Ben Attard (Kaw ZX-6R), -19.696 seconds 7. Steve Rapp (Kaw ZX-6R), -19.730 seconds 8. Chaz Davies (Yam YZF-R6), -39.337 seconds 9. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R600), -45.443 seconds 10. Cory West (Yam YZF-R6), -47.122 seconds, crash 11. Josh Herrin (Yam YZF-R6), -56.094 seconds 12. Ryan Andrews (Hon CBR600RR), -56.123 seconds 13. Michael Beck (Suz GSX-R600), -56.129 seconds 14. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R600), -56.135 seconds 15. Jeff Wood (Yam YZF-R6), -56.614 seconds 16. David Anthony (Yam YZF-R6), -56.714 seconds 17. Jeff Tigert (Hon CBR600RR), -67.770 secoonds 18. Tyler McDonald (Yam YZF-R6), -81.337 seconds 19. Ryan Elleby (Hon CBR600RR), -84.444 seconds 20. Mark Crozier (Suz GSX-R600), -85.458 seconds 21. Bobby Fong (Suz GSX-R600), -85.991 seconds 22. Chris Siglin (Suz GSX-R600), -92.116 seconds 23. Shea Fouchek (Hon CBR600RR), -93.453 seconds 24. Garrett Carter (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap 25. Bostjan Pintar (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, 9.450 seconds 26. Matt Hall (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, 10.585 seconds 27. Hawk Mazzotta (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, 10.955 seconds 28. Taylor Knapp (Kaw ZX-6RR), -1 lap, 37.830 seconds 29. Don Canet (Hon CBR600RR), -1 lap, 38.198 seconds 30. Bostjan Skubic (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, 38.212 seconds 31. Shane Narbonne (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap, 38.376 seconds 32. Scotty Ryan (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap, 45.269 seconds 33. David Sadowksi, Jr. (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, 47.918 seconds 34. Reno Karimian (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap, 56.423 seconds 35. Michael Pearson (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, 82.424 seconds 36. Michael Murphy (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap, 87.333 seconds 37. C.R. Gittere (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap, 95.808 seconds 38. Jason Temme (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, 95.894 seconds 39. Skip Salenius (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap, 100.693 seconds 40. Spencer Stuart (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, 107.908 seconds 41. Dirk Sanchez (Suz GSX-R600), -2 laps 42. Will Gruy (Yam YZF-R6), -2 laps, 96.667 seconds 43. Eric Pinson (Yam YZF-R6), -2 laps, 110.921 seconds 44. Kenny Carlotta (Suz GSX-R600), -3 laps, DNF 45. Barrett Long (Yam YZF-R6), -3 laps, 126.312 seconds, DNF, mechanical 46. Josh Day (Yam YZF-R6), -4 laps, DNF, mechanical 47. Gary Mason (Hon CBR600RR), -5 laps, DNF, crash 48. Gustavo Laya (Kaw ZX-6RR), -13 laps, DNF, mechanical 49. Ryan Clay (Yam YZF-R6), -14 laps, DNF, crash 50. Dwayne Lang (Kaw ZX-6R), -18 laps, DNF, crash 51. Darren Luck (Suz GSX-R600), -19 laps, DNF 52. Aaron Gobert (Hon CBR600RR), -21 laps, DNF, crash 53. Danny Eslick (Suz GSX-R600, -22 laps, DNF, crash 54. Keith Marshall (Suz GSX-R600), -22 laps, DNF 55. Chris Peris (Yam YZF-R6), DNS 56. Doug Chandler (Hon CBR600RR), DNS 57. Freddi Watz (Yam YZF-R6), DNS 58. Pascal Picotte (Suz GSX-R600), DNS 59. Scott Greenwood (Yam YZF-R6), DNS 60. Matt Layt (Yam YZF-R6), DNS 61. Johnny Rock Page (Yam YZF-R6), DNS 62. Brian Gibbs (Suz GSX-R600), DNS More, from a press release issued by Daytona International Speedway: Ben Spies, Roger Lee Hayden Earn Daytona Victories DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Ben Spies finally broke through the gates of Gatorade Victory Lane at Daytona International Speedway winning the Superstock event on Thursday while Kawasaki’s Roger Lee Hayden outlasted his teammate Jamie Hacking to win the Supersport. Spies broke away from Yamaha’s Ben Bostrom and M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Geoff May to win by a margin of 2.861 seconds. It was his first career AMA victory at “The World Center of Racing.” The Longview, Texas native earned his fourth career Superstock victory and the 15th Daytona Superstock victory for Suzuki. “We’ve always been so close at Daytona,” Spies said. “It feels good to finally get one.” Spies’ work at DIS is not done yet. He will start from the pole in Saturday’s AMA Superbike Opening Round, which will start at 11:15 a.m. “I definitely want to win on the Superbike,” Spies said. “I’m back as the champion and that’s important. It’s not going to be an easy race to win, but the pressure is going to be lifted a little bit, having won here. The Superbike race is a totally different deal, and I’m not really worried about it right now. I’m just happy to get a race win for Suzuki in Superstock.” In Thursday’s finale in the Supersport, Roger Lee Hayden and Jamie Hacking were able to break away from the field in the 22-lap event. On the last lap, Hacking was setting Hayden for a late pass but Hayden was able to break away to hold onto the victory. “My only thought in my head was to do the best last lap I did all day,” Hayden said of the last lap. “I felt pretty good that last lap.” The Daytona Supersport victory was Roger Lee Hayden’s second straight and he now joins Miguel Duhamel as the only back-to-back winners in the event. For Hacking, it was his fourth Daytona Supersport runner-up finish and sixth overall Daytona runner-up finish. “It’s hard to run down a motorcycle that is as fast as yours,” said Hacking, who slipped up on the last lap and lost some momentum. Rounding out the podium was Tommy Hayden, who is in his first season with Yoshimura Suzuki. Tickets for Daytona 200 Week By Honda events are available online at www.racetickets.com or by calling 1-800-PITSHOP. More, from a press release issued by Dunlop: Dunlop Motorcycle Tires race report: 2007 AMA Superbike Series, round one, Daytona International Speedway Daytona, Fl. — March 8, 2007 — The 2007 AMA Superbike Championship Series kicked off in dazzling form today as Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies took his first-ever win at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) on a Superstock-spec GSX-R1000 and Kawasaki Road Racing’s Roger Lee Hayden nabbed his second consecutive Supersport win at DIS on a ZX-6R. Spies, coming off his 2006 Superbike championship-winning season, started 2007 where he left off last fall with a record-setting 1:38.355 pole position time on Wednesday afternoon. Out of Superstock competition since 2004, Spies’ qualifying performance came on a Dunlop N-Tec™ rear tire and smashed the previous year’s mark by 1.776 seconds. In the race, Spies sped to the front and held the position until lap four. Spies then followed the M4 Emgo Suzuki of Geoff May until lap 10, when he passed May at the start-finish line and sped away to a comfortable 2.86 second win. Graves Motorsports Yamaha’s Ben Bostrom, who ran a close third for most of the race, took over second on lap 11 and finished in that position. “I can’t say enough about the Dunlop tires,” said Spies. “That’s why I could do a :38 in qualifying and a pretty quick lap late in the race.” Indeed, Spies’ fastest lap of 1:39.089 came on the 12th circuit of the 13-lap competition. His win was the fourth Superstock victory of his career and the 15th for Suzuki at DIS. It was also a very good showing for Dunlop, whose riders snagged six of the top 10 finishing positions. Superstock Results: Dunlop finishers in the Top 10 1. Ben Spies – Suzuki 2. Ben Bostrom – Yamaha 4. Aaron Yates – Suzuki 5. Danny Eslick – Suzuki 7. Blake Young – Suzuki 10. John Haner – Suzuki Roger Lee Hayden’s .369-second Supersport triumph led a Dunlop podium sweep as teammate Jamie Hacking and Yoshimura Suzuki’s Tommy Hayden finished second and third, respectively””the identical finishing order from 2006. Roger Lee trailed Hacking (last year’s class champion and the pole-sitter with a time of 141.801) for the first three laps but when he took the lead on lap four he was unchallenged to the end of the 22-lap affair. “I could see Jamie, I could see his shadow on every lap going into turn one,” said Hayden of his 12th career Supersport victory. “The team did an awesome job, my Dunlop tires were great today.” While Hacking was never more than a half-second back, Tommy Hayden, Roger Lee’s older brother, had to fight his way through a pack of riders from as far back as eighth position. In the process he set the fastest lap of the race on his N-Tec tire with a time of 141.946. Overall, Dunlop’s riders took five of the top 10 positions. Supersport Results: Dunlop finishers in the Top 10 1. Roger Lee Hayden – Kawasaki 2. Jamie Hacking (Kawasaki) 3. Tommy Hayden (Suzuki) 5. Josh Hayes (Honda) 8. Chaz Davies (Yamaha) The series takes a breather on Friday as the AMA Supercross series queues up for the day’s entertainment. The road racing action resumes Saturday as Spies begins the defense of his Superbike title and Honda Racing’s Miguel Duhamel the Daytona 200 pole-sitter — goes for a record sixth Daytona 200 victory running in the Formula Xtreme class. About Dunlop Tires Dunlop Tires is the largest supplier of original equipment and replacement motorcycle tires in the U.S. and the only manufacturer of motorcycle tires in North America. With North American operations headquartered in Buffalo, NY, Dunlop has been making and selling high-quality tires in the U.S. since 1923. For more information, please visit www.dunlopmotorcycle.com. More, from a press release issued by Pirelli: Thursday’s AMA Formula Xtreme practice at Daytona International Speedway had Steve Rapp at the top of the time sheets on his Team Attack Kawasaki ZX-6R. Rapp’s time of 1:42.343 was set using 16.5-inch Diablo Superbike Slicks, in a standard race compound, which were the same specs he used during qualifying for the Daytona 200. In Formula Xtreme qualifying, Michael Barnes was the fastest Pirelli rider, earning fifth on the Daytona 200’s grid, with his Team M4 EMGO Suzuki GSX-R600. Attack Kawasaki teammates Steve Rapp and Ben Attard qualified ninth and tenth, respectively, with privateers Cory West and Barrett Long setting the 12th and 13th fastest times on their Yamaha YZF-R6s. The battle for the win in the AMA Superstock race was between Geoff May, on his Pirelli Diablo Superbike Slick-shod Team M4 EMGO Suzuki GSX-R1000, and Ben Spies. May led six of the race’s 13 laps. By race end the podium was overloaded with Bens, a Bostrom joining in, with Geoff May earning third place on the podium. Finishing a fantastic sixth was Pirelli-rider Chris Ulrich, after recovering from a forced off-track ride on the first lap. The Supersport race had five Pirelli Diablo Supercorsa riders finishing in the top ten. Michael Barnes took fourth for the M4 EMGO Suzuki team, with Ben Attard and Steve Rapp getting sixth and seventh for Attack Kawasaki, while Barnes’ teammate Geoff May took ninth and Team Hunter racer Cory West finished tenth. Barnes, May, and West each ran in third during the race, with West providing additional entertainment by falling, never letting go of his bike, remounting and continuing on, adding less than 30 seconds to his lap time. West, 2004 Superbike Rookie of the Year, is again showing his full promise on his Chuck Giacchetto tuned Yamaha. The Daytona 200 gets the green flag on Saturday at 2:00 pm, with Pirelli showing its best chance of taking the race win.