Daytona

[SPman]

Well, its the annual speedweek at Daytona, Florida. Who's going to win the Daytona 200 this weekend? My pick would be Matt Mladin, now he's on a GSXR 1000. Apparently is putting out just over 200 bhp! Should be just the stuff - he was good on a 750 (AMA champ 3 times), but apparently he LOVES the 1000! Should be a good race:bigthumb:

(gratuous violence R6 style!)

 

[SPman]

<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Honda's Miguel DuHamel won the 62nd Daytona 200, a classic three-way drafting battle for victory. Miguel was in third place leaving the chicane on the last lap but passed both of his teammates, Kurtis Roberts and Ben Bostrom, to earn a masterful win. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN>

<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Bostrom crossed the line second, ahead of Roberts. Suzuki's Aaron Yates was fourth after an inspiring ride on an untamed Suzuki GSX-R1000 that seemingly tried to toss him to the sky the entire race.<o:p></o:p></SPAN>

<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Kawasaki's Eric Bostrom rode a solid race for fifth place.<o:p></o:p></SPAN>

<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Early leader Mat Mladin began to fade around lap ten. He finished in sixth over 1:20 behind the leaders with suspected tire problems. Ben Spies was seventh.<o:p></o:p></SPAN>

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