Here are the highlights of race two for both the Daytona Sport Bike and Super Bike classes at Infineon Raceway.
Daytona Sport Bike race two is up first.
Ted Rich and David Gavinia were the riders that went down in the accident bringing out the red flag in yesterday's race. What will happen in today's race? Stay tuned. Cameron Beauvier will not race today as his knee which was injured at Daytona is swelling.
At the start, taking the hole shot will be Jason DiSalvo on the Triumph. J.D. Beach is also up at the sharp end. Jake Zempke dumps his Ducati in the first turn. He'll be fine. But, he got right into the dirt going into turn one. That was a complete mistake. He ran out of road. DiSalvo leads Beach and Martin Cardenas with Bobby Fong in fourth place. Corner speed is a big deal with these Daytona Sport Bikes. Another crash. Paul Allison on bike #20 and #72 Bryce Prince. Jason DiSalvo slides wide and J.D. Beach leads. However, there's a red flag. The race will be stopped. Riders have actually been allowed to circulate slowly around the track.
There is a minimum of ten minutes that can be allotted for red flag time. Jake Zemke resumes the race. On the restart, Jason DiSalvo launches into the lead from pole. J.D. Beach is buried unlike the previous start. Meanwhile, Martin Cardenas is seventh or so. Jake Gagne and Joey Pascarello battle. Pascarello is riding hurt. Tommy Hayden is currently fourth. Jake Gagne is also in this scrum. Dane Westby runs behind J.D. Beach. Meanwhile, DiSalvo is gapping the field. Pascarello passes for seventh place. Joey Pascarella is pretty competitive. Westby and Cardenas are behind. Tommy Hayden moves around Jake Gagne.
Tommy Hayden is running well, having won the Superbike class in 2011. If he can win on a Superbike, he can do well on a 600cc bike, too. Cardenas plans to take things easy in the early part of the race. Meanwhile, Bryce Prince passes another bike. Beach has been swamped and Cardenas is on a charge. He's chasing Gagne. Westby and Beach follow. Westby falls down and taps his team mate. He'll be fine and continue. Westby ran into the back of Cardenas decelerating from 100 miles an hour to 30 miles an hour. Pascarella and Hayden battle. Hayden will be in pursuit of Jason DiSalvo's Triumph Triple.
DiSalvo has a 2.7 second lead running a 1:38.9 lap time on lap eight of 22. So, close to halfway. Cory West, J.D. Beach and Bobby Fong all battle. Beach is eighth. Fong passes Jake Gagne. He's now fifth. Cory West's Suzuki is also flying. J.D. Beach also passes Gagne. He's sinking like a stone. Bobby Fong is riding an underpowered bike, but he's still working hard to make a point. Fong has won one race. He's racing a Yamaha. Cory West leads J.D. Beach as the race is two laps from halfway.
J.D. Beach does both road racing and flat track dirt racing. Meanwhile, Tommy Hayden is under attack from Joery Pascarella and Martin Cardenas as DiSalvo is racing into the sunset. Cardenas is the points leader right now. Pascarella is fading as he's injured. His shoulder is bothering him. Meanwhile, halfway through the race, Cardenas is losing ground, too. DiSalvo marches on in the lead. Jake Gagne is officially out of this race. Cardenas passes Tommy Hayden. DiSalvo's lead is 5.2 seconds right now.
The battle for second, third, and fourth continues. Tommy Hayden has a slight slip up in turn eleven. Just seven laps remain in the race. Hayden of course is filling in for Garrett Gerlach who crashed heavily in practice at Daytona. Six laps remain in this race. Frankie Garcia on a lapped bike, moves over. DiSalvo has clear race track. It's his race to lose. But, Martin Cardenas is closing by half a second a lap. Garcia maybe slowed DiSalvo down, or, Cardenas is booking it. He's the only rider in the 1:39 range. He ran a 1:39.2 while DiSalvo is in the 1:40 bracket. He runs a 1:39.7.
Martin Cardenas is now out in a big crash. Into the esses, he loses the front end of the bike, spearates from it and the bike somersaults over the tire barrier. Yikes! That Suzuki GSX-R 600 is totaled. Three laps to go in this race now. Joey Pascarella is now on the podium at the expense of Cardenas. Cory West and Bobby Fong battle for fourth. J.D. Beach lurks behind Fong. Michael Beck and Benny Solis round out the top ten with two laps left. It's the last lap for DiSalvo on his Triumph Triple. This will be the first win for Triumph in AMA Pro Racing for Triumph in the Daytona Sport Bike division. DiSalvo wins it!
#40 Jason DiSalvo Triumph
In the battle for fourth place, Cory West holds fourth with J.D. Beach fifth and Bobby Fong, sixth.
The Superbike division race is on deck.
Steve Rapp will not start this race after an incident in yesterday's race. He broke his wrist and will be out of action for anywhere from six weeks to two months.
The bikes are on their formation lap. The riders form up for a start. Stefan Nabel is needing a backup bike. He will have to join the field from the pits. At the start, Josh Hayes leads into corner number one as Roger Hayden slots into second. Danny Eslick is behind Blake Young. Hayes goes into the lead. Josh Herin is third now, team mate to Josh Hayes. Stefan Nabel is back on track. Chris Fillmore is his KTM team mate of course. Hayes is pulling out a lead. This race is 22 laps in distance, working lap two. Blake Young passes Josh Herin. Roger Hayden maintains second. Now, Young passes. But, Josh Hayes has crashed. He resumes, but, he needs to get back into position. Blake Young takes over the lead.
Hayes probably just ran off. He had a lot of lean angle on a full fuel tank. Danny Eslick slides the EBR. Young, Hayden, Herrin, Eslick, May, the top five. Danny Eslick could be the rider with a big opportunity if he can make passes work. Roger Hayden closes on Blake Young. It's anyone's race. It's Young, Hayden and Herin 1-2-3. Six laps into the race. Danny Eslick and Geoff May on the EBR's are coming quickly. Four laps to halfway. It's still Young vs, Hayden for the top two. Larry Pegram and Robertino Pietri are coming up into the top ten.
The race reaches it's halfway mark. The lead battle remains the focal point with Young in the lead. Hayes tries passing Robertino Pietri. David Anthony is his next target. Meanwhile, Roger Hayden runs real deep into a corner and loses a place into third place. He outbraked himself into the turn. Hayes will have to claw his way through the field. Blake Young is gapping the field with eight laps remaining. Josh Herin is second. Young has a three second lead. Chris Fillmore battles with Danny Eslick. It's KTM vs. EBR. Eslick is having issues with his bike. Tires could be the cause of the problem as they're wearing out.
Josh Hayes runs thirteenth right now and needs to collect points. The Eslick/Fillmore battle continues. Josh Herrin has a problem. The Yamaha bikes are very reliable. He's got something wrong. It could be either tires or the bike. Josh Hayes makes up another spot at the expense of his team mate. Blake Young continues to lead with just four laps to go. Geoff May is second now on the sister EBR 1190 RS. Roger Hayden is third with team mate Ben Bostrom right on his rear wheel. May is going 4/10 of a second quicker as compared to Blake Young.
This could be a dash to the finish. Roger Hayden is not geared properly, so he's losing momentum to some of the bikes following him. Blake Young has a gap that is closing. The race now is really between Geoff May and Roger Hayden. Ben Bostrom slips behind. May is the devlopment rider for the EBR. Meanwhile, Blake Young will take the white flag. He'll score his third win of the year. Blake Young cannot relax. He'll be overtaken. Roger Hayden drives by Geoff May through the Carousel. They run through the esses. Can May get by Hayden? Meanwhile, Blake Young wins it! Eslick and Fillmore beat Hayes to the line.
#79 Blake Young Suzuki GSXR 1000
The next race is Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah. That race is in three weeks.
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