First Ever Daytona Vintage Supercross
Crowns Champions
T
he inaugural Daytona Vintage
Supercross (DVSX) took
place, Wednesday, March 12, at
Daytona International Speedway,
featuring 28 classes ranging
from 125cc to Golden Masters
(60+). Classes were broken into
six different groups starting with
Vintage and going through 2008,
with the Revolution 2 classes.
Championships were awarded by
a two-moto format.
In vintage racing, the bikes are
as much a part of the story as the
racing. During the afternoon, Satur-
day, March 9, many of the vintage
bikes that were ridden Tuesday
were showcased in the Fan Zone
during the Daytona Supercross, as
the MX Sports staff awarded their
picks for Best in Show.
Four-time Daytona SX winner
Jeff Stanton served as Grand
Marshal for the Inaugural Daytona
Vintage Supercross and par-
ticipated in a couple of classes,
winning the Evolution 3 125 and
Evolution 2 Masters classes.
Racing got underway early
Tuesday morning with the Vintage
Open class, Robbie Conklin took
the win on a beautifully restored
1974 Maico 400.
Robert Berry was the most suc-
cessful winner of the event, claim-
ing three championships during
the one-day event. Riding a fully
restored 1978 Maico 250, Berry
took wins in the Evo 1 Open, Evo 2
Open, and Evo 3 Open classes.
"We had an old 400 frame
laying around and my dad bought
a 250 Maico on Craigslist for
$1500, so we made one bike out
of two," said Berry.
The Vintage 125 class, which
was a cool exhibition of 70's era
vintage bikes, produced great
1975 Suzuki RM125 versus
1974 Suzuki TM125. You don't
see match-ups like this much
anymore, but you did at the
Daytona Vintage SX.
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