Part I: Dunlop Daytona Tire Test
By
HENNY RAY ABRAMS
(Above) Mat Mladin
may not have had the
fastest lap during the
Daytona tire test at
Daytona, but he was
consistently the
fastest while using
race tires on his
Yoshimura Suzuki.
(RIght) Erion Racing's
Kurtis Roberts leads
Yoshimura Suzuki's
Jamie Hacking during
the test; both riders
are mounted on 600cc
Supersport machines.
ore than what was the best tire or
M who could turn the single fastest
lap, what emerged from the Dunlop
Daytona tire test was the feeling that,
if you want to win the 2001 Daytona
200, you have to beat Mat Mladin;
and if you want to win the 600cc
Supersport race, you have to beat
Eric Bostrom.
Mladin,
Yoshimura
Suzuki's
defending National and Daytona 200
Champion, wasn't the fastest rider at
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JANUARY 10. 2001
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