T
he 81st running of the
Daytona 200 will go down
as a controversial one in
which Josh Herrin (Warhorse
HSBK Racing Ducati NYC)
picked his second-career race
victory, the 13-year gap to his
debut 200 win in 2010 marking
the longest period between wins
in the race's history.
Herrin was the dominant rid
-
er of the weekend, taking pole
position and invariably head-
ing the pack through practice
when his machine was running
as it should.
He spent much of practice
in the pits trying to sort various
mechanical gremlins on the
Ducati Panigale V2, only putting
in two timed laps for the Time
Attack that sorts the grid, one of
which was good enough to se
-
cure pole, 0.264 of a second up
on PJ Jacobsen Celtic/Tytlers
Cycle/TSE Racing Yamaha) and
Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki's
Tyler Scott.
The 200 started in the usual
fashion with Herrin, three-time
MARCH 9-11, 2023
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY / DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
ROAD RACE I 81ST DAYTONA 200
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JOSH HERRIN TOOK THE 2023 DAYTONA 200 VICTORY, BESTING
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK • PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J. NELSON
Josh Herrin (1) pulls out of the
draft to win at Daytona, 13 years
after his first victory.
HERRIN'S LONG-TIME
