seconds from former class cham-
pion Rocco Landers in his debut
with the RevZilla/Motul/Vance
&
Hines Suzuki team on the all-new
Suzuki GSX-8R. Rodio's team-
mate, 15-year-old Alessandro Di
Mario
took a maiden Twins Cup
podium in his first visit to Daytona
with third in race two.
"I was just having fun," Rodio
said. "It was a perfect week
-
end, we led every session by
at least four-tenths; I broke
the
track record on race tires. I love
Daytona. It's a great place, and
this was the best possible start
to the season."
In the championship, Rodio
leads on a perfect 50 points
from Landers on 31 and Di Ma
-
rio third on 29.
pionship was all about one
man—Rodio
Racing - Powered
by Robem Engineering's Gus
Rodio.
The current Twins Cup
number two from season 2023
clearly has no intention of
repeating the result this year as
he sped to two utterly dominant
race wins at Daytona, the first by
11.4 seconds from Giaccmoto
Yamaha Racing's Dominic Doyle
and class rookie Avery Dreher
(TopPro Racing Team Yamaha).
Race two was another Rodio
affair as he triumphed by 11.02
lap. Herfoss got in too hot, lost
his drive and Wyman pounced.
Then Australian almost pulled
Wyman back by the line but
came up an infuriating 0.137
of a second short, with Rispoli
coming home third, once again.
Fourth went to O'Hara, 3.2
seconds down on the win, with
Gillim rounding out the top five.
O'Hara salvaged some pride
by winning the two-lap Challenge
race ahead of Herfoss and Gillim.
In the championship, Wyman
leads on 50 points from Herfoss
on 40 and Rispoli third on 32.
BELLISSIMOTO TWINS CUP
The opening round of the
MotoAmerica Twins Cup Cham-
DAYTONA 200 / MARCH 7-9, 2024
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY / DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
ROAD RACE I MOTOAMERICA / FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
P86
Cory West (13) held on for the
tightest of wins on the Harley ahead
of a mad gaggle of riders in the
second Super Hooligan race.
