aura of a forgone conclusion to it.
Despite the pit stops that
threw a bit of excitement into
the mix, the result never really
seemed in doubt. As the chal-
lenge of Hickman, the retiring
Richard Cooper,
Eslick and
Paasch all faded, it was up to the
Suzukis to bring the fight.
Time and again, they caught
back up to Herrin's number two
Panigale V2, and each time, Her
-
rin put in a heater to stretch the
advantage.
There was a touch of drama
added after Herrin went up the
inside of Scott at the chicane off
the back straight. That forced
(Kawasaki) took a nasty tumble
at turn one.
There were six main protago
-
nists in the 2025 Daytona 200—
Herrin, Scott, Richie
Escalante
(Vision Wheel M4 Ecstar Suzuki),
TOBC Racing Triumph's Brandon
Paasch and Danny Eslick—the
latter in his final Daytona 200—
and the brilliant Brits in Peter
Hickman and Richard Cooper
(PHR Triumph).
The early stages had those six
and a few others in contention,
but whenever Herrin needed to
show the off-corner speed of the
Ducati to keep the others at bay,
he did so. That gave the race an
Daytona 200
The 2025 Daytona 200 emerged
the same as it's been for the last
couple of years, a battle be-
tween Ducati and Suzuki.
Tyler
Scott (Vision Wheel M4
Ecstar Suzuki) took his second
straight pole, but, as spectacular
as that lap was that the young
-
ster did (on his own with no
slipstream), Herrin's
long-run
pace was unmatched through
practice and qualifying.
The race was one of two
halves, with rain coming at one-
third's distance and a second
red flag coming at turn one of
the restart when Jason Farrell
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Herrin (2) made good
starts each time from
second, but the Suzukis
of Tyler Scott (76) and
Richie Escalante (54)
were never far behind.
