AMA GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 51 ISSUE 11 MARCH 18, 2014 P55
beth got past his buddy
Jake Johnson on the fifth
lap and then rode a clean
and steady race on his
Zanotti Racing/Burt Ives
Honda CRF450R to take
the checkered flag. His
margin of victory after 25
laps was 4.069 seconds.
Johnson ran a strong
second on his Ramspur
Winery/Lloyd Brothers
Motorsports Honda, hold-
ing off a hard-charging
Stevie Bonsey on another
Zanotti Racing Honda -, giv-
ing Honda riders a sweep of
the podium and Zanotti two of
the three top spots in the race.
Briefly...
in shape and figured why not come
down to Daytona and do a family va-
cation and sneak away two days of
flat track."
Thursday night's six-lap Expert Dash
For Cash, featuring the top two rid-
ers in each of the Expert heats, was
won by Sammy Halbert. "It feels
great to get the first Dash win of the
year," said Halbert, who led every
lap. Riders winning the 10-lap Expert
heats were Briar Bauman, Matt Wei-
dman and Chad Cose. In the Expert
semifinals Brad Baker and Jay Malo-
ney captured the victories.
Friday's six-lap Expert Dash For
Cash was won by Jake Johnson.
Riders winning the 10-lap Expert
Heats were Stevie Bonsey, John-
son and Brandon Robinson. In the
Expert semifinals Mikey Rush and
Daniel Ingram captured the victories.
SHAYNA'S
DEBUT
The Grand National phase
of Shayna Texter's career
began at Daytona 2014. Since
she just missed making the
mains, years from now the
record books won't reveal the
excellent showing she had in
qualifying and in her heats and
semis. She ended up on the
ground in one, through no fault
of her own, and Texter was highly competitive, showing
good speed on a short track, a form of racing she admits
that isn't her strong suit. The season will truly begin for
her when the Twins hit the Mile at Springfield in May, and
she'll be on the Latus Racing/Castrol Triumph, but for
the record – Texter was at Daytona and she looked solid.
"I feel like the weekend was pretty successful to be
honest," Texter said. "I exceeded my expectations. I feel
like I opened some eyes being that I went out there and
was aggressive. In the Semi [Friday night] I laid it down
and I got back up all the way to
eighth and had the second fast-
est [lap time] of the Semi. For
me that stuff means a lot right
now because we're learning. It
definitely gave some confidence
going into Springfield on a track
that I know I have a realistic chance to do well at."
Texter went on to say she wasn't hurt in her crash.
"Kayl Kolkman went down and it was either jump him or
take the safer route and lay it down in the airbags."
Texter looks forward to coming back to Daytona next
year with a year's experience in the Grand National class.
"I was able to race with JR [Schnabel] and reel Henry
[Wiles] back in after he stuffed me," Texter said. "Just
little stuff like that with me being a rookie is huge for me."
Although she didn't make
the mains, Shayna Texter
showed speed in her Grand
National debut at the Day-
tona short track.
on top of the box here," Coolbeth
said.
One of the longest standing
shutouts in Grand National his-
tory came to an end when Cool-
A fired up Coolbeth
celebrates his victory on
Friday night.
