DAYTONA 200
AMERICAN SPORTBIKE RACING ASSOCIATION
MARCH 14, 2015
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY/DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
P60
he needed.
"We really got killed with those red flags," Her-
rin said. "I know my team's been practicing a ton
getting the pit stops down. We were able to do fuel
and both tires under 15 seconds, and I really feel
we would've shined there and got a good gap."
Joining Eslick and Herrin on the podium was
Geoff May on his self-ran-crowd-sourced effort
dubbed Project Mayday. May was in the hunt for
the win until the end when, after his final pitstop,
a piece of the quick dump came off in the gas
cap. May was in the second horseshoe when gas
exploded all over him. Fortunately he was able
to get the gas cap secured and keep racing, but
he was too far off of the leaders to catch them for
that last-lap battle for the win. Although it wasn't a
win, May was happy with the result
and dedicated the podium spot to
his fans that got him there.
"That's Daytona for you," Geoff
said. "I want to thank you guys for
getting me here. This is for you
guys. Hey, we're on the podium out of the back of
the van. This is for you."
Daytona 200 regular Bostjan Skubic from
Slovenia finished fourth on the Inotherm Racing
Yamaha ahead of Canadian Darren James on
the Ruthless Racing Yamaha. In sixth was Sean
Dwyer on a privateer Yamaha.
Tuned Racing Yamaha's Bryce Prince was in
the hunt for fourth after that last restart, but fell
back to finish seventh. Next was a pair of priva-
teer Yamahas—Ryan Christian and Kristofer Knopf
finishing eighth and ninth, respectively. Rounding
out the top 10 was Full Spectrum Racing Yama-
ha's George Letakis.
Steve Rapp, on the other Tuned Racing
Yamaha, was also in the hunt for the win until
he got hit with clutch problems after what was
already three restarts for the day. His crew tried
to replace the clutch during the fourth red flag
but ran out of time. Rapp started from pit lane but
was meatballed for what turned out to be a restart
infraction, and then had to come in again to fix an
oil leak. After all the drama, he was able to finish
15
th
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DAYTONA 200
1. Danny Eslick (Suzuki)
2. Josh Herrin (Yamaha)
3. Geoff May (Yamaha)
4. Bostjan Skubic (Yamaha)
5. Darren James (Yamaha)
6. Sean Dwyer (Yamaha)
7. Bryce Prince (Yamaha)
8. Ryan Christian (Yamaha)
9. Kristofer Knopf (Yamaha)
10. George Letakis (Yamaha)
A very
happy Eslick
celebrated
his second-
straight 200
win.
