Rider's Discount Triumph rider, and Speed Moto Co favorite, Danny
Eslick took his maiden Daytona 200 victory while we shoveled copious
amounts of corned beef into my face. In addition to his win, Danny Boy
also took pole position for the race, and earned himself a nifty new
Rolex watch that came equipped with a GPS-enabled toilet flusher and
popcorn button. Booyah!
As for the race itself, Danny got the holeshot and spent the first half
of the race dicing it up with Okla-homie Dane Westby, Jake Lewis,
DiSalvo, and some random blue Yama-bots. On lap 38, Westby hit the
deck, taking the yard gnome with him. With all that drama out of the
way, Eslick stuck to his race strategy of 'not falling down and leading
the last lap', and it was smooth sailing to the end, where he finished
10+ seconds ahead of the rest of the field. The highlights of the race
included Eslick flipping off a slower rider, waving at the crowd while
at full-lean, and falling off a school bus during his cool-down lap
celebration shenanigans...he did some sweet wheelies, too (imagine
that). Jake Gagne and Super Jake Lewis rounded out the podium on their
Yamaha R6 roadracing motorcycles.
Eslick left Daytona with the AMA Daytona Sportbike
championship-points lead...probably a hangover. Well-done, Danny! See
you in twenty years, at Road America.
*Photos courtesy of me doing a Google search. Video courtesy of Pat Mooney.
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