| Anyone watch the race laast evening? Pretty good race! Unfortunately, Ducati did not make to the finish (again!). Eric's 999 broke down with smoke pouring out of the bike with about 12 laps to go of 57. Ducati has been racing there since 1966, I believe, and has never won. There best result was Foggy coming second.
An interesting aspect was that for the first time at Daytona, the winning strategy was three pitstops instead of the usual two. Ducati was also on a three stop strategy. The winner was Mat Mladin on the Yoshi GXSR 1000. Ben Bostrom also went out with mechanical problems after the first pitstop on his new Fireblade. His teammate, Miguel Duhamel, finished third. The new fireblade looked well quick. So, the podium was:
1. Mat Mladin - GSXR 1000
2. Jake Zemke - CBR 1000
3. Miguel Duhamel - CBR 1000 |