DAYTONA 200

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

     I'm watching the race currently and was just thinking how small of a starting grid that was. I believe that's the only single wave race I've seen for a Daytona 200 race. I wonder if that was because of the extra fast pole time by EBOZ or if it was just low turn-out this year?

     Too bad for Ben Bostrom trashing his Honda's transmission (apparently), he might have had a chance at winning it.

[r6_philly]

the limit this year is 110% because of all the factory guys complained, plus eboz time, made qualifying 1:57 something cut off. There are over 20 that didnt make the grid

did you see the Aaron yates crash? did you headbutt fania or what? that should be fined... If it was me I would let him have it... all of it

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

the limit this year is 110% because of all the factory guys complained, plus eboz time, made qualifying 1:57 something cut off. There are over 20 that didnt make the grid

did you see the Aaron yates crash? did you headbutt fania or what? that should be fined... If it was me I would let him have it... all of it

     I was unaware of the 110% cut-off, I thought it was still at 112%, that 2% would definately make a big difference.

     As bum of a deal as that was for Yates, that response was definately stupid! Yes, in the heat of the moment you can make bad decisions, but it's his job to be a representative of Suzuki. I think he should be reprimanded in some way that makes a difference, not just some stupid slap on the wrist. Maybe don't allow him to race for a certain number of events, I think that would generate results from Suzuki against him.

[r6_philly]

thats the most unsportsman like conduct for a professional. but then he has laid down on the track and all that crap before. Sh!t happens and you can be angery, but you don't take physical confrontations, not in the view of thousands of people while you are representing your company on TV. I hope AMA does something about this. You can really interprete it as "wishing to cause harm on a fellow competitor". I can't believe that happened. Moaning and b!ithing is onething, what he did is just wrong

[james-redsv]

Yates should be DQed for the rest of the year for that stupid move and he should have his butt kicked as well. What a complete as#hole. :P

[Scuba]

Two words:  Assault charges.

Go outside a guy, turn in on top of him, then drop kick and head butt him when you both crash?

Does AMA use a blue flag?

Time for Suzuki to drop Yates and pick up Barnes!!!!

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

     Congrats to Maldin on his win!

     Zempke, OMG 2nd place, what a great effort for his 1st Daytona 200 Superbike race!

     Miguel, come on just admit it, Zempke beat ya! 3rd is still awesome!

     Ducati, no change in history there! ;)

[cstem]

Just proof that they really do watch WWE in Georgia!  Not only did Yates commit a truly serious violation of rules and ethics- he looked likea 12 year old hillbilly doing it!  A set number of race suspension, hefty fine(given to a good charity) and if I was the Suzuki team manager, I would offer to repair Fania's machine as a goodwill gesture only and to save some face.  If this happened in CCS, we would allow charges to be filed and some serious punishment.  This kind of behaviour is never to be tolerated in this sport by anyone- pro or first time amateur.  We will see just what kind of teeth the AMA has and whether  or not they are just concerned with sponsorship and ratings.

On a good... Screw that... fabulous note-  SW region local privateer Scott Jensen pulls a 9th!!  Congrats Scott!  And to think, his bike was one he just bought in boxes two weeks ago!  

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

     Did you guys see the conversation they caught with the official and 1 of the people in Fania crew? I overheard someone saying something about filing assult charges!

     After Yates runs into Fania and takes both of them out, he kicks Fania in the back, and then head butt's him! That defenitely is screaming for a public apology by Yates, on TV, at an AMA event, on top of any other reprimands he recieves before he can ever race again with the AMA.

[r6_philly]

the first kick was a stupid move. Then after Fania walked away, he went after him and gave him a head butt. I mean, heat of the moment is one thing, delibrately starting something is another. Props to Fania for not stooping down as low and fight back. I don't know if I would have held back :)

something better be done to yates, that is just way to far. I would just lie down on the ground and complain my back is hurting after yates kicked me :p charges, civil suit, whatever :D

[CCSRacer114]

I kind of liked Fania's answer to Yates - the hand gesture back.

If that had been ME he head butted you'd be seeing some serious ground combat.  

It looks like the privateer was the real pro this time.

[Team_nuclear123]

Ya know, its a good thing that Yates wasnt in contention for the lead when Fania was being lapped (second time??)

9 races in the last two seasons with the outcome being determined by lappers...

I do NOT support what Yates did, btw... It was a stupid reaction... But he just saw his win and his multi hundred thousand dollar bonus go up in smoke, and his chance to shut Mat up...

The grid was very small this year, but outside of that yates incident, I only saw, what, 7 guys on the race? The one on TV...