2009 Daytona 200 Results

Motorcycle.com Staff
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2009 Daytona 200 results

DMG's first public test was convoluted and confusing
By Kevin Duke, Mar. 07, 2009, Photography by Alfonse Palaima
There have been high expectations with the arrival of DMG as the new stewards of American roadracing, and the 2009 edition of the Daytona 200 was the organizers first public test. It was an inauspicious start, as this years race was convoluted, confusing and dragged on for hours.

The series inaugural night race began without problems but then tripped up when lighting equipment in Daytonas chicane failed and caused the pace car to come out. Then while riders were sorting themselves out after pit stops, new Yamaha recruit Tommy Aquino was hit from the rear while slowing behind the safety car, causing a significant crash. A concerned corner worker threw a red flag, which stopped the race, even though race control didnt call for it.

Ben Bostrom earned Yamaha's first Daytona 200 win since Scott Russell won in 1998.
Jason DiSalvo briefly held the lead but finished third for Team M4 Suzuki.

The race stoppage lasted an incredibly long time before it was restarted. More problems arose when another crash involving Suzuki rider Kris Turner brought out a caution flag, and the pace car was unsure of which rider to pick up as the leader.

When the race finally restarted, it was a sprint race for the remaining laps. A pack of four riders diced for the lead of the famous race: three Yamaha R6 riders (Josh Hayes, Ben Bostrom and Josh Herrin), plus Kawasakis Jamie Hacking and former Yamaha rider Jason DiSalvo on his Suzuki GSX-R600. Hayes took himself out of the race when he highsided exiting the International Horseshoe.

It was former Superbike champion Bostrom who was first to arrive at the checkered flag, just ahead of a close a battle between and Bostroms teammate Herrin and DiSalvo, with the less experienced Herrin just edging out the Suzuki rider for the runner-up spot.

Ive tried to win this thing, said Bostrom after the race. Weve been on pole here. Weve lost this race by two thousandths. I know what its like in the heart when you take second at Daytona. It hurts. Now I know what its like to win.

2009 Daytona 200 results
Pos.RiderMotorcycleTime
1stBen BostromYamaha YZF-R6-
2ndJosh HerrinYamaha YZF-R6+0.551
3rdJason DiSalvoSuzuki GSX-R600+0.624
4thJamie HackingKawasaki ZX-6R+4.745
5thShawn HigbeeBuell 1125R+12.949
6thBarrett LongYamaha YZF-R6+14.408
7thChaz DaviesAprilia RSV1000R+22.899
8thDane WestbyYamaha YZF-R6+23.022
9thMartin CardenasSuzuki GSX-R600+24.000
10thLeandro MercadoKawasaki ZX-6R+25.642
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