AMA DSB: Herrin, No, DiSalvo Wins Crazy ‘Daytona 147’

AMA DSB: Herrin, No, DiSalvo Wins Crazy ‘Daytona 147’
When the smoke cleared Jason DiSalvo was declared the winner in what might have been the single most dramatic running of the Daytona 200 in its 70-year history.
He is riding for Latus Motors Harley Davidson from Portland OR. There racing Duccati's this year sense Harley discontinued the Buell.
George Latus is probably one happy dude tonight as his team pulled off the win.

Here is the rest of the story.

MOTO RACING - AMA DSB: Herrin, No, DiSalvo Wins Crazy 'Daytona 147'

Man that was close ,& the bikes right behind the front 3-4 , the one rider less bike kept going on the left & the two riders sliding on the right

That was a cool race for a small nobody Race Team, our Harley dealership

i watched it also............leather really does protect your ass...............wow! trying to catch the flat track races also, but haven't seen them yet

Odd how you can swap engines and
then still start the restart from the front,

JMO he should have gone to the back
everyone else has a 27 lap old engine
he's got a fresh powerplant, warmed up
fresh oil, fresh plugs...

Then again who knows if they did it
right when they did the swap..

Yeah I have no problem with Latus, but if you are in any other sport, you change the engine it cannot be done during down time for the whole field such as a red flag, that is a major major advantage, Why not let them all come in, change gears, change shock settings, new tires, new trans, new more powerful engine from backup bike,

In Nascar or Sebring/24 HR Daytona you have to do the work while the field laps you, part of racing, you break you loose laps, that is fair to the ones that didnt' break.

During Red flag periods it's hands and wrenches off, you can get prepared, put everything where you need it for the job but you can't touch the machine...

By letting him swap engines they slapped the teams that built solid bikes that went the distance (JMO) and gave him an advantage.

Great for the team that won but might as well let him sit in the pits and watch, then let him start the race half way with a new bike,

How would one react say at Daytona if Jimmy Johnson blew and engine, NASCAR calls a red right at that time and let Jimmy bring out a new backup car and put him in pole position...

Fans would scream...

Not if eveybody gets to do the same thing, except of course for the dirt bag Kyle Bush

this sucks.........they are broadcasting reruns of the 200 a bunch of times at all hours of the day........the flat track comes on in a couple of days at 4 am...........sheesh!!!!

Guess you better get up early

no dvr,vhs,devo.........................NUTS!!!!!!!!

Get CB to record it for you then head over there and yea can visit and watch it all at the same time. :roflmao:

Just don't forget the tacos

Was talking with George Latus of Latus Motors HD yesterday. His team with the Duccati have won 3 races now, pretty good for not being a factory backed team. There last win was in Calif. last weekend.

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/790/9...A-Daytona-SportBike-Infineon-Race-1-2011.aspx