Infineon SportBike Results: Race 1

2011 AMA SportBike Results

From the drop of the flag in Saturday’s Daytona Sportbike race number 1, Jason DiSalvo led. Although he went on to win in convincing fashion aboard the Team Latus Motors Racing Ducati 848, he did get a bit of good luck when Jake Holden, also Ducati mounted, riding the Roberson Motorsports 848, over shot turn four while hounding DiSalvo for the lead.

The mishap allowed Danny Eslick, on the Geico/Richie Morris Racing Suzuki GSX-R600 sportbike, to slot into second, followed by PJ Jacobson, on another Ducati 848, and Tommy Aquino on the Pat Clark Yamaha.

However, following the off-course excursion, Holden re-entered in sixth place and went on to put on a truly awesome display of riding. Holden put his head down and started clicking off one fast lap after another, going to work picking off AMA SportBike riders in front of him. After getting past Aquino and Jacobson, there was a pretty good gap to Eslick.

That said, Holden steadily reeled the Suzuki rider in and in a matter of a few laps was on Eslick’s rear fender, getting past coming over the hill and dropping into turn five to, amazingly, reclaim second place in Infineon SportBike.

DiSalvo got the message on his pit board and picked up the pace to ensure he brought the Ducati home in first. Jake Holden, riding as the ultimate privateer this weekend due some upheavals with the team, gave a very entertaining and impressive preview of what’s in store for tomorrow’s DSB race number 2.

At the checkered Jason DiSalvo was leading, taking the win and stretching his point lead. Four seconds back (pretty close considering he went off track) Jake Holden brought the privateer Ducati across the line for second. Danny Eslick was the all-Italian podium spoiler putting his Suzuki in the final spot on the rostrum.

PJ Jacobson, who looked like he might give Danny a run for the third spot (which would have made it a Ducati sweep) faded back to finish fourth, followed by Tommy Aquino, Corey West, Cameron Beaubier, Paul Allison, Tyler Odom, and Tyler O’Hara.

The win for DiSalvo was a strong comeback figuring he was disqualified from Friday qualifying for non-compliance with fuel. With rain expected tonight and the forecast uncertain for

Sunday’s AMA Daytona SportBike race number 2 is next; it promises to be an interesting day.

2011 AMA Daytona SportBike Results: Race 1

Pos	No.	Rider(s)	Team	Bike	Interval	Gap	Best Lap	Points
1.	40	Jason DiSalvo	Team Latus Motors Racing	Ducati 848	22 Laps	WINNER	1:39.271	32
2.	59	Jake Holden	Roberson Motorsports	Ducati 848	7.622	7.622	1:39.317	25
3.	69	Danny Eslick	Richie Morris Racing	Suzuki GSX-R600	23.255	15.632	1:40.516	21
4.	9	PJ Jacobsen	Celtic Racing	Ducati 848	25.173	1.918	1:40.593	18
5.	6	Tommy Aquino	Yamaha Extended Service, Pat Clark Sports, Graves, Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R6	31.152	5.979	1:40.397	16
6.	57	Cory West	Vesrah Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R600	40.063	8.910	1:40.615	15
7.	116	Cameron Beaubier	GP Bike Parts Racing	Yamaha YZF-R6	40.348	0.284	1:40.595	14
8.	20	Paul Allison	Triple Crown Industries	Yamaha YZF-R6	56.267	15.919	1:41.919	13
9.	46	Tyler Odom	Don Odom Racing	Honda CBR600RR	57.639	1.372	1:41.913	12
10.	129	Tyler OHara	GP Bike Parts Racing	Yamaha YZF-R6	1:06.628	8.988	1:42.024	11
11.	44	Taylor Knapp	Vesrah Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R600	1:12.164	5.535	1:41.538	10
12.	72	Bryce Prince	Bryce Prince Racing	Yamaha YZF-R6	1:21.329	9.165	1:42.638	9
13.	7	Fernando Amantini	Team Amantini	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1:33.885	12.556	1:42.668	8
14.	174	Josh Galster	Josh Galster Racing	Yamaha YZF-R6	21 Laps	1 Lap	1:44.357	7
15.	75	Huntley Nash	LTD Racing Y.E.S Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R6	7.817	7.817	1:44.327	6
16.	77	Matthew Sadowski	Top Shelf Motorcycles Racing	Ducati 848	43.012	35.194	1:45.896	5
17.	181	Craig Mason	Team TDS Guns/Fast50s.com/Defense Industries	Yamaha YZF-R6	43.833	0.821	1:45.969	4
18.	45	David Sadowski, Jr.	Top Shelf Motorcycles Racing	Ducati 848	50.307	6.473	1:46.258	3
19.	13	Melissa Paris	HT Moto Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R6	54.151	3.844	1:45.820	2
20.	444	Oscar Covarrubias	Get Some Racing	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1:08.295	14.144	1:46.316	1
21.	28	Kevin Boisvert	Bayside Performance	Suzuki GSX-R600	1:26.237	17.941	1:47.296	0
22.	32	Santiago Villa	M4 Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R600	19 Laps	2 Laps	1:42.491	0
23.	300	Patrick McCord	Peak Performance Racing	Kawasaki ZX-6R	8 Laps	11 Laps	1:46.593	0
24.	5	Dane Westby	M4 Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R600	DNF	DNF	-no times-	0
25.	8	Josh Herrin	Monster Energy Graves Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R6	DNS	DNS	-no times-	0