Eslick and Buell do the double

From AMA Pro Racing

FONTANA, CA -- Buell scored its first major motorcycle road racing win Saturday at Auto Club Speedway after years of competition in AMA Pro Road Racing. Less than 24 hours later they did it again.

Danny Eslick (No. 9 Bruce Rossmeyer's Daytona Racing/RMR Buell 1125R) turned in his second flag-to-flag performance in as many days Sunday to sweep both AMA Pro Daytona SportBike races at the Suzuki AMA Pro Superbike Challenge.

"It feels good to be back up here again," said Eslick, who took the lead at the start of the race from second on the grid. "It wasn't as easy today as it was yesterday, not that yesterday was easy, but Jamie (Hacking) had the pressure on me. I was waiting on a sneak move but it never quite happened. The Bruce Rossmeyer's/RMR Geico Powersports Buell 1125R really stuck in there today."

Hacking (No. 88 Monster/Attack Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R) was the weekend's Daytona SportBike Superpole winner and finished second to Eslick in both races. On Sunday, however, he steadily reeled the Buell rider in during the final half of the 21-lap race.

"We went out with a new setting that we hadn't ridden on," said Hacking, who spent the first part of the race battling in a large group of Daytona SportBikes. "It took me awhile at the beginning to figure out what the bike was doing, which is why I fell back a little bit, but once I got settled in I managed to put in some good laps and managed to catch Danny. I was thinking about everything I could possibly do. The ZX-6R ran as well as it could but it just didn't have it today."

Team M4 Suzuki rider Jason DiSalvo (No. 40 Team M4 Suzuki GSX-R600) edged teammate Martin Cardenas (No. 36 Team M4 Suzuki GSX-R600) at the finish line to take the final podium spot. 

"It was an awesome race, everyone battled so hard," DiSalvo said. "I pulled up alongside Martin down the back straight and made the pass for third on the lap to the white flag, and then on the last lap he wouldn't let me make it stick. It was M4 versus M4, I don't know if my engine was a little tighter or what. I tried to get a drive on him, timed the draft just right and it worked."

For the second straight day, parity was the theme of the race in Daytona SportBike where six different makes of motorcycles were ridden by the top-seven finishers. The top trio of Buell, Kawasaki and Suzuki were joined by the Yamaha YZF-R6, Honda CBR600RR and Aprilia RSV1000R.

Cardenas, who finished third Saturday, took fourth Sunday while Josh Herrin (No. 8 Team Graves Yamaha YZF-R6) completed the top five.

Race Results
1. (9) Danny Eslick; Bruce Rossmeyer’s Daytona Racing/RMR Buell; Buell 1125R; 21.
2. (88) Jamie Hacking; Monster Energy Attack Kawasaki; Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R; 21.
3. (40) Jason DiSalvo; M4 Suzuki; Suzuki GSX-R600; 21.
4. (36) Martin Cardenas; M4 Suzuki; Suzuki GSX-R600; 21.
5. (8) Josh Herrin; Team Graves Yamaha; Yamaha YZF-R6; 21.
6. (1x) Jake Zemke; Erion Racing; Honda CBR600RR; 21.
7. (57) Chaz Davies; Factory Aprilia Millennium Technologies Team; Aprilia RSV1000R; 21.
8. (6) Tommy Aquino; Team Graves Yamaha; Yamaha YZF-R6; 21.
9. (27) Steve Rapp; Four Feathers Racing; Yamaha YZF-R6; 21.
10. (10) Chris Peris; Erion Racing; Honda CBR600RR; 21.
11. (95) Leandro Mercado; Monster Energy Attack Kawasaki; Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R; 21.
12. (311) Robertino Pietri; Team E.S.P. Yamaha; Yamaha YZF-R6; 21.
13. (55) Christopher Fillmore; CF Racing; Yamaha YZF-R6; 21.
14. (213) Dane Westby; Westby Racing/Kneedraggers.com; Yamaha YZF-R6; 21.
15. (34) Michael Barnes; GEICO Powersports/RMR Buell Racing; Buell 1125R; 21.
16. (51) Damian Cudlin; Team E.S.P. Yamaha; Yamaha YZF-R6; 21.
17. (97) Ben Thompson; Factory Aprilia Millennium Technologies Team; Aprilia RSV1000R; 21.
18. (29) Barrett Long; Paradigm Racing; Yamaha YZF-R6; 21.
19. (60) Michael Beck; Team Beck Racing; Yamaha YZF-R6; 21.
20. (54) Alan Schmidt; Latus Motors Racing; Buell 1125R; 21.
21. (32) Santiago Villa; Roadracingworld.com/Suzuki; Suzuki GSX-R600; 21.
22. (96) Ricky Parker; RPR Racing; Yamaha YZF-R6; 21.
23. (19) Eric Haugo; Liberty Waves Racing; Yamaha YZF-R6; 21.
24. (161) Sahar Zvik; SRK Racing; Suzuki GSX-R600; 21.
25. (7) Fernando Amantini; Amantini Racing; Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R; 21.
26. (199) Larry Myers; AAA Lift Truck; Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R; 21.
27. (48) Christopher Clark; Bazzaz; Yamaha YZF-R6; 21.
28. (45) Josh Bryan; Latus Motors Racing; Buell 1125R; 21.
29. (221) Walt Sipp; Walt Sipp Racing; Yamaha YZF-R6; 21.
30. (73) Dylon Husband; Team Pur Sang Racing; Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R; 20.
31. (89) Chip Yates; Swigz.com Pro Racing; Suzuki GSX-R600; 20.
32. (126) Jamie Hall; TWC/RoadRacePrep.com; Yamaha YZF-R6; 20.
33. (68) Kevin Boisvert; Bayside Performance; Suzuki GSX-R600; 20.
34. (46) Tyler Odom; Don Odom Racing; Honda CBR600RR; 17.
35. (11) Shawn Higbee; Higbee-Racing.com; Buell 1125R; 5.
36. (31) Garrett Carter; Garrett Carter Racing; Yamaha YZF-R6; 1.

Race Time: 33:09.382
Margin of Victory: 0.099 seconds
Winners Average Speed: 87.4 mph

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