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Aaron Yates caught the lead pack and worked his way up to take the lead in the run to the white flag, charged through the infield and onto the west banking, held off his pursuers through and out of the chicane, and won the Daytona Supersport race on his Yoshimura Suzuki.

Yates was aided by Kurtis Roberts, who spun up his Erion Honda’s rear tire, slid up the banking out of the chicane, and delayed the rest of the leaders.

The race was marred by a fiery crash exiting the chicane on lap 7 of 18, involving Anthony Gobert, Aaron Gobert and Tommy Hayden. One of the Gobert brothers was run over by Hayden in the crash, which saw Anthony Gobert’s Yamaha go end over end and burst into flames.

After reviewing a video tape replay of the Supersport race finish, AMA timing and scoring ruled that Honda’s Miguel Duhamel finished in third place 0.001 second ahead of Jamie Hacking. The change was announced in the Daytona Media Center at approximately 6:10 p.m. Eastern Time.
Revised unofficial results follow:

1. Aaron Yates, Suzuki
2. Nicky Hayden, Honda, -0.402 second
3. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, -0.502
4. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki, -0.503

5. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, -0.567
6. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, -6.792
7. Mike Hale, Honda, -17.263
8. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki, -17.382
9. Josh Hayes, Suzuki, -17.386
10. Ben Spies, Suzuki, -17.417
11. Tom Kipp, Suzuki, -25.794
12. Miering, Kawasaki, -52.951
13. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, -54.629
14. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, -54.706
15. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, -54.723
16. Alex Gobert, Honda, -61.001
17. Jake Zemke, Honda, -70.007
18. Scott Hermersmann, Suzuki, -77.279
19. Shaun Harris, Suzuki, -85.811
20. John Ashmead, Suzuki, -1:47.576
21. Ray Bowman, Honda
22. Tyler Wadsworth, Yamaha
23. Owen Richey, Yamaha
24. Ty Howard, Suzuki, 17 laps
25. Russ Intravartolo, Kawasaki, 17 laps
26. Chris Greer, Yamaha, -17 laps
27. Kevin Pate, Suzuki, -17 laps
28. David McPherson, Yamaha, -17 laps
29. Richard Ford, Suzuki, -17 laps
30. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki, DNF, 14 laps, mechanical
31. Andrew Nelson, Kawasaki, DNF, 13 laps
32. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, DNF, 6 laps, crash
33. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, DNF, 6 laps, crash
34. Anthony Gobert, Yamaha, DNF, 6 laps, crash
35. Santiago Villa, Yamaha, DNF, 5 laps
36. Hector Romero, Yamaha, DNF, 5 laps
37. Jimmy Filice, Kawasaki, DNF, 2 laps

DNS: Owen Weichel, Larry Pegram, Lee Acree, Craig Connell, Jordan Szoke, Jeff Tigert, Dirk Sanchez, Brent Bennett, Scotty Van Scoik.

Race Time: 34 minutes, 26.890 seconds
Victory Margin: 0.402-second
Winner’s Average Speed: 111.611 mph
Winner’s Average Lap Time: 1:54.827
Second-place Average Speed: 111.589 mph
Second-place Average Lap Time: 1:54.850