Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

The annual three-day Dunlop tire test drew to a quiet close Wednesday at Daytona International Speedway.

With the 1000cc bikes sidelined by tire concerns following Tuesday’s incident involving Jason DiSalvo, a total of only nine riders rode 600cc machines today with only six men riding in the afternoon session and several stopping before the test was officially closed.

Roger Lee Hayden recorded the fastest lap time in Wednesday morning’s windy conditions with a 1:53.063 on his new Kawasaki ZX-6RR. However, 2003 AMA Supersport Champion Jamie Hacking cut through equal winds late in the afternoon to record the fastest Supersport lap time of the day (1:52.912). Hacking’s time from Tuesday morning (1:52.376) held up as the fastest Supersport lap time of the test and was well under Miguel Duhamel’s Supersport lap record of Daytona, a 1:52.785.

Ben Bostrom’s time of 1:47.650, set Tuesday on the impressive new Honda CBR1000RR Superbike, was the fastest overall time of the 2003 Dunlop tire test at Daytona.

Wednesday afternoon’s lap times (as provided by AMA Pro Racing Timing & Scoring):

1. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha YZF-R6 Supersport, 1:52.912
2. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki ZX-6RR Supersport, 1:53.815
3. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha YZF-R6 Supersport, 1:53.819
4. Roger Lee Hayden, Kawasaki ZX-6RR Supersport, 1:54.120
5. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha YZF-R6 Supersport, 1:54.174
6. Aaron Yates, Suzuki GSX-R600 Supersport, 1:55.072