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This was Anthony Gobert’s best finish; his previous best finish was eighth in 1998.
This was Hacking’s best finish; his previous best finish was third in 1998, his debut year at Daytona.
This is Nicky’s third Daytona 200, and his first win.
Hayden is the youngest winner since Johnny Ciccotto in 1976.
This is Honda’s eighth Daytona 200 win.
This is Hayden’s ninth AMA Superbike National win.
This just in: Carlos Macias has been disqualified from finishing fourth in the Pro Thunder race at Daytona, for running an oversize engine.
Provisional Results, Daytona 200
1. Nicky Hayden, Honda, 57 laps
2. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki
3. Anthony Gobert, Yamaha
4. Aaron Yates, Suzuki
5. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki
6. Kurtis Roberts, Honda
7. Andrew Deatherage, Suzuki, 55 laps
8. Brian Livengood, Suzuki, 54 laps
9. Rich Conicelli, Suzuki
10. Ricky Orlando, Suzuki
11. Michael Fitzpatrick, Suzuki
12. Marco Martinez, Suzuki
13. Vince Haskovec, Suzuki
14. John Dugan, Suzuki
15. John Jacobi, Suzuki, 53 laps
16. Alan Schmidt, SUzuki
17. Jake Holden, Suzuki
18. Randall Mennenga, Suzuki
19. Giovanni Rojas, Suzuki
20. Ken Krebs, Suzuki
21. John Pearson, Suzuki
22. Brett Ray, Suzuki
23. Jeff Purk, DDS, Suzuki
24. James Compton, Suzuki
25. Michael Barnes, Suzuki, 52 laps, DNF, mechanical
26. Rick Narup, Suzuki
27. Rick Shaw, Suzuki
28. James Doerfler, Suzuki
29. Scott Carpennter, Suzuki
30. Scotty Vanscoik, Suzuki
31. Eric Spector, Suzuki
32. Cory Call, Suzuki
33. Pedro Valiente, Suzuki
34. Mark Zaremskas, Suzuki
35. Bostjan Skubic, Suzuki, 51 laps
36. John Ashmead, Suzuki
37. Justin Blake, Suzuki, 50 laps
38. Stephane Mertens, Suzuki, 46 laps
39. Larry Pegram, Suzuki, 44 laps
40. Michael Niksa, Suzuki, 43 laps, crash
41. Eric Haugo, Suzuki, 36 laps, DNF
42. Chad Simons, Suzuki, 28 laps, DNF
43. Scott Jensen, Suzuki, 25 laps, DNF
44. Pascal Picotte, Ducati, 19 laps, DNF, mechanical
45. Eric Wood, Suzuki, 12 laps, DNF, mechanical
46. Owen Richey, Suzuki, 12 laps, DNF
47. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki, 12 laps, DNF, crash
48. Tony Fania, Suzuki, 12 laps, DNF
49. Scott Hermersmann, Suzuki, 12 laps, DNF
50. Robert Jensen, Suzuki, 11 laps, DNF
51. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 9 laps, DNF, mechanical
52. Ray Bowman, Suzuki, 9 laps, DNF
53. Greg Fryer, Yamaha, 8 laps, DNF, crash
54. Chris Normand, Suzuki, 7 laps, DNF
55. Andres Perez, Ducati, 6 laps, DNF