Mesa Beats Own Record
CCS/ASRA 39th Annual Race of Champions
Daytona International Speedway
October 16, 2022
by Lisa Theobald
Stefano Mesa bested himself Sunday during the CCS/ASRA 39th Annual Race of Champions Unlimited Superbike race, setting another lap record at the 3.51-mile Daytona International Speedway road course. The new record pace of 1:45.538 was set mid-afternoon during lap three of the CCS Unlimited Superbike race and was 0.3 second faster than the lap record Mesa set Saturday, 1:45.879.
Mesa ran undefeated during the three-day event, winning all nine of his races across the middleweight and unlimited classes. Friday, he kicked off the weekend with wins in the Middleweight Superbike and Unlimited Grand Prix classes. Saturday, he started the day with victories in the both the GTU and GTO classes and wrapped up the afternoon with wins in both Middleweight and Unlimited Supersport. And on Sunday, Mesa finished the weekend with victories in both of the ASRA Sportbike and ASRA Superstock races and ended with the grand finale of yet another lap record at Daytona International Speedway halfway through his run to take the checkered flag in Unlimited Superbike.
