Team Hammer Advanced Riding School Brings Racers, Teams To Daytona

Team Hammer Advanced Riding School Brings Racers, Teams To Daytona

© 2025, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. By Michael Gougis.

Team Hammer’s annual trek to Daytona International Speedway took place on Thursday with partners Penguin Racing School at the fabled course. Several MotoAmerica National Champions and race winners attended, as well as International racers who were preparing for next year’s Daytona 200. The race practice and school preceded the American Superbike Racing Association race weekend, which included the ASRA Team Challenge/Endurance season finale on Friday. The day also presented an opportunity for some of MotoAmerica’s young talents to ride Team Hammer’s Supersport Suzuki GSX-R750s on the high banks of Daytona.

 

Sean Dylan Kelly was on a Supersport machine for the first time since winning the MotoAmerica Supersport title in 2021 for M4 ECSTAR Suzuki. Photo by Michael Gougis.

 

Rahal Ducati Moto’s PJ Jacobsen (15) and Kayla Yaakov (19) were guest instructors for the Penguin School. Photo by Michael Gougis.

 

Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Tyler Scott rode as an instructor. Photo by Michael Gougis.

 

British racer Danny Webb (99) was on hand to gather data for next year’s Daytona 200. As the race will be a points-scoring round of the MotoAmerica Supersport series in 2026, competitors will be racing on Dunlop tires, and Webb and team were adapting their Suzuki GSX-R750 to Dunlop tires. Photo by Michael Gougis.

 

Danny Webb (99). Photo by Michael Gougis.

 

MotoAmerica Talent Cup standout Bodie Paige on the Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R750 put together by Team Hammer for former AMA Supersport Champion Martin Cardenas to race at Circuit of The Americas earlier this year. Photo by Michael Gougis.

 

Matthew Chapin won both MotoAmerica SC-Project Twins Cup races earlier this year at Daytona. Photo by Michael Gougis.

 

Matthew Chapin spent time on Cardenas’ bike. Photo by Michael Gougis.

 

Also spotted in the garages was Alessandro Di Mario, who won the MotoAmerica Talent Cup and Twins Cup titles in 2025. Photo by Michael Gougis.

 

NASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt remains a legend at Daytona. Photo by Michael Gougis.

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