Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

Italy’s Roberto Panichi drafted America’s Brian Parriott to take a very close win on aggregate time in the re-started BMW BoxerCup race at Daytona.

The margin of victory was officially 0.052-second on combined times; slow-motion video replays of Panichi and Parriott crossing the finish line showed Parriott marginally ahead on the track.

Five riders raced for the lead in the five-lap re-start.

While the BMW Boxer Cup riders were completing their cool-down lap, rain began to fall at Daytona.

Provisional BMW Boxer Cup Results (all on BMW R1100S)
(Scored on combined time from two segments, one before the red flag and one after):

1. Roberto Panichi, Italy
2. Brian Parriott, USA, -0.052 second
3. Markus Barth, Germany, -0.074 second
4. Andy Hofmann, Switzerland, -0.169 second
5. Thomas Hinterreiter, Austria, -0.262 second
6. Sebastien Legrelle, Belgium, -0.807 second
7. Fernando Cristobal, Spain, -0.849 second
8. Alessandro Tomassoni, Italy, -1.428 seconds
9. Frederico Aliverti, Italy, -4.690 seconds
10. Tripp Nobles, USA, -4.769 seconds