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From a press release issued by American Honda:

Honda Sweeps Daytona 200: Duhamel takes his fourth Daytona 200

AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. Superbike Championship
Round 1: Daytona Beach, FL
March 10, 2003

Daytona International Speedway was flooded by showers on Sunday, and flooded by Hondas on Monday when Miguel Duhamel, Ben Bostrom and Kurtis Roberts took their factory Honda RC51s to a sweep of the Daytona 200 podium. The three teammates raced through the final ten laps of the 57-lap event alone and crossed the finish line with a mere 0.155 second separating first place Duhamel from third place Roberts. Runner-up Bostrom crossed the stripe 0.069 behind Duhamel.

It was a record-breaking Bike Week for Honda. Duhamel’s win was his fourth 200-mile win at Daytona, making him second on the all-time Daytona 200 win list. Duhamel can tie the record set by Scott Russell if he wins next year. Duhamel won with a new record of 113.89 mph, beating the record set by Nicky Hayden last year. This was Honda’s eleventh Superbike win at Daytona, including eight 200-mile wins. It was also the third time in Daytona history that Honda swept the 250 Supercross, 600 Supersport and 200-Miler. In 1987 Wayne Rainey won the Superbike race, while, Doug Polen took the 600 race and Rick Ryan won the 250 Supercross. In 1996 Duhamel won the Superbike and 600 races with Jeremy McGrath taking 250 Supercross honors. And in 2003 Duhamel took the Superbike race, while Roberts won the 600 race and Carmichael dominated the 250 Supercross. 2003 also marked only the second time in history one manufacturer has swept the Daytona 200. The first occurred in 1985 when Freddie Spencer, Wes Cooley and Jeff Haney painted the podium Honda red.

After consecutive days of rain and several revisions to the Daytona 200 schedule, the race finally got underway on Monday in sunny 70-degree weather. Starting from the front row, Roberts was the first Honda rider to lead the long event taking the lead from Mat Mladin on the fourth lap. A lap later a group of seven riders broke away from the rest of the 60-man field and it was apparent the factory Hondas were going to be the bikes to beat as the race continued.

Four different riders briefly led the event before Duhamel took the lead from Anthony Gobert on lap 15 and set out to create cushion between himself and the lead group. Duhamel held the lead for the next 19 consecutive laps, building up comfortable margin between himself and second place. On lap 20 he took his first of two pit stops without surrendering the lead. A remarkably fast pit by the Honda crew put Duhamel back on the track in the lead, which he continued to keep until lap 33 when Aaron Yates, Roberts and Bostrom pushed Duhamel back to fourth.

“I had a four second lead at one point and I was trying to pull away like I did in 1991, but I couldn’t do it,” said Duhamel, who suffered the affects of a head cold all weekend. “After awhile I think I started trying too hard and my lap times started getting slower. Then Kurtis, Ben, Yates, Santa Claus – everyone went by me.”

Roberts and Yates continued to swap the lead, while Bostrom and Miguel sat back in third and fourth. All four front runners took their second pit stop between laps 37 and 39 and Roberts only surrendered his lead briefly when he pitted on lap 38. On lap 47, with Roberts leading and Bostrom and Duhamel putting on the pressure in third and fourth place, second place Yates ran off the track in turn one into the grassy run-off. From that point on, it was a race of RC51s.

“I didn’t know what to do and these guys let me lead on the last lap,” said Ben, who was competing in the Daytona 200 for only the third time. “I put my head down and tried to go as fast as I could. I just got out-smarted today.”

Coming into the final two turns Bostrom held the lead with Roberts and Duhamel following. “I got a really good drive coming out of the chicane and got Kurtis’ draft and then I got Ben’s draft,” said Duhamel about his run to the finish line. “I didn’t know where Kurtis was after I got past him but I thought he might get a double draft from both of us. It just worked out for me. As happy as I am and as much as I’d like to control my destiny, this is Daytona and there’s always a bit of good luck. I’m just happy it went my way.”

According to Bostrom, luck had nothing to do with his teammate’s win. “You can’t rule him out. I wasn’t surprised. Miguel is just one of those guys.”

With all three Honda RC51s filling the podium at Daytona, 2003 promises to be yet another championship-winning season for Honda.

Daytona 200 Results
1. Miguel Duhamel – Honda
2. Ben Bostrom – Honda
3. Kurtis Roberts – Honda
4. Aaron Yates – Suzuki
5. Eric Bostrom – Kawasaki

Chevy Trucks U.S. Superbike Championship Point Standings:
1. Miguel Duhamel – Honda – 37
2. Ben Bostrom – Honda – 33
3. Kurtis Roberts – Honda – 29
4. Aaron Yates – Suzuki – 27
5. Eric Bostrom – Kawasaki – 26

And now a press release from Marietta Motorsports (a.k.a. 1888fastlap), which allows two key employees–and the boss–enough time off to race:

1888FASTLAP RIDERS STOKES AND CAYLOR FINISH IN TOP 20 AT DAYTONA

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.- The AMA Pro Racing season got off to a solid start for 1888FASTLAP supported riders Brian Stokes and Opie Caylor, as both of them rode their Suzuki GSX-R750s to a top-20 finish in the Genuine Suzuki Accessories Superstock race at Daytona International Raceway.

Stokes finished 16th in the race, while Caylor was just behind him in 17th position, as the two battled with a group of nine riders that stayed in a close pack for most of the race, providing an exciting show for the fans.

Caylor, who is riding for Team 1-888-FATLAP/EMGO again this year, had a tire go down in qualifying and had to settle for the 17th spot on the starting grid.

On Sunday morning, the day the race was scheduled, Caylor’s bad fortune continued when he blew the motor in his Suzuki. His crew wasted no time in swapping the motor, only to have the race rained out and rescheduled for the next day.

“I’m not that impressed with 17th place, but with what we went through, with the tire going flat and the motor popping, I’m pleased with it,” commented Caylor. “It’s a lot better than we did last year.”

1-888-FASTLAP employee Stokes was racing for the first time under the Team Embry banner, and he made an impressive debut with his 16th place finish. Stokes qualified 19th with a time of 1:55.230 around the Daytona road course, and had to work his way up through the field during the 15-lap race.

1888FASTLAP owner Paul Wright is competing in the MBNA America 250 Grand Prix Series this year, and his weekend was steadily improving, despite the rainy weather, as he continually dropped his lap times on the 1888FASTLAP.com Yamaha TZ250. The GP machine’s motor had a spark plug electrode break on the warm-up lap of the race, however, ending Wright’s efforts early.

“I was feeling good about the race,” said Wright. “All week I had been getting faster and getting the TZ250 dialed in. This was only the second time I had ridden it, and we were making changes after every session on the track. I’m looking forward to getting out there in the next round.”

All three of the 1888FASTLAP riders will be making the long trip to Fontana, Calif., for round two in the AMA Pro Racing season, April 2-5.

For over ten years, 1-888-FASTLAP has been the source for motorcycle racing and high-performance parts and accessories. More information can be found by calling them or visiting them on the web at www.1888FASTLAP.com.

A press release from Team Orthopedics:

“I love the smell of wet scrubs in the morning,” that was the Team’s saying as we worked in our uniforms(Red/Blue Scrubs) soaked from days of rain at Daytona.

Dr. Paul Canale and Jack Pfeifer arrived in Daytona February 25th for the Team Hammer Track Day and the F-USA races March 2nd. The week started with bad weather and bad luck for Dr. Canale who lowsided his Suzuki GSXR600 and broke his right collarbone. However, this didn’t stop the “one armed bandit” from helping Jack Pfeifer prepare the same GSXR600 for the F-USA Sportbike race. Jack qualified 2nd fastest for the Sportbike race on a damp track at Daytona. The race started out good until about lap three when the front brake lever came all the way back to the handlebar at the end of the chicane. Jack tried to compose himself and continue running a fast pace until it happened again going into the first horseshoe. Jack then decided to pull in and adjust the lever hoping to get the brakes to engage a little which put him back to about 20th. Still not knowing if the brakes would fail again Jack bravely fought back to finish 11th overall.

Team Orthopedics and rider Jack Pfeifer’s first ever Daytona 200 race weekend started off rain soaked, and the rain continued as days passed. The rain limited Jack and his Suzuki GSXR1000 to only one qualifying session on Thursday which put us on the inside of Row 8, 29th for the upcoming race.

We assembled a pit crew on Friday which consisted of four Team Orthopedics veterans and four first time volunteers.

If there still was a “Hard Charger Award” Jack Pfeifer earned it starting from 29th place and going to 17th within the first few laps, he then charged up to 10th for a good portion of the race. Jack Pfeifer finished 13th overall at his first ever AMA Daytona 200 National! We will have video from our on bike camera and pictures from our race events on our website soon at www.Teamorthopedics.com.

Jack Pfeifer is an entrant in the Team Hammer talent search presented by AlpineStars.

Thanks to our sponsors: Dr. Paul Canale, Dr. Ernie Louk, Desert Motorsports Las Vegas, Dunlop Tires, Dynojet, Galfer Brakes, Hotboddies, Lockhart Phillips, Mike Farney, Motorex, Pricz Tattoo, SIDI boots, Skorpion Racing, Suomy Helmets, The Pfeifer Family and Vortex.

Special Thanks to our new friends and no-prior-experience volunteer pit crew: Steve Cullen, Rowan Trollope, Matt & Sandy White, and Kathy.

And now a press release issued by Buell, which really came in late considering it refers to the March 1-2 weekend:

ESTOK rides Buell to DAYTONA THUNDERBIKE victory

Kosco Buell Riders Sweep Podium in Formula USA Opener

Daytona Beach, FL (March 3, 2003) Charging through a pouring rain, Kosco Harley-Davidson/Buell-Innovative Motorcycle Research rider Dave Estok of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., rode a Buell Lightning X1 to victory in the opening event of the Formula USA Thunderbike series here today.

Following Estok across the finish line were Kosco Buell riders Joseph Rozynski and Richie Morris, as the team topped a field of 34 bikes on the 3.54-mile course at the historic Daytona Speedway.

Tilley’s Harley-Davidson/Buell rider Tripp Nobles lead from the start of the race, but crashed on lap two after riding through a deep puddle in the chicane portion of the course. Nobles hit the Airfence on the outside wall and was not injured but did not continue. That fall handed the lead to Estok, who kept his bike under him in the wet conditions and stayed out front until the race was red-flagged due to oil on the track after six of nine scheduled laps.

“This was a great day for the Kosco Buell team, and I think we served notice that Buell riders will be a force in the Thunderbike series this season,” Estok said after the race. Buell-mounted riders competing in the seven-event 2003 Thunderbike series will be eligible for a share of a $61,000 contingency fund posted by Buell Motorcycle Company.

Final Results
Formula USA Thunderbike, March 2
Daytona Beach, Fla.
1. Dave Estok (Buell)
2. Joseph Rozynski (Buell)
3. Richie Morris (Buell)
4. Arthur Wagner Jr. (Honda)
5. Derek Keyes (Suzuki)
6.Clint Brotz (Buell)
7. Alex Ferreira (Suzuki)
8. Bryan Bemisderfer (Buell)
9. Jerry Wood (Ducati)
10. Richard Britton (Suzuki)

In the premier Formula USA Sportbike class, a strong run for the podium by Hal’s Harley-Davidson/Buell rider Mike Ciccotto was foiled when his Buell Firebolt XB9R began to run out of fuel on the last lap. Ciccotto, of Sebastian, Fla., challenged eventual race winner Matt Wait in the early stages of the 18-lap race and ran a steady second until the late stages of the race, when he was passed by Jeff Wood. On the last lap Ciccotto was in position to make a run on Wood for second place, but coming off Nascar turn four Ciccotto’s Buell started to sputter as his fuel tank ran dry. He coasted across the finish line but was passed by Scott Greenwood and finished fourth on the track. Ciccotto’s disappointment was compounded when he was disqualified by race officials because his Buell did not have enough fuel in the tank to make a mandatory post-race dyno run. Formula USA rules prohibit adding fuel after the race.

The second round of the Formula USA National Road Race Series will take place at Mid-America Raceway, Glenwood, Iowa, May 23-25.

To learn more about Buell Motorcycles, visit your local Buell dealer today and experience the pure streetfighter attitude, style, and performance that can only be experienced aboard a Buell. Call 1-800-4909-9635 for the Buell dealer nearest you, or pull into www.buell.com.

A release issued by Bill Syfan of Proforma:

HAS/SHOGUN RACING LEAVES DAYTONA WITH MIXED FORTUNES

HAS/Shogun Racing leaves Daytona International Speedway today with mixed fortunes. The team debuted at Daytona with riders John Haner on his Suzuki GSX-R750 and Heath Small on his Yamaha R6.

John Haner finished 20th in the Genuine Suzuki Accessories Superstock event, held today after being re-scheduled from Friday. Haner ran as high as 11th place before having to settle for 20th. “I had a good start, I was braking pretty hard on people,” said Haner. “We just missed our setup a little, but we’re leaving here with points, so that’s a good thing.”

Has/Sogun Racing’s Heath Small crashed on the first lap of the Pro Honda Oils Supersport event on Sunday morning. “I went into the horseshoe and everybody got on the gas,” said Small, who had gotten a good start from his eighth row grid position. “I got on the gas and the back end stepped out. I stayed on the throttle and it went to the lock, there wasn’t anymore lock and I couldn’t save it.”

The HAS/Shogun Racing team looks forward to Round Two of the AMA/Chevy Trucks U.S. Superbike Championship at California Speedway over the weekend of April 4-6, 2003.

Another release from Bill Syfan of Proforma:

LEE ACREE FINISHES CLOSE SECOND IN AMA SUPERSTOCK AT DAYTONA

Lee Acree finished 0.009 seconds behind factory Kawasaki rider Tommy Hayden today on his Arclight Suzuki GSX-R750 in the Genuine Suzuki Accessories Superstock race at Daytona. Acree battled with the lead group of as many as 10 riders for the full 15 laps, leading across the stripe for the last two laps. Acree actually fell back as far as fifth place on the run into the chicane on the last lap, but timed the draft to perfection, slingshotting around everyone except Hayden by the finish line.

“I thought I got him, but that’s not what the screen said when I got back around,” said Acree, who is riding for his former team in a one-race opportunity. “Chuck (Warren, team owner) put a great bike underneath me. I had a little bit of an issue mid-race, the shifter stuck, that’s why I dropped so far back. I just tried to be real precise with the shifter and work my way back up.”

“Eric (Wood) and Steve (Rapp), and I think even (Mike) Ciccotto came past me going into the chicane,” said Acree. “I was fifth coming out of the chicane. A couple of those guys got side-by-side and gave me a real good run. I had a real good run on Tommy, I thought I was there. They said it was about an inch or two on the TV screen.”

Lee Acree is still without a full-season AMA ride as the series moves to California Speedway over the weekend of April 4-6, 2003.

Now one from Stargel Aprilia:

Team Stargel Aprilia Denied Victory At Daytona

In 2002, Team Stargel Aprilia came away from Daytona with a victory, in 2003 the team came up just a bit short.

Aprilia Italy had sent Didier Lambert over to assist with chassis and suspension setup for the opening round of the 2003 AMA 250GP season. Working in conjunction with Joey Israel of Ohlins USA, Lambert honed the chassis to a sharp and confidence inspiring tool for rider Chuck Sorensen.

In Friday morning’s practice session, Sorensen turned a lap of 1:54.30, which was a Daytona 250 track record. After the qualifying session was rained out, it was determined that grid order would be based on 2002 points. Being the 2002 250GP champion, Sorensen was awarded pole position.

The rains on Friday would play a factor in Sunday’s race. With the schedule revised, there was less time between Sunday mornings practice session and the earlier 250GP race time. The lack of time, coupled with a change in the weather at the start of the race meant that the engine settings were slightly off for the race.

The raced looked to be a battle between four time champion Rich Oliver and three time champion Chuck Sorensen. This was exactly what happened. Oliver seemed to have a slight advantage on the high speed banking, while Sorensen looked to be sharper on the brakes and through the infield. After five laps of the fifteen lap race were completed, Sorensen trailed by a slight .5 of a second. By lap nine, after having some bad breaks in traffic, the gap from Oliver to Sorensen was 2 seconds. Sorensen rode wisely the rest of the race to secure second place points in his quest for the teams second 250GP championship and his fourth.

Team Stargel Aprilia now looks to round two of the series at California Speedway on April 6th.

Team Stargel Aprilia would like to thank the supporters who make their efforts possible: Aprilia USA, Aprilia Italy, Didier Lambert, Dunlop, Scuderia West, VP Racing Fuels, Castrol, EBC Brakes, Shoei, Ohlins USA, Helimot, Motion Pro, Daytona Boots, Fox Racing, BRC Racing, Razor’s Edge Motorsports, Smith Sport and TC’s Specialized Graphics.

Another one from Bill Syfan:

DEFENDING AMA SUPERSTOCK CHAMPION JIMMY MOORE FINISHES 15TH AT DAYTONA

Defending AMA Superstock champion Jimmy Moore finished 15th today in the Genuine Suzuki Accessories Superstock race at Daytona on his Corona Extra Suzuki GSX-R750. Moore hit a false neutral as he tipped into turn one on the start, causing him to run straight, stop and run across a big expanse of grass covered in two inches of water. Moore left Turn One dead last.

“I guess I just didn’t get the bike all the way into second gear,” said Moore. “It looked like Lee (Acree) was kinda swinging out, and I went to pull in behind him, and when I did, it just kept going. It went into second, but it must have popped out when I backed off. I didn’t know if I’d thrown a chain or what, and I just missed turning where the pavement splits off into turn one. I turned and went through that lake on the outside of turn one. Dude, it’s deep. When I went through there, I swear there was water coming tank high on both sides of the bike.”

Moore quickly started carving through the pack, but his pace took a toll on his tires, which slowed his progress as the race wound down. “I almost crashed several times coming out of the Horseshoe,” said Moore. “But we got out of here with some points, so we’ll move on to Fontana.”

Moore’s Corona Extra Suzuki teammates fared better than Moore. Adam Fergusson ran with the lead group for the entire race, as high as fourth, finishing seventh at the end. Jordan Szoke battled with the second group of six to eight riders, eventually finishing in 14th place.

A press release from the Team Suzuki Press Office:

SUZUKI FRUSTRATED IN DAYTONA 200

Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates finished fourth in the Daytona 200 after a late race incident knocked him out of the lead and a sure podium finish in America’s most prestigious race. Teammate Mat Mladin, a two-time winner of the Daytona 200 who was celebrating his 31st birthday today, led the race and was in the running early when he ran into tire troubles. He finished sixth. Ben Spies, 18, the newest member of the team, finished just behind Mladin in his first Daytona 200, also suffering tire problems.

Yates also suffered tire troubles early in the race which put him down the field. But the 29-year-old recovered to lead the race, only to run wide in the first turn and drop from first to fourth.

Though he made a gallant effort to catch up, fourth was all the rider from Georgia could do. Still, he and the rest of the team were pleased with the debut of the Suzuki GSX-R1000 in the American superbike championship.

“I’m pretty happy about the bike,” Yates said of the big Suzuki, homologated this year for Superbike duty in America. “The Suzuki GSX-R1000 is working good for me. We found some things that made me comfortable on the bike and fixed some problems I was having.”

With Yates out of the race, it was a showdown among the Honda riders. Miguel DuHamel, Ben Bostrom, and Kurtis Roberts. DuHamel used all of his experience to draft past his teammates on the final lap and win the race for the fourth time, though by a scant .069 seconds. Roberts was third just 0.155 seconds behind, with Yates another 8.496 seconds in arrears.

Aaron Yates, Fourth Place – I think for sure we could have been there at the end. Just unfortunately, I got pushed wide and missed turn one. I was chasing down Kurtis and we come around the banking out of the chicane and we got hooked up with a lapper and he kind of stayed behind and I got a really good draft and was coming down the front and I was coming up on him pretty fast and I was thinking ‘I’m going faster than usual.’ The way I was coming up I had to go to the outside and I got on the brakes and it’s like he wanted to go in there and brake with Kurtis. I had had to turn right and then I’m looking down there and couldn’t decide and just looking off at that little driveway in turn one. I got stopped as hard as I could and turned it around. The first tire didn’t work. Just didn’t work right. I was looking at everybody thinking they’re trying to conserve tires, trying to make it. The tire guy said to save it the first eight laps then we could spin it up. The second tire was a lot better, but still you do your best to conserve your best so you have something at the end.

Mat Mladin, Sixth Place – For me the race was about conservation, just doing tires and stuff and that’s what. And I couldn’t make them last. The lap times were easy to do if you had a tire under the bike. The first part of the race, that first stint, I got out in the lead and it was one of those things I tried to do the lap times that the bike was going to allow me to do without spinning the tire and that was my plan for the whole race. And it just didn’t matter. I was short shifting quickly even at the start of the race. Unfortunately, that first tire, with five or six laps to go, it was all over, I kept going backwards. Before the first pit stop I knew I wasn’t going to win the race. It was all about getting around, getting to the finish and getting some points. We’re 20 points ahead of where we were when we left here last year.

Ben Spies, Seventh Place – It was really fun. I learned a lot. Unfortunately, in the first leg I think had a bad tire. I don’t know what it was. I could only run 54’s and 55’s and second and third leg I was running 51s and 52s. If the first leg would’ve been alright maybe we could have beat Mladin, but he was having trouble with his tire too. It was fun and I learned a lot, so next year it will be good too. About eight laps into the first leg, I couldn’t even draft the 750 Supersport bike on the banking, my bike was sliding so bad. Put on a new tire and it was ten times better. For a first year running I think we did pretty good.

And now one from Daytona International Speedway, with post-Superstock-race quotes:

Tommy Hayden, No. 22 Kawasaki, race winner – Well I knew that was the only chance I had (leading out of the infield). As soon as I got into second there off turn one, the only chance I had was to get some kind of break there in the infield. I got Lee going into the first horseshoe. I put my head down and that was my only hope. I must have just got enough gap to just hold it off because they were coming by the finish line fast. Definitely feels good to start off the season with a win.

I definitely knew I wanted to lead. I was just battling every lap just to stay ahead of guys. I didn’t really have much of a strategy other than just try to get as close as I could to the front because I definitely wasn’t going to be drafting by three or four guys. Even before the race I knew for sure I could run the pace and I was in the hunt but I found out that beating the 750 sometimes was a little tougher than just going fast. I knew it was going to be close.

Lee Acree, No 45 Suzuki, second place finisher – I didn’t get a good drive out of the infield on the last lap like I wanted to that time. A couple guys came by and I was hoping to be second going into the chicane not fourth. Like I said, the bike was incredible. Steve and Eric and Mike, they ended up getting kind of wide, but giving me a good draft and I got a good run. Came up on Tommy and man it was awful close to the line. It was close. I thought I got him, but that’s not what the screen said when we came back around. Hat’s off to Tommy. He rode incredibly. He rode a smart race. He did exactly what he needed to do.

I thought I had squeaked by but unfortunately that didn’t turn out to be the case. I had a great bike under me. I had a little bit of an issue mid race. The shifter stuck on it and that’s what dropped me so far back. I just tried to be real precise with the shifter and work my way back up. The bike was incredible. I think that’s part of what got me back in it. The bike and tires were awesome.

The last lap, I didn’t mind being behind Tommy when he came by through the infield. I figured if I don’t tow somebody else I’m going to get towed and somebody’s going to slingshot by me. It’s the typical deal. Nobody wants to lead unless they absolutely have to here. I didn’t get the kind of drive I wanted out of the infield. I think I was just being a little bit too careful on it. A tire that had 15 hard laps on it, not wanting to be too aggressive with it. I paid the price a little bit for that. Fourth wasn’t exactly what I had in mind going into the chicane on the last lap. But luckily I was able to get out of there pretty good and get a good tow.

I had a good run on Tommy. Man I thought I was there. It was so close. I think they said one or two inches on the TV screen when they went back and reviewed it.

Eric Wood, No. 36 Suzuki, third place finisher – Any time you get a lead you try and stretch out and put your head down. The only disadvantage to that is that you’re pushing your own wind and all these guys are helping each other along. We were all getting a little bit sideways those first few laps. I went from first to sixth the first time in the draft. I got drafted by five guys at once. We just put our head down and made our way back to the pack so we could get back in the box.

Believe it or not I was exactly where I wanted to be the last lap. I saw Tommy, his strategy was to be aggressive the last lap and made a couple of good passes and got himself the lead on the first horseshoe. I tried to get away and I said well if I just stay behind Lee all the way through the chicane where I could get a run on Tommy we can do it. I got a draft off of Lee and passed him in the chicane. I didn’t actually want that to happen, but I said well I’m going to try and get a run on Tommy and hopefully his tow will keep me from letting the guy behind me from get a draft on me and get back by. Lee was riding my tow right out of the chicane and slowed the draft down a little bit and got by me and got to Tommy. I tried to pass by but ended up being third.