2013 AMA Pro Road Racing: Daytona 200

2013 AMA ProGoPro Daytona SportBike Daytona 200 Recap

Congratulations to Bobby Fong who fought tough in the 72^nd Running of the Daytona 200 and placed third - his best ever finish at Daytona. Fong, his first race with the RMR/Triple Crown team, rode his MotoSport.com Yamaha YZF-R6 in second place for a portion of the race before Garrett Gerloff passed him. Cameron Beaubier took first in the 57-lap, 200-mile race.

Fong said he made a mistake at the start and lost Beaubier's draft forcing him to ride by himself the rest of the way and maintain his position. Fong's best lap was a tick over a minute fifty one and he finished 38.143 seconds behind the winner. He is third in the overall standings with 21 points.

"The bike was hitting false neutrals and I let Cameron get away," Fong said. "It was a long race but the training I did this off-season paid off."

Fong also placed third in the AMA Pro Vance & Hines Harley Davidson series.

2013 AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike Standings

Cameron Beaubier (32)
Garrett Gerloff (25)
Bobby Fong (21)
Jake Gagne (18)
JD Beach (16)
Steve Rapp (15)
James Rispoli (14)
Ben Young (13)
Elena Myers (12)
Melissa Paris (11)

AMA Pro Motorcycle Superstore.com SuperSport Race

A big Congratulations to Stefano Mesa looking impressive on his Yamaha YZF-R6 and taking first in the 10-lap round one of Friday's AMA Pro Motorcycle Superstore.com SuperSport race. Mesa was one of several front-runners in the 10-lap round two on Saturday - a race that saw multiple lead changes. He finished 7^th on the day. Mesa leads in overall points standings with 44!

Rookie Daytona Anderson rode well in his first race as a pro notching 25^th in round 1 and finishing 32^nd on Saturday.

2013 AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport East Standings

Stefano Mesa (44)
Hayden Gilliam (30)
Corey Alexander (28)
Mark Miller Jr. (25)
Cody Wyman (18)
Travis Wyman (16)
Miles Thornton (12)
Armando Ferrer (12)
Ricardo Valdez (9)
Ryan A. Jones (5)

2013 AMA Pro National Guard Superbike Championships

The Michael Jordan Motorsports team of Roger Hayden and Danny Eslick finished fourth and fifth respectively in the AMA Pro National Guard Superbike Championships. Martin Cardenas took first in the 15 lap race with a best lap time of 1:36:835.

MotoSport's David Anthony rode a strong first race securing 8th and in race two he rode to a 14^th place finish. He's in eighth place on the season with 20 points.