An inaugural AMA Pro Daytona SportBike presented by AMSOIL Superpole qualifying session that was the first in the world ever run at night provided plenty of fireworks as Ben Bostrom (No. 1s Team Graves Yamaha YZF-R6) saved the best for last in the qualifying session that set the top-10 grid positions for Friday's Daytona 200 by Honda (SPEED at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT).
Ensuring that competitors will be able to continue to race motorcycles from a large pool of proven products and models, AMA Pro Racing announced today that all currently approved motorcycles from this past road racing season will remain certified and eligible for competition in 2009. The continuation is part of AMA Pro Road Racing's overall 2009 motorcycle approval procedure which was opened for applications last week.
The first official on-track activity for the new AMA Pro Racing and its debuting partner Dunlop Tires will take place at Daytona International Speedway this weekend with three full days of tire testing for the AMA Pro American Superbike and AMA Pro Daytona SportBike divisions, December 5 - 7.