Daytona 200 Week, which is the season opener of AMA Pro Racing, will be quite different during its 69th running at Daytona International Speedway March 3-5.
First, the total purse will be $225,000 for all races, which includes prize money for 1st through 20th place and $20,000 going to the winner of the prestigious Daytona 200 race, an enhanced payout for the top 15-place finishers of AMA Pro Racing National Guard American Superbike, and a payout for AMA Pro Racing SuperSport. (see chart below.)
For the second year in a row, the historic Daytona 200 AMA Pro Racing Daytona SportBike event presented by AMSOIL will be held under the lights Friday night, March 5. The 57-lap race will be aired on SPEED at 9 p.m. Friday, March 5.
New for this year, the AMA Superbike class will feature two 15-lap races: the first on Thursday, March 4, the second on Friday, March 5. Two AMA SuperSport races, each 12 laps, will also be held that Thursday and Friday. These races will be aired on Speed at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, March 6. AMA Flat Track racing will also be in action on Wednesday, March 3, and Thursday, March 4, at the new quarter-mile track at DIS.
At least year's event, Ben Bostrom won the Daytona 200 on a Yamaha YZF-R6, taking first out of a 72-rider field. Due to an extension until Feb. 12 for registration, the number of riders competing in the 2010 Daytona 200 was not yet reported.
2010 Daytona Event Purse
Pos. SBK Race 1 Race 2 Daytona 200 SS Race 1 Race 2
1 $10,000 $10,000 $20,000 $1,500 $1,500
2 7,500 7,500 15,000 1,250 1,250
3 5,000 5,000 10,000 750 750
4 3,000 3,000 6,000 500 500
5 3,000 3,000 6,000 500 500
6 2,500 2,500 5,000 500 500
7 2,500 2,500 5,000 500 500
8 2,500 2,500 5,000 500 500
9 2,500 2,500 5,000 500 500
10 2,500 2,500 5,000 500 500
11 2,000 2,000 3,500
12 2,000 2,000 3,500
13 2,000 2,000 3,500
14 2,000 2,000 3,500
15 2,000 2,000 3,500
16 2,000
17 2,000
18 2,000
19 2,000
20 2,000
Totals: $51,000 $51,000 $109,500 $7,000 $7,000
Combined Totals: $225,500
