AMA Superbike Daytona 

March 6, 2009
Julian Taylor

The kick off to the AMA Pro Road Racing season began today in sunny Daytona Florida.  The Superpole top spot was taken by Mathew Mladin on his Suzuki GSX-R1000 with a 1.38.419, second was Tommy Hayden on his Suzuki GSX-R1000 with a 1.38.211 and on the Ducati 1098R, Larry Pegram took third with a lap time of 1.38.457.

Two first time riders to the Superpole were Michael Laverty taking 8th place on his Celtic Racing GSX-R1000 with a 1.39.950 and Geoff May of the National Guard Jordan Suzuki team also on his GSX-R1000 taking 9th.

Michael Laverty said “…loved the experience but it felt strange being out there on your own and having to put everything into one lap, I normally take two or three laps to warm up, it was a great experience though”