Daytona entry list gains weight

Brits Neil Hodgson and Chaz Davies are now both official entries for the 2009 Daytona 200 meeting on March 4-6.

Hodgson is riding a Corona Honda in the American Superbike class while Davies is riding a Millennium Technologies Aprilia RSV in the Daytona Sportbike class.

The event has failed to capture the usual enthusiasm among teams following the series promoter DMG’s changes to the championship structure and class regulations.

Riders and teams had been slow to enter and the event looked to be struggling as deadline time approached for entries but has since picked up and now boasts a more healthy 28 American Superbike entries, 63 Daytona Sportsbike (for the 200 mile race) but the other classes are struggling with just 17 entries for Supersport and 19 in total for the Moto GT endurance race (8 for the GT1 class and 11 for GT2). Leading entries include:

American superbike
2 Ben Bostrom Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha R1
4 Joshua Hayes Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha R1
7 Mathew Mladin Rockstar/Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000
18 Chris Ulrich Roadracingworld.com Suzuki GSX-R1000
22 Tommy Hayden  Rockstar/Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000
23 Aaron Yates Jordan Suzuki GSX-R1000
72 Larry Pegram Ducati North America, Ducati1098R
79 Blake Young  Rockstar/Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000
100 Neil Hodgson Corona Extra Honda CBR1000RR

Daytona SportBike
2 Ben Bostrom  Team Graves Yamaha YZF-R6
4 Joshua Hayes  Team Graves Yamaha YZF-R6
11 Shawn Higbee  Higbee-Racing.com Buell 1125R
16 Jake Zemke  Erion Racing Honda CBR600RR
40 Jason DiSalvo       M4 Suzuki GSX-R600
57 Chaz Davies  Millennium Technologies Team Aprilia RSV