Peter Hickman battles through adversity in Daytona 200 as Josh Herrin makes history and Ross Irwin claims 23rd on debut
Peter Hickman finished 29th in the Daytona 200 on Saturday after battling through adversity following two crashes in qualifying.
California’s Josh Herrin rewrote the history books with a fourth consecutive victory in the famous race, powering his Ducati V2 to victory by 38 seconds from Tyler Scott, who was riding a Suzuki GSX-R750.
Kayla Yaakov secured the best finish by a female racer as she clinched third, bettering the previous benchmark of ninth, set by Elena Myers in 2013.
Yaakov came out on top of a thrilling battle with former MotoGP rider Darryn Binder to seal the final rostrum spot.
PHR Performance Triumph rider Hickman was able to compete in the race despite a huge high-side in final Time Attack qualifying on Friday, which resulted in a red flag.
The 14-time Isle of Man TT winner also crashed out in the second qualifying session.
Hickman had moved into 11th after the first pit-stop but an issue with the quick release system during the second stop cost him a massive 12 minutes and he rejoined the race seven laps down.
His team-mate and Daytona newcomer Davey Todd was ruled out of the event following a spill in the opening qualifying session, also bringing out the red flag.
Double Supersport TT winner Gary Johnson was the top UK rider in 19th on the GRD Suzuki in Saturday’s race while Northern Ireland’s Ross Irwin completed the 56-lap race in 23rd position on the Magic Bullet Ducati as he made his debut at the event.
Danny Webb was caught up in a crash at the beginning of the race on the Team Classic Suzuki.