Red Flag for...

[roach]

mandatory front tire change! Danny Eslick lost the front end and slid down the straight @ 175 mph. He said this was the 4th time he's lost the front end there. Dunlop got with race officials and the decision was made to stop the race and have everyone change fronts.

[roach]

BTW - after his slide, Eslick got back on the bike and drove it back to the pits. While the crew worked on the bike, he went back to the hauler and changed leathers. Came back to the pits, got on the bike and went back out into the race!

[roach]

This is turning into a MAJOR cluster****! :mad:

[roach]

UNBELIEVABLE!!! :tsk:

SPEED is switching over to cover the NCWTS qualifying - no more live coverage from Daytona. :mad:

The motorcycle board I'm on is now officially in major meltdown mode!

[stnkypete]

Did they go back to racing? While I was watching, they were just standing around looking at each other, in that case, I can't blame Speed for dumping that.

[roach]

Race was restarted (no live coverage) but they shortened it to 15 laps to go from the restart. I won't spoil it for you, but there was some amazing **** that went on during the red that affected the finish. Speed is going to show the finish tonight @ 8:00 pm (PST) followed by the two SuperBike races. The 200 is scheduled for a replay on Wed @ 9:00 am (PST).

[JMFVET]

What was wrong with the tires? I was tuned in turning the red flag period. They showed a replay of the wrecck and it looked like the tire and or wheel seized up. Or did the front suspension collapse.

[roach]

...there was some amazing **** that went on during the red that affected the finish...

Someone tweeted:

"Talk of protests are flying like paper plates at a picnic on a windy day."

[roach]

Not sure I'd wanna be running 190+ mph on tires that are chunking like this (especially when you only have two of them):





I think Dunlop made the right move (mandatory tire change), but the way it was handled was poor. They went with a different compound but didn't have any tires mounted - thus the long red flag delay.

[roach]

Up close & UGLY!

[tweezer]

I thought it was amazing danny eslick got new leathers & got back in the race with the same bike

[roach]

@tweezer -

Did you happen to catch that last lap crash coming to the finish line?

Here's what Dane Westby's crew chief had to say afterward:

FYI Dane Westby did not have an engine failure that was somke coming from the front wheel when his brakes locked at 170 mph. They didn't lock on thier own I'm so grateful Dane and Taylor are alive...

I know exactly what happened but we will watch the film again

I'd like to thank Pilot,Held Arai and Sidi for keeping Dane safe today,unfortunately he has a broken thumb but we can live with that He's in good spirits and he told me in the infield care center,"hey man,thats racing but holy **** did you see that crash?!" I was like Ah Daner yes hence the fact my ass ran 300 yards to see if you were alive!!! What a race,2011 is really gonna be exciting. I would like to personally thank all of Danes sponsors in addition to J.U. for giving him a chance. Oh and who could forget Dave (woo) Presler for building the perfect beast!!! At least he won't have to clean it now Just uncrate another.....

[tweezer]

yeah i saw that last lap crash, i am surprised wrecks like that dont happen more often at daytona. those guys are always rubbing elbows.

i cant remember which daytona 200 it was but 2 riders where right next to each other in one of the daytona turns & one of riders reach over & tapped the arm of the other rider. it was amazing to see how close those guys get on the banks of daytona.

[Jag-lover]

The trained monkeys in charge of ISC weren't satisfied with ruining the 24 Hours of Daytona with the DP monstrosities, they now are royally screwing up the Daytona 200. I watched the race and CF would be charitable.