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Daytona 200 scheduled for March 12

American SportBike Racing Association will sanction 75th running.

Danny Eslick

Danny Eslick

James Holland

#2 Josh Herrin
Danny Eslick

The Daytona 200 motorcycle race's 75th running will take place on Saturday, March 12, 2016.

The 57-lap, 200-mile race on the 3.51-mile road course will showcase 600cc sportbikes sanctioned by the American SportBike Racing Association (ASRA) for the second straight year.

“We are thrilled to continue to work with American SportBike Racing Association as the sanctioning body for the Daytona 200,” Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood said. “It’s an important anniversary for the Daytona 200 in 2016 and we look forward to celebrating this event’s rich history with an exciting event featuring riders battling for a competitive purse and a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona.”

Prior to this season, the Daytona 200 had run under AMA sanction, but the AMA got out of the road racing business, and the ASRA took over. This year, Danny Eslick became a two-time Daytona 200 champion by pulling off a last-lap pass of Josh Herrin to secure a .086-second margin of victory. 

In addition to the Daytona 200, ASRA and the Championship Cup Series (CCS) will have sanction road races Thursday, March 10 through Sunday, March 12. Daytona 200 qualifying will take place on Friday, March 11 with the race going green the following day at 1 p.m.

“The 75th running of the Daytona 200 will be a milestone event for motorcycle road racing in America and we are ecstatic to serve as the sanctioning body for the event,” said Kevin Elliott, President of ARSA. “The sheer magnitude of what the Daytona 200 means to our sport cannot be understated. With its history, this unique event has continually turned good racers into stars and then stars into superstars as they fought to win this prestigious race.”

On Saturday night, March 5, Daytona International Speedway will host the Monster Energy AMA Supercross event, the Daytona Supercross By Honda. Daytona International Speedway will also feature the AMA Pro Flat Track doubleheader on March 10-11 on the Daytona Flat Track, which is located outside Turns 1 and 2.

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