Update: Danny Eslick Says He Will Race Daytona 200
Larry Lawrence | March 9, 2016
Photo by Larry Lawrence
(Update: The Daytona News-Journal has posted a detailed description of Danny Eslick’s arrest on Tuesday night in Daytona Beach: http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20160309/NEWS/160309473/101040?Title=Police-Daytona-200-champ-punched-officer-in-Main-St-fight)
Danny Eslick says he will race Saturday’s 75th Daytona 200 at Daytona International Speedway. According to newspaper reports in the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Eslick was arrested Tuesday night, but released just hours later from the Volusia County Branch Jail after posting $1,500 bail.
Eslick, who will ride a TOBC Racing Yamaha in Saturday’s race, is hoping to become the first to win the 200 three times in a row.
Cycle News reached out to Eslick and talked to him on Wednesday morning, but he said he didn’t want to go on record at this point about the incident that led to his arrest. “Hopefully we can talk about the race after I win it,” Eslick said.
You can read the local newspaper report at: http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20160308/sports/160309487?tc=ar
FansChoice.tv will provide live streaming coverage of the 75th DAYTONA 200 By Victory American SportBike Racing Association (ASRA) race on Saturday, March 12 at Daytona International Speedway. Motorcycle fans can go online at www.FansChoice.tv and watch the diamond anniversary running of this historic race free of charge.
The DAYTONA 200 By Victory is a 57-lap race on the 3.51-mile road course showcasing riders aboard 600cc sportbikes battling for a purse of $175,000 with the race winner also being awarded a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona. Qualifying for the starting lineup for the DAYTONA 200 By Victory will take place on Friday, March 11 with the race going green the following day at 1 p.m.
