Again-to-Again Pole Positions For Ducati at Daytona 200 • Whole Bike

Herrin banks an early flyer to take P1 within the 2023 Daytona 200 Time Assault

Sunnyvale, Calif., March 10, 2023 – Josh Herrin (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York) put his primary Ducati Panigale V2 in P1 for the 2023 Daytona 200, his second pole place in a row within the nice race.

Herrin and the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York workforce missed the day’s first session as a result of {an electrical} gremlin. Nonetheless, they turned the tide when it mattered. Herrin needed to lay it on the road with the second of solely two timed laps within the Time Assault session sufficient to place him on pole place. Herrin was the one rider into the 1:48-second bracket within the session as he headed Yamaha’s PJ Jacobsen and Suzuki’s Tyler Scott.

Teammate and Daytona rookie Xavi Forés continued to be taught the Daytona excessive banking together with his 1:51.538 in Qualifying 2 inserting him 14th on the grid for the 81st working of the Daytona 200.  

2023 Daytona 200 Time Assault Outcomes – Prime 5
P1 – Josh Herrin (Ducati) 1:48.741
P2 – PJ Jacobsen (Yamaha) 1:49.005
P3 – Tyler Scott (Suzuki) 1:49.027
P4 – Danny Eslick (Triumph) 1:49.186
P5 – Richie Escalante (Suzuki) 1:49.219

Xavi Forés (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York – Ducati #12):
“P14 shall be a bit powerful however it is a very lengthy race and something can occur. There shall be time to make up and get into the lead pack. However I’m very a lot trying ahead to beginning the race. We’ve got some work to do to get the bike sorted for me and we are going to get this carried out to be prepared for tomorrow.”

Josh Herrin (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York – Ducati #1):
“It was a fairly loopy session,” Herrin stated. “I assumed all people was going to separate up into their very own little qualifying teams, however they went out collectively. I didn’t assume we’d be capable of go that quick within the group. The oil dry slowed us down a bit in flip one simply because the sector was a bit fearful in regards to the monitor situations, however for probably the most half, I wasn’t positive I used to be going to get into the ’48’s as a result of I made a bit mistake early within the lap. The draft was so highly effective with the opposite bikes and we have been capable of pull it off. Hats off to the workforce as a result of we missed the primary session with a few points so we had to enter the session with a super-fast tempo and we obtained P1 for the second yr in a row.”

The 81st working of the Daytona 200 from the Daytona Worldwide Speedway is scheduled for 1:10 pm EST.