Mar 16, 2009, 3:03 PM
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 6, 2009) - Jeff Purk and Calvin Martinez scored the overall and GT1 class victory on the No. 20 Wisconsin Racing Ducati 848 in the season-opening AMA Pro SunTrust Moto-GT 2-Hour at Daytona International Speedway Thursday while Hall-of-Famer Jay Springsteen and Nick Cummings finished third overall while co-riding to victory in the GT2 class on the No. 9 Pair-A-Nines Kawasaki Ninja 650R.
Purk and Martinez played it fast and smart to stay in contention throughout the race and sealed the win with a late splash-and-go pit stop with about 15 minutes remaining. Around the same time, the race-leading No. 14 Crozier Motorsports Triumph Daytona 675 of Mark Crozier and Phil Caudill sputtered to a stop with an empty tank, and other front runners would soon suffer the same fate.
“The bike ran well but at first our pit strategy didn’t really work out as planned,” Purk said. “We were hoping to have to not come in for that last stop but I am glad we did. That definitely gave us the win but I really didn’t know I was leading at the time.”
Teammate Martinez made his 25th visit to victory lane at Daytona International Speedway after numerous wins and podiums in other series.
“Today made 25 times and that includes CCS, ASRA, Formula USA,” Martinez said. “We knew coming down here that if we could get to victory lane one more time on this trip we would get it done. We did it today.” read more...
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