Monday NIgth Moto News - CCS Florida & Danny Eslick

The 2010 CCS Florida started this season at Homestead-Miami Speedway last weekend. The three big winners were Jeff Wood, Andres Londono and Kevin Mendez. The racing started off with a couple of nasty red flag events, but it did get underway and all else went well. For all the details, you need to take the link; there really is a great deal of information located there.

http://tinyurl.com/yzl7fw7

Danny Eslick will be riding a Team M4 Suzuki GSX-R600 in the 2010 AMA Pro Racing Daytona SportBike Championship, defending his title in the inaugural season. Most of this we already knew, but it is a good round-up, so take the link and enjoy.

http://tinyurl.com/yb4opw4

Sunday Morning Moto News - Indy Dealer Expo & MIC Meeting

At Indianapolis, Indiana, this weekend, the 2010 Dealer Expo has attracted a decent crowd of enthusiasts for this year's show - but the overall number of participants is way down. On day 1 at the show, Malcolm Smith was in attendance at the Husqvarna (only marque in attendance this year) booth, Ben Spies was signing autographs and Danny Eslick was wondering around a looking at the new bits and bobs. Today will have a host of other announcements and special events; so, get there if you can!

http://tinyurl.com/ylqszta

http://tinyurl.com/y94epfy

Day 2 of the Dealer Expo: http://tinyurl.com/ye6quow

The Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) also held their annual members-only meeting in Indianapolis in conjunction with the Dealer Expo. Their main topic was the economic recession and its effects on the industry. Of course, there was some good news, but there are also still plenty of businesses in our industry which are struggling. They even set up a booth at the Expo where members, exhibitors and dealers can stop by and get some information or voice their own concerns. For more, please take the link.

http://tinyurl.com/yeuce9l

American Suzuki Announces 2010 AMA Pro Racing Plans

Suzuki is going to consolidate their USA racing operations to save some money, so all Suzuki racing in the US will fall under the Yoshimura banner for 2010. Yoshimura Suzuki will support Team M4 Suzuki who will support Danny Eslick, who will be riding a GEICO Insurance-backed Suzuki GSX-R600 in 2010 with M4 co-branding. It's a bit complicated, so take the link and read it for yourself.

http://tinyurl.com/yfb7xwx

There is also a quick note on Ben Spies and what to expect in his MotoGP season in 2010.

Danny Eslick Will Race a Suzuki GSX-R600 in 2010 AMA Pro Racing

Eslick was left out in the cold when Buell was closed by Harley-Davidson - the motorcycle he rode in 2009 would no longer be available in 2010. So, he went back to Suzuki - where he has raced before - and managed to take his main sponsor and team with him. It's a good setup which should prove very competitive in 2010. At least it seems there will be some talented people remaining in the AMA/DMG racing series...

http://tinyurl.com/ydnyhyk

Pegram - at 35 Years Young - Swept AMA Superbike at Heartland Park

Had to see it this weekend and I am glad I did! Larry Pegram and his Foremost Insurance/Pegram Racing Ducati team won both AMA Pro Racing Superbike events at Kansas' Heartland Park Topeka - a new addition to the AMA series' track list.

One of my favorite 'up and coming' racers, Martin Cardenas, managed to win a very hard-fought AMA Pro Racing Daytona SportBike race; however, that was the second race of the event. Danny Eslick pulled off the first win of the event with his Buell 1125R. (Buell, you see, is allowed to run 1125 c.c. machines to beat out the Japanese 600 c.c. competition - V-Twin versus Inline-4; funny how the AMA/Daytona people are also using Buells as pace bikes this year, coincidence?)

Well, have a look at the original article: http://tinyurl.com/msx9a8