After a disappointing weekend for Suzuki in World SuperBike Mladin, the two-time defending AMA Superbike champion, first set a new track record in his qualifying run to win the pole for the Superbike classic on Thursday, then the Australian rider delivered a dominating performance on his way to his second consecutive Daytona 200 By Arai victory on Sunday aboard the No. 1 Yoshimura Suzuki GSXR750.  Maybe Mladin and his team should be the ones in World SuperBike..................

"I’ve really dedicated myself to doing a good job here and first things first, this Suzuki is really unbelievable," said Mladin, who turned 29 on Saturday. "It just comes down to having again an experienced team. "Daytona is a bit of a crap shoot still even now and a lot of the guys had some problems with tyres. Our bike has been getting faster and more powerful and been getting set up better. I attribute it to a great team. A lot of guys will say, ‘Yeah, but you’ve got to ride the thing,’ and yeah I do but if I didn’t have a great bike underneath me I couldn’t ride it the way I need to."

Rounding out the podium was Eric Bostrom aboard the No. 32 Kawasaki and Kurtis Roberts riding the No. 80 Team Erion Honda. Kawasaki’s Doug Chandler finished fourth and Tommy Hayden rounded out the top five.

Said Bostrom: "It feels great. I anticipated being on the podium Friday (in the 600 SuperSport) and didn’t make it unfortunately. It was a long race and at the end, I just wanted to get this thing over with."

Anthony Gobert had an unfortunate mechanical DNF.  The race was re-started numerous times due to various race incidents but Anthony's problem was purely mechanical.

Eric Bostrom - "I knew that we were pretty quick, it was just a matter of getting there. Our qualifying was so bad that we were miles behind everybody by the time things got going. Actually, Kurtis (Roberts) effectively took me out of the race for the lead with his tire problem because I got hung up behind him and that was enough to let Mat get away. I’ve got to thank my guys for really doing a good pit stop. “I anticipated being on the podium on Friday and didn’t make it. It was a long race and at the end I just wanted to get this thing over with. It’s definitely nice to be up here (on the podium) in Daytona. It’s a huge race for the manufacturers."

Kurtis Roberts - "The first part of the race Mat was pulling away from us all. Then the race got going after the third restart. I got a pretty good start and came through a couple of guys and started closing in. "My bike was developing a little hop and I knew I was hard on the tires and I knew I was in trouble. Miguel was in the lead at that point so I was trying to get around these guys and maybe slow them down to give Miguel a few second lead and maybe win one for Honda. I knew Mat was going to be tough to beat. "This is such a long race, it’s hard to expect coming in here a win or what to expect not having been in a superbike race. I’m surprised to be here especially after everything that happened."

Doug Chandler - "My expectations for a finish were a top 10. This race is always tough. Staying clear and clean, I did everything I had to do. That last start, I come off pretty good. I thought we could run with those front guys, but I’m still too sore. I can’t break and move as quickly as I need to be. I thought it would be better to take what we can get and get healthy and go race again."

Tommy Hayden - "I had a pretty good setup. I felt a lot better on the bike. We got up to fifth and I thought we were close to catching Chandler for fourth in the beginning of the last stint. Then I couldn’t get there anymore and he started getting away so I settled for fifth."

In the MBNA 250 Grand Prix, Rich Oliver captured his 50th career victory in Grand Prix competition. Oliver battled Roland Sands for most of the 18-lap race before Sands spilled on Lap 12 in the International Horseshoe. "I hope I can win 51 by the end of the year," said Oliver, who rode a Yamaha. "It feels good. I have to give compliments to both Roland and Randy. Both of them ran great, Roland especially." Despite his mishap, Sands managed to hold on to second position while Randy Renfrow survived a heated three-bike battle for a third-place finish.

In the Buell Pro Thunder, Jeff Nash collected the victory aboard the No. 1 Ducati 748.