New EBC GPFA series brake pads the best brakes for motorcycle roadracing ensure Danny Eslick reclaims the AMA SportBike title

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September 23, 2011

EBC Brakes rider Danny Eslick celebrates second AMA SportBike title

MILLVILLE, N.J. (Sept. 3)
EBC Suzuki rider Danny Eslick once again proved he’s the best rider in the AMA Daytona SportBike class by clinching his second championship of the last three years Saturday at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

I don’t think this has sunk in yet,” said Eslick, who entered this weekend’s twin bill of races with a hefty 45-point advantage over Josh Herrin. “At first I didn’t think we finished far enough up there. I did know we had to be within a few spots of Josh to win it and obviously we were.

Eslick actually finished the race in sixth place, with Herrin, the only rider with any chance of catching him this weekend taking second. That actually reduced Eslick’s lead to 34 points, but the most a rider can earn in a single race is 32 so the title was clinched.

It was an awesome race, a perfect way to finish this thing out,I don’t know how many lead changes there were but there were a bunch, probably more than any race this year. There was seven of us going back and forth pretty hard.
At the beginning of the race there were a few times when I knew I should probably back off a little. I knew I was in a pretty good position and I didn’t want to give the race away by wrecking out. Taylor (Knapp) and Cory (West) put some pretty hard moves on me that were a little more risky than how I wanted to race so I held back a little to hold the position I was in.

Eslick clinched the 2009 SportBike Championship at this same facility in 2009. Last year he finished eight points behind Martin Cardenas.

It’s great to come back here and have a good, close race,” the Oklahoman said. “The guys just had everything together for me this year and the fans picked us up when we needed it. They’ve always been so awesome and supportive of me. I can’t thank them enough for always being there. I’m a lucky guy.