LTD Racing

Huntley Nash and LTD Racing qualified eighth for the Daytona 200 on Friday, a fine result given the deep AMA Pro Daytona SportBike field at America’s most historic road race.

Nash, who led much of the morning qualifying session before ultimately taking second place in cool conditions, was able to continue his momentum in the afternoon in faster conditions and earned a start on the second row of the grid. Nash’s goal to be involved at the fight near the front saw him post a time of 1:52.243 at the 3.51-mile Daytona long course.

“A second row start is good and equaled my best in this class so far,” said Nash, who rode a Yamaha R6 prepped by the LTD Racing team and crew chief Vic Fasola. “This is for the Daytona 200 – a very important race -- and I am excited. We got robbed of a few minutes at the end due to a red flag but we did well.”

Huntley’s focus is to show some speed off the start. “I want to be in the big fight at the beginning. However the pit stops go, they go. Hopefully it works out well and we get out cleanly and have a good race but I need to be quick before the first stop. Everything is going smoothly this weekend. I felt some jitters last night but that’s because I was ready to get out there and see what I could do.”

“We’re going to practice our pit stops and be ready tomorrow,” Nash concluded.

The 72nd Daytona 200 begins at 1 PM Eastern Time on Saturday.