Yamaha Extended Service/Graves/Yamaha Daytona SportBike

The Daytona SportBike team continues into 2013 with Yamaha Extended Service as its title sponsor for the third consecutive year and, according to Colin Haugh who heads up the Y.E.S. program, the partnership has been a win-win. “Being the title sponsor for Yamaha’s DSB team has really helped to increase awareness of Yamaha Extended Service as a brand, as well as getting the word out about the many benefits that Yamaha Extended Service provides to Yamaha’s owners and riders throughout the U.S. At the same time, the team has been highly successful in DSB competition. We’re looking forward to big things out of the team in 2013.”

Cameron Beaubier had a memorable 2012 season in AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike as he faced more than his fair share of challenges--in the form of untimely injuries--yet he still managed to put together a remarkable season, in which he won two poles and seven races, including his breakthrough double win at Barber Motorsports Park on the same weekend that he earned his first career DSB pole.

Cameron was fast right out of the gate at Daytona last year, and he ultimately finished third in the Daytona 200. Back aboard his #6 Y.E.S./Graves/Yamaha YZF-R6 for 2013, Cameron is the odds-on favorite to not only get his first Daytona 200 win, but also capture his first Daytona SportBike season championship.

“Hopefully, I got all that out of my system,” Cameron said about his injury-filled 2012 season. “I was happy to get seven wins, but I can’t help but wonder what could have been. I’m looking forward to the 2013 season like no other. I feel like a new person, and I can’t wait to get racing again. There are a lot of great riders in Daytona SportBike, including my teammate Garrett, so I’m excited for the season to start.”

Another rider who faced a formidable injury-related challenge in 2012 was Garrett Gerloff. The fractured femur that Garrett suffered in the first practice session at Daytona last year essentially netted the young Texas phenom a “do-over.” He had to sit out most of the season, but he returned to racing at the final two rounds of 2012, knocked the rust off very quickly, and won the final AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport race of the year at NOLA Motorsports Park.

“That final race of the season at NOLA last year was a big boost for me,” said Garrett. “I waited so long to get back on the bike, and it all came good in New Orleans. But, this season, I’ve got a score to settle with Daytona after what happened last year, and you better believe that I want at it.”

Garrett has been training like a man possessed during this off-season, and he’ll be ready to show up at Daytona aboard his #8 Y.E.S./Graves/Yamaha R6 and challenge his teammate Cameron, as well as the rest of the DSB field, for wins.