Moto-ST ended last Saturday night with a magical Endurance race. There was a great expectation for the event, also thanks to the participation of some real motorbike legends.

Doug Polen is well known as World Superbike winner in 1991 and 1992, and again was going to face “Mr Daytona”, Scott Russel, ex-WSBK Champion with Kawasaki (1993), also known as Mr. Daytona for his 5 victories in that famous 200 mile race with Kawasaki and Yamaha.

Those were only 2 of the riders sharing bikes among the 45 teams that are entered into the final event of the year, but it was enough to push European interest.

Moto-ST series is divided in three categories: The Buell Motorcycle Company SuperSport class (SST) which includes motorcycles producing between 90-118 horsepower, the BMW GrandSport Twins class (GST) covering motorcycles producing 75-90 horsepower and SportTwins (ST) for machines under 75 horsepower.

All the riders and the different series share the same tyre brand: Pirelli is the official tyre supplier.

The race went on in front of a huge and enthusiastic crowd, and The No. 18 Roadracingworld.com Suzuki SV1000S won the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series 8 Hours At Daytona Finale at Daytona International Speedway while the No. 6 Aprilia USA squad locked up the Buell Motorcycle Company SuperSport Twins (SST) class despite a 13th place class finish.

Suzuki riders celebrating the race victory are Ulrich, Mason and West, while Championship winner team was composed of Howard, Thompson and Wiles.

In the BMW GrandSport Twins class, Doug Polen started from second position but quickly took the lead and dominated the field during his double stint, running as high as seventh overall and never handing the GST class lead off. Polen shared the No. 77 Touring Sport Ducati SS1000 with Pete Friedland and Frank Shockley, finishing 2nd in the Championship with 153 points. Title went to Shawn Higbee of the Richie Morris Racing team, with 160 points.