Herrin on the pole for the Daytona 200

Josh Herrin earned second pole position in a row for the Daytona 200 when he put his Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York Panigale V2 in the P1 spot for today's race.

Herrin missed the first qualifying session with electrical problems but made up for it in the second. His teammate, rookie Xavi Forés is 14th on the grid. 

Here are the top five:

P1 – Josh Herrin (Ducati) 1:48.741
P2 – PJ Jacobsen (Yamaha) 1:49.005
P3 – Tyler Scott (Suzuki) 1:49.027
P4 – Danny Eslick (Triumph) 1:49.186
P5 – Richie Escalante (Suzuki) 1:49.219

“It was a pretty crazy session,” Herrin said. “I thought everybody was going to split up into their own little qualifying groups, but they went out together. I didn’t think we’d be able to go that fast in the group. The oil dry slowed us down a little in turn one just because the field was a bit worried about the track conditions, but for the most part, I wasn’t sure I was going to get into the ’48’s because I made a little mistake early in the lap. The draft was so powerful with the other bikes and we were able to pull it off. Hats off to the team because we missed the first session with a couple of issues so we had to go into the session with a super-fast pace and we got P1 for the second year in a row.”

The 81st running of the Daytona 200 is today, March 11 at the Daytona International Speedway. The green flag drops for the 57-lap event at 1:10 p.m. Eastern Time.