Roger Lee plays it cool in Supersport

Given the chance to lead the Pro Honda Oils Superstock race after the first lap, Kawasaki teammates Roger Hayden and Jamie Hacking knew what to do: keep their heads and work together. They knew that if they fought hard for the lead among themselves, they'd wind up slowing each other down.

It was a strategy that paid off, as they managed to open up a small gap over a chasing freight train that included holeshoter Michael Barnes, Tommy Hayden and Geoff May. Working hard to stay smooth, the pair kept the slight gap while the chasers, fighting among themselves, ultimately got scraped off.

Throughout mid-race, Hacking was content to let Hayden lead, obviously hoping he'd wear out his tires and wind up a sitting duck for the famed Daytona draft on the final lap. Behind them, the chasers took turns leading with each getting a turn as they split traffic and played drafting games on Daytona's famed high banks.

On the final lap, Hacking seemed to be in the perfect position--second as the two entered the final horseshoe heading for the back straight. But he grabbed just a little too much throttle, lost traction and lost ground.

Once he broke the draft, he couldn't make the distance back up, and Hayden made it all the way around to the strip for the win, leaving Hacking with second.

Back among the chasers, it was Tommy Hayden who won the drafting battle to the line to take third.

``It was a tough race,'' Hayden said on the podium. ``I saw Jamie right behind me, and I could see his shadow going into turn one on every lap. I was just hoping he wasn't going to just follow me around the whole race and then just snap me at the line. I just tried to go hard on the last lap.''