Okay, all you negative naybobs out there claiming the championship is over and are ready to hand Nicky Hayden the title after Daytona. Surprisisngly, only six times in the 25 previous years of AMA Superbike has the man who won the Daytona Superbike race gone on to win the championship.

Here they are:

2001 Mat Mladin, Suzuki
2000 Mat Mladin, Suzuki
1992 Scott Russell, Kawasaki
1987 Wayne Rainey, Honda
1985 Fred Merkel, Honda*
1984 Fred Merkel, Honda*

*denotes the rider won a Superbike race at Daytona, not the Daytona 200.