Mat Mladin (#6 Rockstar Makita Suzuki, winner):

Q Mat, tell us how things went. You seemed to get a good flyer of a start, and it went well from there.

A I obviously got a very good start. I could see Tommy was just on the outside of me, and tried to get in the corner reasonably deep just to get the lead. I knew we had a really good motorcycle today, and that we could run some fairly fast lap times if we got clean air. So it was good to get into Turn One first and put our heads down and do what we could do. Halfway through the race, Ben sort of had a bit of a go at chipping back at it, so we dropped another few tenths and did what we had to do today.

Q With your 64th AMA Superbike win today, you've now got two times as many wins as the next person in the class. How does that feel?

A That's not bad for a guy that everyone keeps talking to about retirement, I suppose.

Ben Spies (#1 Rockstar Makita Suzuki, second place):

Q Ben, I know you didn't get a great start. What happened on the start, and then from there?

A It was a pretty good race for us. We didn't get off the line, obviously, the way I would've liked to. But we got up into second. It took a little bit to get the rhythm down. And besides having a bad start, just made one little mistake the whole race. That was about it. I was pretty happy with how I rode. Just - and it's happened so many times before, but usually in the opposite way - when one of us gets out there, it's very hard to do anything with it. We could kind of match times or a little bit off, or maybe a lap a tenth quicker, but nothing I could really drop a half-second and start reeling anybody in at that pace. Just tried to stay close in case something happened with the tire or anything. Just didn't work out. But second was obviously the best we could do today. That's about it. It was a reasonably pretty good race for us.

Jason DiSalvo (#40 Yamaha Racing, third place):

Q Jason, it's been a few days of firsts for you. It was your first front row in Superbike, and it's your first podium here in the Superbike class, and of course it's your best Superbike finish to date. Tell us about your ride.

A It was a great race. I got out, I got a really good start, actually, from fourth. I was unsure about coming from the outside like we were up on the front row, and got a good launch though, and got around the outside of Tommy, actually, in Turn One, and then we all kind of filed through for the little switchback going into the Horseshoe, I found myself right behind Mat, actually. So I just kept my head down the whole race and tried to tag onto those guys as much as I could. When Ben came past, he pulled me along a little bit. I think I got a little bit of a gap over Hacking. Just wanted to say thanks again to the crew. They've just worked really hard, and all the stuff that we've done to this bike to bring it to the next level here. Looking forward to finding some more speed. So I'm just really happy to be up here on the podium. It's good to be back.

Q Mat, you've won the Daytona 200 three times. It's going to be a Superbike race again next year. What are your thoughts?

MLADIN: Listen, there's a lot of talk going around since the series was sold. Yesterday it was announced. Listen, I really can't talk about it too much, because I really don't understand what their plans are or anything. I do know that NASCAR is a very, very successful show, and anybody that has any complaints about the people that have now taken over the Superbike series, and obviously a bunch of other things, has to re-think their complaints until we see what they decide to do. I certainly think that the series going forward has been placed in good hands, in hands I believe that will enhance motorcycle racing to the masses in this country. And hopefully I can, if need be, I can from my own experienced point of view, or from a racer's point of view that's been doing this a long time, I can offer any help to them, I certainly would like to do that. I think it's going to be good going forward. I think all the young kids have a lot to look forward to, for sure, in the future.

Q It was thought before the race, by some, that the time of day would influence the setup of the bikes. With the race being run at a different time of day than you originally anticipated, did that necessitate any changes to the bike, or adaptations as a rider?

MLADIN: No, none at all. Except you've got the sun in your face, that's it. Down the front straight.

Q Ben, the lap that you slipped back, you said you made a mistake. Where was that?

SPIES: It was just in the Horseshoe. I got in a little bit wide that lap. I thought I felt something a little bit in Turn One. I had to glance down just out of the Horseshoe to make sure the rear tire was all good, and once I knew it was, we kept hammering down and kept going. But you look down, it takes some time, but it was one of those things, I wanted to make sure everything was good, which it was, and so I could keep riding 100%. But yeah, it just cost us a second that lap, but it was, like I said, once we knew everything was good, I kept hammering down, and that was about it.

Q Ben, tell us about the start again, and Mat, your comments also. I understand there was a little bit of confusion with the starting lights. Did they go 2, to 1, back to 2 again, something like that?

SPIES: I really don't know. When I looked up, it was at 2, and then I thought it went to 1. With the sun, and just adrenaline and whatever, I'm on the limiter forever, and it was back to 2, and then it went green and I was kind of sleeping. I just got a - my start was actually pretty good, but I just had a really bad jump. For whatever reason. But it was the same for everybody. But it definitely wasn't a normal start. It took a little bit longer than normal.

MLADIN: They just held it a little bit longer than normal.