1. How was it to be back on a Harley?  
Great!  I miss the old 883 days and the close competition those races created.  It is awesome to see Harley Davidson out there competing again.

2. How was it riding the Harley at Daytona? 
At first the it wasn't fun.  We had some stability problems that we had to work out.  By the second day we had the bike suspension stiffened up and were able to handle the high speed banking of Daytona... and the fun started.  It was a blast being on the same equal equipment as my competitors racing around the new smooth surface.  The Harley was good through the corners and had some impressive torque.

3. What did you think about running the Dunlop Tires?
The tires worked great!  I know there were complaints of front end push on the banking from the Sportbike and Superbike competitors, but we didn't have that problem on the XR's.  The best thing about the tires is how equal they are, you know your competitors are on the same tire so the racing is close.

4. Which suspension did you prefer, the Race Tech or K Tech?
When I got on the bike we had the Race Tech suspension in, but it was set up way to soft (Barney was the last one to ride the bike at Barber in the rain).  The next day we changed to the K Tech and had it set up for this track and my weight.  It was way better!  It gave me stability on the banking and wasn't bottoming out everywhere.  To answer your question, the K Tech was way better but that was because it was set up for me, not because the Race Tech suspension was inferior.

5. How was it working with your team?
The Black Hills Harley Davidson team was great to work with.  I have past history with a couple of the guys.  The team manager, Lance Jones, I used to race 883's with, he was both a professional flat tracker and road racer.  The crew chief, Brett Singer is from here in Florida and is also a road racer.  I have competed against Brett as well as raced for him, he ran an endurance team competing in the AMA 3hr races back in the day that I raced for.  So we all just clicked right off the bat.  We would of had a run at the front runner's in the race, but we leaned out a bike we should have made rich and slowed it down big time.  I screwed up the start which didn't help either, but we couldn't even hang in the draft for the first half of the race.  We hope to go to the next round to run up front and redeem ourselves.