Britain's Chaz Davies could be in line for a ride with the Kawasaki Daytona Sportbike team after they announced today a two-rider line-up but only named Roger Hayden in the squad.
Davies rode for the Attack Kawasaki outfit last season and, because of the company's seeming ambivalence to the American Superbike class, looks likely to replace fellow almost-Brit Jamie Hacking.
The Welshman won the Daytona race last year and is held in high regard by the team but they haven't, as yet, named him for the seat.
"Our approach to winning is the same," said Mike Preston, Kawasaki Road Racing Manager. "We're going into the 2009 season with the Monster Energy Attack Kawasaki team that will continue to place our best racers and machines on top of the box."