well, just because the race seems less important year to year, the Daytona 200 not even being a superbike race means it loses even more luster. The crowds are smaller & smaller every year, the track's even less suited to the bikes. The Daytona 200 used to be prestigious, guys came from Europe & Asia just to do the one-off race because it really meant something. Like Foggy talking smack & then losing was a big deal. Now you would never see anyone go out of their way to come and race it. The factory riders who have to race it arent even happy about racing it.
I guess i dont mean that its literally going extinct, yet. But the Daytona 200 went from being a big deal to being a support class race with one factory participating. Hell, i'm happy they are racing, period since the AMA lost two rounds in what was already a really short season.