Danny had bike problems in his first race and maybe didn't have a spare? It was a good 8 races later before he was out again and it was so slick by then. He did have a great battle with bomber in another race. He didn't ride bad just wasn't his type of track prep. See bomber.
As for cook, he was in a class of his own. He did say he had a brand new engine that was so fast is was scaring him.
On a different note, Kai Huckenbeck was good if we happen to need to make any changes.