Zemke, Duhamel Bring Honda’s 1-2 Punch For 66th Daytona 200 By Honda DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., — Honda’s Jake Zemke will try to defend his Daytona 200 By Honda victory while his teammate Miguel Duhamel will attempt to win a record sixth triumph in the 66th motorcycle classic that is scheduled for Saturday, March 10. Zemke captured last year’s Daytona 200 By Honda and will be shooting for back-to-back victories in the 68-lap motorcycle classic that will start on Saturday at 2 p.m. “It was real big,” Zemke said during one of the preseason tire tests at DIS. “As I said after it happened, as a kid growing up I always looked at all the names of the people who have won this race. Historically, the Daytona 200 is the biggest race we have in America, and it means an awful lot to put my name up there with some of the legends of motorcycle racing.” Duhamel won his first Daytona 200 By Honda back in 1991 and his fifth victory which tied him with motorcycle legend Scott Russell atop the wins’ list came in 2005. If Duhamel was to win a sixth Daytona 200 By Honda on Saturday, he would also become the oldest winner of the historic motorcycle race at the age of 38. Dick Mann is currently the oldest winner on record in the Daytona 200 By Honda when he was just shy of 37 years old when he won the race in 1971. “I’d be extremely blessed and lucky if I can get another shot at winning it again,” Duhamel said. Other riders that will content for a Daytona 200 By Honda are Erion Racing’s Josh Hayes, who finished second to Zemke, and Yamaha’s Jason DiSalvo and M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Michael Barnes. Winning the Daytona 200 By Honda is not only important to the riders in the race, but also the manufacturers. A victory in motorcycle’s premier event can translate into bigger bike sales for manufacturers. “To win the Daytona 200, it’s huge for the manufacturers because it’s the start of spring,” Zemke said. “It’s March. It’s when all the sport bikes are coming out. It creates a lot of press and a lot of publicity for the manufacturers that win the race. It’s definitely a great way to sell motorcycles. That’s the whole reason why we do race, because it’s an advertising tool to the public to showcase the attributes of the bike.” Tickets for any of the Daytona 200 Week By Honda events are available online at ~http://www.racetickets.com~ or by calling 1-800-PITSHOP. More, from a press release issued by Johnny Rock Page: JOHNNY ROCK PAGE #269 AMA-PRO TO DEBUT LAST YEARS GRAVES YAMAHA R1-LE’S AT DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY Johnny Rock Page of Phoenix AZ will attempt to participate in the opening round of the AMA Series in four of four classes: Superbike, Superstock, Supersport, and FX in the Daytona 200 Wednesday, March 7th through Saturday, March 10th. The opening round starts with Daytona International Speedway (The same as NASCAR) having the same impact of one of the most prestigious races of the season. As the “Worlds Largest Motorcycle Event” bike week is celebrating its 66th anniversary in 2007 and will play host to well over 250,000 motorcyclists & spectators. Johnny Rock Page will be trying to race in (4) events on his 944.com (Magazine) prepared motorcycles. On his 2006 YAMAHA R1-LE he will be racing in Superstock and Superbike. For the Daytona “200” FX class and Supersport he will be racing on his 2006 YAMAHA R6’s. The Superbike and FX races will be televised live on Speed channel (schedule below). Johnny has been testing the Graves-Yamaha R1-LE’s since last October in which he took a podium finish during Nationals and at his home track Firebird Raceway: Main, East, and west, getting them race ready for this years AMA-PRO events. The challenge was getting the bikes chassis to work for him weighing 170 Pounds VS how the set ups were in place for Jamie Hacking and Eric Bostrom. Johnny has never raced in the Superbike Class at an AMA-PRO event. He has set what he thinks are realistic personal goals in hopes of qualifying for at least 50% of the scheduled AMA-PRO Superbike events, on his 944.com (Magazine), Superstock bikes. “I really want to get rid of my 600cc motorcycles, however until my riding level goes up as a Superbike racer, the thought of not qualifying for the Superbike class and being stuck salivating only racing in the Superstock class makes me nauseous. When you see me sell my 600cc motorcycles, you’ll know that I’m ready and confident, until then wish me luck and good skill in trying to get faster!” The schedule for Daytona race week is as follows: Speed Channel Coverage Wednesday March 7th Practice Thursday March 8th (2:30 ET) Qualifying and Supersport and Superstock races Friday March 9th Supercross races Saturday March 10th (Live) 11:00 AM ET Superbike (Live) 1:30 PM ET Daytona 200 Formula Xtreme