From a press release issued by AHRMA:

Nixon and Springsteen set for rematch of Daytona Legends race

Racing greats Gary Nixon and Jay Springsteen will reprise their Battle of Legends match during American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association action Monday and Tuesday, March 1 and 2, at Daytona International Speedway.

The excitement was dampened somewhat during AHRMA’s Classics Days 2003 when rain played havoc with Nixon’s M3 Racing 1972 Honda CR750 and Springsteen thundered away for the win aboard the Hourglass Racing 1972 Harley-Davidson XR750TT. Retired national champs don’t like to lose, even at vintage racing, so 1967 Daytona 200 winner Nixon can be expected to come out with all four cylinders howling to avenge his third-place finish behind Springsteen and Triumph-mounted Geir Jacobsen of Norway.

The past champions will face off in a Battle of Legends race in the Formula 750 class both days, while Nixon also is entered to compete in the Formula Vintage class on the fast M3 Honda.

Nixon, 63, won back-to-back AMA Grand National Championships in 1967 and ‘68 on Triumphs. He began his professional racing career in 1958, and over the next 22 seasons logged 19 AMA national wins in over 150 finishes. Along the way he developed into an excellent roadracer. In 1976, he should have won the world Formula 750 series, but was denied the title after international politics cost him a victory. He was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in 1998 and lives in Maryland.

The 46-year-old “Springer” is a three-time AMA Grand National Champion (1976, ‘77 and ‘78) with over 40 national dirt track wins to his credit. His pro career began in 1975, and after approximately 400 races he isn’t done yet, as his 10th-place finish in the 2003 AMA national series testifies. The popular Michigan racer also has found success on pavement, most notably in the early ‘80s on Harley-Davidson’s “Lucifer’s Hammer” Battle of the Twins racer, as well as a fifth in the 1986 Daytona 200 on a Yamaha. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003.

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