BUELL TEAMS DEFENDING CHAMPIONSHIP LEADS AT BARBER
Eslick and Liberty Waves Hope to Bolster Points Totals

East Troy, Wis. (April 30, 2009) Buell racers and teams head into the fourth round of the AMA Pro Racing season at Alabama's Barber Motorsports Park this weekend with the goal of defending championship leads in two AMA Pro Racing categories.

In Daytona SportBike, Bruce Rossmeyer's Daytona Racing/RMR/GEICO Powersports rider Danny Eslick holds a 10-point lead over rival Monster Energy/Attack Kawasaki's Jamie Hacking, while the Dairyland Cycle Insurance/Antelope Valley H-D/Buell/Liberty Waves Racing squad of Eric Pinson and Eric Haugo cling to a 1-point lead over the Wisconsin Racing team in the Moto-GT1 entering that series' third round.

"It's a good place to be sitting, but it's going to be an uphill battle," said Eslick, who has won three of the first five Daytona SportBike races, including a sweep of March's double-header at California Speedway and a win at Road Atlanta. "We've gone OK in the past at Barber, but the weather's not looking too good [for the weekend]. I'm not thinking about the championship too much, but I don't want to throw it away over something stupid, so we're just looking to get out of [Barber] and the next race at Infineon with some good points."

In the Moto-GT series GT-1 class, Pinson and Haugo, who finished on the podium in each of the first two rounds, hope to reach the top step at Barber at the conclusion of Saturday's 2-hour endurance race.

"I'm really exited about the way [the 1125R] is handling," said Pinson. "At Road Atlanta, it handled better in the esses than my Yamaha, and between the races we worked with Racetech on the suspension setup and found some things. I think we may really be in the ballpark [of a victory] now."

Founded by visionary motorcycle designer and former privateer racer Erik Buell in 1983, Buell Motorcycle Company, a subsidiary of Harley-Davidson, Inc., produces sport motorcycles, motorcycle parts, accessories and apparel, including the 1125R superbike and air-cooled XB-series Ulysses, Firebolt, and Lightning. To learn more about Buell motorcycles, or to locate the dealer nearest you, log onto www.buell.com.