BUELLS CRACK TOP FIVE
AT INFINEON
Eslick Third in AMA Pro Daytona SportBike
Points
East Troy, Wis. (May 18, 2009) Bruce Rossmeyer's Daytona Racing/RMR/GEICO Powersports rider Danny Eslick and Latus Motors Racing's Taylor Knapp posted the best results of the Buell riders entered at this past week's AMA Pro Racing doubleheader at Sonoma, California's Infineon Raceway, but with only a single top five result between the two, both are looking forward to the series' next stop at Road America in Buell's home state of Wisconsin.
Knapp continued his strong debut on the Buell, posting a 9th place finish in Sunday's race to recover from a mechanical problem and a 34th place finish on Saturday.
"After the problem on Saturday, the Latus guys made some changes and had everything going good. We worked our way forward to ninth at the end of the race," Knapp said. "We're all looking forward to Road America and I'm hoping to get on the podium, but I think all the Buells are going to show well there." In between Infineon and Road America, Knapp will stop at Miller Motorsports Park to enter the support races for the World Superbike round on his privateer Suzuki.
With his fifth place finish in Saturday's Race 1 combined with a 12th place finish on Sunday, Eslick slipped from second to third in the season championship standings behind points leader Team M4 Suzuki's Martin Cardenas (203) and Monster Energy Attack Kawasaki's Jamie Hacking (179), with 168 points through 5 of the 11 rounds.
The next stop of the AMA Pro Racing schedule is June 5-7 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., near to Buell's East Troy headquarters. In addition to hosting demonstration rides and hospitality at the track, Buell Motorcycle Company will hold an open house at the East Troy factory on June 5 as part of its annual Homecoming celebration, which is open to all riders and fans of the brand. For more details, log onto www.buell.com.
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, 1125CR cafe racer, 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.