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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.

HIGBEE PUTS BUELL IN DAYTONA 200 TOP 5 Eslick DQ�d for Passing Under Yellow

East Troy, Wis. -- (Saturday, March 07, 2009) Shawn Higbee made an incredible and unexpected run from a 16th place start to a fifth place finish in the 68th running of the Daytona 200 Friday night at Daytona International Speedway with a Buell 1125R that was virtually built from the ground up in the Speedway garages in the days prior to the race.

Higbee, who arrived at Daytona earlier in the week with a sparse crew, a stock street bike, and a crate engine, worked his way up near the top ten and benefitted from a strategic decision by his crew chief to pit during a mid-race caution.

�It worked out good, but if I had been better prepared, I think we had a package to win the race,� said Higbee, who scrambled over the past month to assemble a bike and team after a deal to race with another team fell through. His team replaced the frame and engine of his motorcycle to prepare it for the long-distance race in between practice and qualifying sessions. �I�m so thankful to all the people who helped me.�

The 57-lap race�s first caution came out on lap 36 after an electrical fire caused a malfunction with the track�s lighting system in the backfield chicane. While the field was under caution, a rider crashed, forcing the race to be red-flagged while AMA officials fixed the lighting and reset the field for a restart. During the brief period between the caution and the red flag, Higbee pitted under yellow for a new rear tire and fuel and restarted in 12th position. As riders ahead of him pitted, Higbee moved up the field and held on for a fifth place finish in the final 10-lap sprint to the checkered flag.

�I ran a conservative first stint to save the front tire. I was rolling out of the throttle in a lot of corners to save gas,� Higbee said. �It wasn�t a flat-out run, and we had to use a lot of strategy.�

While all six Buells entered in the 200 finished the race, Higbee�s top five finish blunted the disappointment of problems that plagued front-row starter Danny Eslick�s Bruce Rossmeyer�s Daytona Racing/RMR Buell. Eslick diced with the leaders for the first ten laps of the race, briefly leading, before being forced to pit to repair loose body work that dropped him far down the order. Eslick worked his way back through the field, aided by cautions and restarts, and was initially shown as finishing in 13th position. However, he was subsequently disqualified for passing under yellow during a caution period. Eslick�s teammate Michael Barnes brought his Geico Powersports/RMR Buell home in 25th position, followed by Latus Motors H-D/Buell teammates Alan Schmidt and Josh Bryan in 34th and 36th, respectively, and Bryan Bemisderfer (H-D/Buell of Frederick) in 64th.

SunTrust Moto-GT

The Liberty Waves Racing Buell 1125R sponsored by Dairyland Insurance and Antelope Valley H-D/Buell and ridden by Eric Pinson and Eric Haugo finished in third place in the Moto-GT1 class and fourth overall in the season-opening two-hour SunTrust Moto-GT series race at Daytona International Speedway March 6 after a dramatic series of events that saw them relinquish an early lead and run out of gas on pit lane.

For most of the first 17 laps of the race, Haugo battled for the lead with the TeamHurtByAccident.com Suzuki GSX-R600 before breaking away to a build a lead of more than a minute over the rest of the field. On lap 37, problems with a rear tire change during a pit stop dropped the team to fourth in class.

Haugo battled back to third place until his bike ran out of gas on lap 55 coming out of the infield. After coasting along the banking, the bike died on pit lane and Haugo began pushing the Buell toward his pit stall. After a quick splash of fuel, Pinson remounted for the final two laps and a well-deserved spot on the podium. The race was won by the Wisconsin Racing Ducati 848.

�I didn�t know it was going to be a foot race,� said Haugo, who sprinting down half the pit lane with his bike until his crew was able to assist him.

�It was intense, and a lot of emotions were flying,� Pinson said. �We didn�t come here expecting to run up front, but the Buell was great. I�ve really got to thank the Kellerman family and Antelope Valley Harley-Davidson/Buell for all their help putting together this bike for us.�

The James Gang/Hoban Brothers Racing Buell team sponsored by H-D/Buell of Appleton fought through adversity as lead rider Paul James crashed the team�s �A� bike during the afternoon warm-up and the team had to revert to its back-up bike for the race. On lap 17, the bike lost a piece of bodywork that damaged the cooling system and caused the team to retire in 7th place.

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.

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Push Rod Racing Featuring Bradlee Haley

Brad has been riding motorcycles since he was young while his father has been riding a Harley as long as he can remember. Brad started racing motorcycles in late 2003 and was quickly advanced from the Amateur to Professional level by the end of the 2003 season. Since then he has proven himself to be a threat on the Buell in each of the classes that enters. Some of Haley�s notable results include:

2005 2^nd overall in the WMRRA Formula Thunder Championship

2005 2^nd overall in the WMRRA Middleweight GP Twins Championship

2006 2^nd overall in the WMRRA Formula Thunder Championship

2006 WMRRA overall placing of 9^th

Brads first Buell happened to be the first blue Buell XB9R in Washington State which he purchased from Downtown Harley-Davidson/Buell in 2002. Be began racing for Downtown Harley-Davidson/Buell in 2004 with Jeff Wieand and formed the Pushrod Racing Team. After a couple of years away from DHD/Buell, Brad and Pushrod Racing are back with us. Brad�s knowledge of the Buell�s and racing them along with his connection to the factory have made him one of the premier Buell racers in Washington State.

To visit Brad's web page & read his blogs, go to http://www.pushrodracing.com/

Jake Frame-Bio I bought my first real motorcycle in the summer of 2004. It was a 2004 Suzuki GSXR 1000. After riding for the summer and fall on the street, I decided to check out a track day in the spring. I was instantly hooked! I decided that I wanted to get a second bike for track purposes only. I found a race prepped 2000 GSXR 750 and was all set. I enrolled in a 2-Fast performance riding school, drug my knee at noon, and was in the WMRRA Novice racing program in August of 2005. I began the 2006 WMRRA Season as an expert with the same GSXR 750 and eventually acquired a Suzuki SV 650 Super Bike. 1 Championship, 7 Victories, and 12 podiums later, I was awarded with the WMRRA Rookie of the Year. The 2007 WMRRA season was a growing one for me as I found myselft fortunate enough to have many choices of what to ride. A fairly bad crash in June ended my season early so the planning began for 2008. This year has been littered with bad luck as I�ve lost one transmission and two engines in the race bike. I�ve jumped on board of a Buell and can�t wait to get the new engine going.

Year Racing in �08: 4^th

Competition #: 6

Occupation: IT Manager

Favorite Track: Infineon Raceway

Best Moto Moment: Winning the 2006 WMRRA Rookie of the year.

Career Highlights:

· 2006 WMRRA Rookie of the Year

· 2006 OMRRA 650 GP Twins Champion

· 2006 3^rd - WMRRA Middleweight GP Twins Championship

· 2006 5^th � OMRRA Middleweight Superbike Championship

http://www.frameracing.com/

2008 WMRAA Formula Thunder Champion, Pete Ross Pete Ross Bio- A long time street and off-road rider from Scotland got his first introduction to race tracks back in 1995 on his GSXR1100 in the UK at Donnington and was hooked. After moving to Charlotte, NC his local track day venues included Virginia International Raceway, Road Atlanta, Barber Motorsports, Roebling Road and Carolina Motorsports Park. Pete completed his novice season in 2004 with WMRRA on his R1 street bike and after a successful season consistently landing in 1st and 2nd places, Pete purchased his Yamaha TZ 250. On his first year racing this bike as a graduate novice Pete landed the Washington State WMRRA 250 Grand Prix Class Championship. Also though down somewhat on displacement, Pete was also awarded 4th place in the 600 TFS class in the same year. In 2007 Pete picked up a 2005 Buell XB12S street bike which he used for recreational street riding for the summer season. Pete really enjoyed the responsive handling of the Buell and when an opportunity to purchase a race prepped 1200 short stroke engine presented itself at the end of 2007 Pete jumped on it. For 2008 in addition to his Yamaha TZ250 Pete is competing on his modified Buell 1200 in 250 Grand Prix, Middleweight GP Twins and Formula Thunder and looking forward to riding with the Downtown Harley Endurance team. Racing Highlights: 2005 WMRRA 250 Grand Prix 1st Place WMRRA 600 TFS 4th Place 2006 WMRRA 250 Grand Prix 2nd Place WMMRA 600 TFS 3rd Place NW Endurance Middleweight 2nd Place 2007 WMRRA 250 Grand Prix 1st Place WMRRA 600 TFS 1st Place NW Endurance Heavyweight 3rd place Favorite Track: Road Atlanta Favorite Racers: Barry Sheene or Wayne Rainey 2008 WMRRA Formula Thunder Champion, Pete Ross Jeff Wieand #69 Bio - I started riding at age 10. Motocross was my drug of choice for the next 5 years. Once I got my drivers license, I got a street bike for getting back and forth from school. I rode my motorcycle daily for years. I began motorcycle escorting in 1981 and stopped escorting in 1991. I started roadracing motorcycles with the Washington Motorcycle Road Racing Association(WMRRA) from 1991-1995 on a Suzuki VX800. I also raced a Ninja 250, Suzuki GS500 and a Harley 883R for Downtown H-D. (DHD) I returned to racing in 2003 on my Buell XB9R that I purchased from Downtown H-D/Buell. Brad Haley, Jesse Grantham and myself formed pushrodracing in 2003. Pushrodracing is the only Buell race team in the Pacific Northwest. Our relationship with Erik Buell and Henry Duga, Buell Racing Manager, has allowed WMRRA to be one of a handful of regional race associations in the United States that offer Buell racers' contingency money. In 2003, pushrodracing raced one of our XB9R's in an 8 hr. endurance race held in Spokane, Washington. The riders were: Brad Haley, Jesse Grantham, Rick Ferraro and myself. In 2006, I was selected to be the Race Director for WMRRA. I have put my racing career aside while I perform the associated tasks for the last two years. I am enjoying my duties and look forward to making sure that ALL WMRRA racers are safe and having the time of their lives racing. I win when they all go home after a weekend of racing to their families and their jobs on Monday. I am looking forward to participating in the 6 hr. endurance race with my fellow Buell racers. I relish the opportunity afforded me and my teammates by Downtown H-D/Buell. The support and enthusisam that DHD exhibits towards the Buell product line and the Buell racing community is far and above what any other dealer on the West Coast provides. Each and every staff member is pro-Buell and is excited about the products. We at pushrodracing would like to thank Downtown H-D/Buell for their commitment to us and the Buell line of products. We hope to make you all proud to be associated with pushrodracing. Check us out online at: www.pushrodracing.com or www.wmrra.com



*RACE RESULTS* The Seattle based Downtown Harley-Davidson/Buell endurance race team took to Pacific Raceways this past weekend, Aug.31, to try their luck at the WMRRA Round 5 six-hour endurance race. Armed with a specifically modified Buell XB9R motorcycle, the four racers and one crew chief were able to bring home some hardware for the West coasts largest Buell dealer. Racers Brad Haley, Jake Frame, Pete Ross, and Jeff Wieand, who were supported in the pits by crew chief Nate Miller, are very please with the outcome of the event. "Our goal was to get some publicity for Downtown Harley-Davidson/Buell this weekend�" said Jake Frame. Brad Haley added� "We are very happy to bring home an award to a local business that has been so generous and supportive of our efforts to race the Buell." The combined efforts of the team brought home a 3rd place finish in the Heavyweight Endurance category. Although the team didn't quite make it the entire duration of the race, they did accumulate enough laps to keep them in third in their division. "I'm very proud of what the team accomplished this weekend." Said Jeff Wieand. "We came out as the underdogs, did what we needed to do, and were able to professionally represent our brand and our sponsors to the best of our ability". "We can't thank Downtown Harley-Davidson enough for their help" said Pete Ross. Keep an eye out for more to come from the Buell racers in the Northwest. With 2008 winding down plans are in the works for bigger and better things to come in 2009. These four racers are committed to the Buell product and really want to build awareness of the American built machines and show that they are just as capable of winning racers as anything else out there.