| Author | Message | ||
     Aldaytona |
........More important yet, are there any Buell Racing shirts left........Court? | ||
| Vegasbueller |
Apex: Sorry to hear ya dropped it! I'll teach you how to save the bike by allowing your body to absorb all the energy from the drop if you like!  As far as the BBQ...dang straight it is still on! We had something like 60 people here last night! There were Buell's all over the front lawn! It was truly the most amazing recovery gift I could have asked for, and tonight promises to be even bigger! Cage or bike, just get here! It was awesome seeing everyone getting to meet each other. I even got a call from Paulinoz! A get well call from across the pond. The whole night was just insane. We'll be seeing you all here tonight hopefully. Nick | ||
| Zxzer04 |
Looks like stupid stuff killed McWilliams chances for a top 10. | ||
| Charlieboy6649 |
Yea, what happened? He was up there up until about lap 47 or so????  | ||
| Jackbequick |
I'm not sure the Buells are competitive yet. They looked pretty good on the lap times in qualifying but with that many top ranked riders on faster bikes, they had a tough row to hoe. I'll bet they were the best sounding bikes on the track. Nothing as irritating and the nitter nitter of four tiny little cylinders. :>  Jack | ||
| Buell2001b |
so does anyone have a link for the finishing positions in the race, thanks | ||
| Nb_mitch |
Btw, it was 87 degrees and partly cloudy. I got the kids (son and daughter, tomorrow is my daughter's 15 birthday and wife wanted her out of the house so she could decorate) up at 6:30 and we left for the track around 7:10. Jim called me around 8 and we kept in contact while we drove to the track. We met up around 8:30. There were about 8 Buells among the hundreds parked in front of the Cracker Barrel, we parked in back and started a cell phone search. Jim played a good "can you see me now"  The Brag group set up a parking area just for the Buells, she claimed they were expecting 100 bikes, but since no one really knew where it was, we just stumbled on it, because we parked next to the signs. There were maybe 20 Buells there when we came out after the race. We went into the race track around 9:30 and watched 2-30 minute practice sessions and a 15 lap race which ended about noon. I was sitting with about half the group outside the first turn, which was a great view of the complete course, but in the sun. After the first race, we walked around outside looking for the Buell Display/demo Ride area. Finally found it near the 3rd corner of the car track, way way way out of the way. They had about a dozen demo bikes and 1 of the race bikes on display, but nothing else, nothing for sale or give away. No Brag area, the only way to get a t-shirt was to sign up for a credit card  They said their display was in a convention center on the beach. We walked back around to the grandstands, got lunch and then met up with Jim. We watched the 200 from the shady center track area. You could see all but one small section of the track, but you were further away from the twisties. It wasn't as good a view for the race, but did I mention it was in the shade and I was looking like a lobster about now Overall, my first bike race. I enjoyed the races, would have enjoyed it more if I didn't have 2 kids that wouldn't stop talking. I finally put in the earplugs the HD sales girl gave us and I guess they figured I couldn't hear them anymore, so they shut up. I was amazed to see the bikes flip / wreck and the drivers would just walk away or even hop back on like nothing happened. I wasn't as long as a NASCAR race, but it was loud, not loud enough I couldn't hear my kids. Donald wanted to wear his riding pants, he enjoyed the day, but he kept having to take off his pants cause it was so hot, did I say it was 87? Overall, we had a nice time, the kids liked the junk food and the bikes and the planes. I guess we saw a few thousand bikes or all shapes and sizes. I didn't see any topless or naked women, but did see some girls washing bikes in bikinis on the way home just outside Deland on 92. Mitch | ||
| Nb_mitch |
65th Daytona 200 By Honda Results March 11, 2006 1. Jake Zemke, Honda, 68 laps. 2. Josh Hayes, Honda, 68. 3. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, 68. 4. Eric Bostrom, Yamaha 68. 5. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 68. 6. Aaron Gobert, Honda, 67. 7. Geoff May, Suzuki, 67. 8. Eric Wood, Honda, 66. 9. Blake Young, Suzuki, 66. 10. Will Gruy, Yamaha, 65. 11. Ryan Elleby, Honda, 65. 12. Tony Meiring, Suzuki, 65. 13. Mark Crozier, Suzuki, 65. 14. Ricky Orlando, Kawasaki, 65. 15. Rob Frost, Kawasaki, 64. 16. Brian Stokes, Yamaha, 64. 17. Victor Chirinos, Kawasaki, 64. 18. Oliver Jervis, Kawasaki, 64. 19. Robert Fisher, Suzuki, 64. 20. Bostjan Pintar, Yamaha, 64. 21. Johnny Rock Page, Yamaha, 64. 22. Bostjan, Skuic, Honda, 64. 23. Opie Caylor, Suzuki, 64. 24. James Kerker, Honda, 64. 25. Dan Ortega, Suzuki, 63 26. John A. Ashmead, Kawasaki, 63. 27. Dirk Sanchez, Kawasaki, 63. 28. Marco Martinez, Yamaha, 63. 29. Joseph Ford, Yamaha, 63. 30. Mark McCormick, Yamaha, 63. 31. Jeremiah J. Johnson, Suzuki, 63. 32. David McPherson, Yamaha, 63. 33. Akiharu Shigeno, Kawasaki, 63. 34. Raymond Bowman, Suzuki, 63. 35. David Sadowski, Jr., Yamaha, 63. 36. John Caleb Linder, Yamaha, 62. 37. Jeffrey Purk, Yamaha, 62 38. Armonda Ferrer, Kawasaki, 62 39. Santiago Villa Venegas, Yamaha, 62. 40. Rick Shaw, Yamaha, 61. 41. Brett Champagne, Suzuki, 61. 42. Spencer Stuart, Yamaha, 61. 43. Lance Yeager, Kawasaki, 59. 44. Dejan Senk, Honda, 58. 45. Ray Gordon, Ducati, 55. 46. Morgan Murphy, Suzuki, 55. 47. Scotty Van Scoik, Kawasaki, 55. 48. Anthony Fania, Yamaha, 50. 49. Danny Eslick, Suzuki, 49. 50. Tyler McDonald, Yamaha, 47. 51. Bill Card, Yamaha, 43. 52. Jeremy McWilliams, Buell, 37.  53. Josh Day, Yamaha, 36. 54. Rico Penzkofer, Buell, 25. 55. Ty Howard, Honda, 21. 56. Trey Yonce, Yamaha, 19. 57. Keith Marshall, Suzuki, 15. 58. Steve Crevier, Buell, 14. 59. Justin Filice, Honda, 7. 60. Barrett Long, Yamaha 7. 61. Alastair Seeley, Yamaha 6. 62. Jean Paul Tache, Kawasaki, 6. 63. Nathan Hester, Yamaha, 2. 64. Mike Ciccotto, Buell, 2. Time of race: 2:00:01.245 Margin of victory: 1.562 seconds. Winner’s average speed: 100.3 mph. Laps led: Zemke, 35. Duhamel, 22. Bostrom, 11. | ||
| Gowindward |
Number of bikes that didn't run 68 laps. Honda 8 Yamaha 22 Suzuki 13 Kawasaki 11 Ducati 1 Buell 4 Keeping it in perspective. Go Buell!!! | ||
| Paint_shaker |
Nick and Sammie, Thanks for the Hospitality after the race. It was nice to meet you and all the rest of the Bad Weather Bikers!!!! Had a great time!!! | ||
| Honu |
Nick, I made it back home, thanks to you and Sammie for the Hospitality!!!!! JackbeQuick, the Buells were actually pretty quiet, I have heard street pipes louder!! Mitch, the sun was brutal, I still hurt from getting burnt!! Gowindward, I like that perspective!!!  | ||
| Southern Marine |
Nick and Sammie, again a HUGE THANK YOU for your hospitality. For those that didn't get to go. I'm heading back home tomorrow and spending the night here in Ocala. I will be working on my photo's and I'll get them posted to share with you all. I GOT Pitt photo's AND, Pitt video's. I'll try to get the video's to Blake to post for you. I posted in another section about the Bikes. I don't care what anyone says, from what I saw, those bikes are extremely competitive. Yes they have a small flaw that can and will be fixed. Hopefully when M1Combat gets back he'll post what he saw in his observations of McWilliams riding and some of the cool things he saw McWilliams do. | ||
| Southern Marine |
Charlieboy, Your shirt is signed and I will drop it off with FedEx on Tuesday. You had better frame it and DON'T WASH it. I was in the pitts:  and I had someone come up to me and ask If I was one of the racers.  Of course I didn't think to pull his leg and told him no. Blake had someone hook me up with a pitt pass and come to find out later from Brankin and Don that all I really needed was to just walk down there wearing my shirt and they would have let me in. | ||
| Honu |
And here you are getting ready to pull the cover off the top secret bike!  | ||
| Honu |
The Autograph session!!!  | ||
| Honu |
Mr. Canfield holding "Court" while Nick(VegasBueller) looks on.  | ||
| Southern Marine |
Okay, here are my pictures of Daytona and a few of the happenings at Nicks.                 | ||
| Southern Marine |
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           Can You Spot the Buell Fans in this photo?     | ||
| Buellgirlie |
thanks nick and sammie for the hospitality! i had a great time friday and saturday night. really fun to meet new friends and see old friends again at nick and sammie's house, and the yard FULL of buells! races were GREAT. i was in the pits and tower for part of both weekends for the CCS/ASRA and AMA races. buell racers did pretty well both weekends - there are obviously bugs to work out to get more bikes to run and finish well, but the BUZZ that is going around the racing scene about buell is priceless and good for everyone. flew back to milwaukee today after checking out the orlando museum "art of the motorcycle" exhibit. something not to be missed if you're in the area. D, sitting at home looking at 40 degree thunderstorm turning to snow tomorrow missing Daytona SUNSHINE. | ||
| Charlieboy6649 |
SOUTHERN!!! YOU'RE MY HERO!!! Thanks man! I'm a happy sumbich...  | ||
| Dtx |
The Kansas City crew made it back safely...but not without some drama. Half way into Missouri we got stuck in a tornado that blew an 18 wheeler across I-70 and blocked both west bound lanes for over two hours. Pics to be posted soon... Drake | ||
| 1313 |
Random Daytona Pic: Elwood  Nick and Sammie, Thanks for your hospitality! 1313 | ||
| Vegasbueller |
First off I have to say all you guys ROCK! I can't say enough thanks to all of you for the morale boost over the weekend. You have all been an active part of my recovery. Erik, you're the best! It was awesome of you to take the time to drop by and spend some time with us. I promise next year that I will be standing when I shake yoour hand! I am glad to hear that you are all making it home safe. I can't say enough about the whole crowd. I can't find words to express the thanks for all the new "friends" that I have made over this past weekend. Friends from all over the world! It goes without saying that Sammie and I can't wait to see you all next year! Thanks again brothers... (and a couple of sisters!) Nick | ||
| Nb_mitch |
Here are my pictures, nothing like those already posted, but all I got: http://www.perrysys.com/2006/2006-Daytona200.html Mitch | ||
| Bluzm2 |
Nick, Erik, the man him self, stopped by? How cool is that? Me thinks that would NEVER have happened with Mr Honda..... There is a reason we all have a passion for these bikes. Brad | ||
| Court |
>>>There is a reason we all have a passion for these bikes. That's an accurate statement. Erik has dreamed of returning passion to the motorcycle racing at Daytona. To that end, he stood atop a podium in the eyes of race officials and fans as the sun set Saturday. When was the last time you saw any marque evoke so much enthusiasm and interest that the owners of other brands got off their bikes, beat feet to Badweb and spent 4 days discussing BUELL RACING. Buell won much more at Daytona than you'd know if you were so myopic as to simply watch the circling motorcycles. Erik wanted to share the moment with Buell owners. One, perhaps, of the most exciting things I've seen in the last 20 years. Court |
