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Carmichael to design motocross track |
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Posted by Staff
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Wednesday, 20 February 2008 |
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DAYTONA
BEACH,
Fla. – Florida native Ricky Carmichael, hailed by some as the greatest
motocross racer of all time, will design the Daytona Supercross by Honda track
for the prestigious event on Friday night, March 7 at historic Daytona
International Speedway.
Carmichael, who retired from
competition last year and owns a record five Daytona Supercross By Honda
victories, will design the unique supercross track on start/finish line
infield portion of Daytona International Speedway for the Daytona Supercross by
Honda.
“What a thrill to be able to have one of the
sports greatest riders of all time
design a course for today’s greatest riders,” said Speedway President
Robin Braig of Carmichael. “We’re
thrilled to have Ricky offer his expertise in designing what will be a fun and
challenging course to compete on under the lights at ‘The World Center for
Racing.’ ”
The course will be constructed by Mark Barnett, former
Supercross Champion and three-time National Champion. Barnett, dubbed “The
Bomber” while on the circuit from 1978-85, competed at Daytona from 1980-84,
coming from last place to finish second in the ’84 event.
For information and tickets for the Daytona
Supercross by Honda and the 67th Daytona 200 by Honda, visit www.racetickets.com or call
1-800-PITSHOP.
from Daytona International Speedway
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