March 30, 2008

The Richie Morris Racing Racing Buell 1125R

The Richie Morris Racing/Bruce Rossmeyer’s Daytona Racing Buell 1125R sports the sponsorship of Coca-Cola, Budweiser, Geico Insurance and Eagle Riders.

Shawn Higbee and Dan Bilansky are piloting the Richie Morris Racing/Bruce Rossmeyer’s Daytona Racing Buell 1125R in the Sun Trust MOTO-ST Buell Motorcycle Company-sponsored Super Sport Twins class.

1st Race - Daytona Overview
In the Buell Motorcycle Company SuperSport Twins (SST) class, the new Buell 1125R showed promise as a contender in practice and during the race, but was ultimately sidelined with late-race technical difficulties that resulted in a 25th place finish for the Bruce Rossmeyer’s Daytona Racing Buell 1125R ridden by Shawn Higbee and Dan Bilansky. The SST class win and overall victory went to the No. 1 Aprilia USA Aprilia Tuono 1000R.

It was a roller coaster of a weekend for us. We were the quickest in practice, we were up front early, and ran some of the quickest laps of the race. Then we had some radio issues, which cost us some time in the pits. We made that back up and led some laps until we experienced some technical issues. But we proved the potential of the new 1125R and learned a lot that will help us at VIR and the rest of the season.
- Morris

The Richie Morris Racing/Bruce Rossmeyer’s Daytona Racing team will also field a Buell XB12R in the BMW Grand Sport Twins with Clint Brotz and Tripp Nobles at the controls.

The team’s GST Buell will only race at the season-opening race at Daytona, Morris told Roadracingworld.com, but if prospective sponsorship deals come through the second team will run the entire season.

March 30, 2008 08:40 PM | send page