Richie Morris Racing Rides Buell to MOTO-ST Class Victory

Bilansky and Higbee Take GST Win; James Gang Buell is Second at Road America

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (July 8, 2007) – The Richie Morris Racing/Daytona Harley-Davidson/Buell team won the Grand Sport Touring (GST) class with a Buell XB12R Firebolt at the Road America 500K, the fourth round of the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series.

High winds and temperatures in the mid-90s at the four-mile road course handed an additional challenge to riders in the three-hour MOTO-ST endurance event. But Richie Morris Racing riders Shawn Higbee and Dan Bilansky never faltered and enjoyed perfect pit work to lead the GST class from start to finish. The team completed 66 laps and finished 10th overall.

“Everything went smoothly for us today,” said Bilansky. “I was pretty busy with other races this weekend, and Shawn had the bike set up perfectly for us. The Richie Morris team did a great job on all of our stops, and we got great performance from our Pirelli tires. We knew there would be a lot of Buell fans at this race in Wisconsin, so we’re glad we could bring home a win for them.”

The James Gang Racing/Hoban Brothers Buell XB12R sponsored by Hal’s Speed Shop and Buell of Appleton and ridden by Paul James and Jeff Johnson completed 65 laps and took second place in GST (13th overall), as Johnson passed the Team Ducati Indianapolis entry with just four laps remaining and was 2.2 seconds ahead at the finish. Team Ducati Indianapolis was later disqualified for being below the minimum weight limit of 390 pounds, elevating the Touring Sports Ducati team of Peter Friedland, Brad Phillips and Frank Shockley to third place (14th overall).

After four of six MOTO-ST events, Richie Morris Racing Buell leads the GST team standings with 135 points, followed by Touring Sport Ducati with 122 points and James Gang Racing with 116 points.

The overall MOTO-ST win and first place in the Buell Motorcycle Company SuperSport Twins (SST) class went to Aprilla USA Team 2 and riders Ty Howard and Troy Green, who covered 68 laps on an Aprilla RSV1000 Tuono. Aprilla USA Team 2 leads the Buell Motorcycle Company SST team point standings with 134 points. Speed Werks.com riders Brian Kcraget and Scott Ryan captured the Sport Twins (ST) class win on a Suzuki SV650.

The next race on the 2007 SunTrust MOTO-ST schedule is the Iowa Speedway 500K, July 12-14 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa.

Buell Motorcycle Company, a subsidiary of Harley-Davidson, Inc., produces sport motorcycles, motorcycle parts, accessories and apparel.