DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., (Oct. 22, 2006) — Daytona 200 By Honda all-time mileage leader Rick Shaw is hanging up his leathers. After competing in Saturday’s 8 Hours At Daytona SunTrust MOTO-ST Series, Shaw announced that the inaugural motorcycle endurance race would be his final event of his career. “This is my last official motorcycle race,” Shaw said. “That’s after 35 years of professional riding, about 40 years total racing. I think I’ve had enough laps to satisfy my jones.” Shaw will leave the sport of motorcycle racing as the all-time mileage leader in the Daytona 200 By Honda, the prestigious motorcycle event held in March that kicks off the AMA season. “I have it now,” Shaw said of the record. “Ricky Orlando’s still looking good, but he’s probably four or five years behind me. John Ashmead is three or four years behind me. Who knows? If they start getting close, and if I can pick up the pace again, I just might come out just to keep the record, but I’m really going to have to want it pretty bad.” Shaw competed in his first Daytona 200 By Honda in 1981 and has amassed 3,728.33 miles. “I appreciate having the record,” Shaw said. “It’s been a thrill and an honor to be able to race here against all of the people. If you think about all the champions who have raced here in the Daytona 200 the past 25 years, I’ve had the honor to race with some of the best in the world and the best that motorcycles has seen in a truly golden era of superbike and Formula One racing.” Shaw, who has recently moved to nearby Port Orange from the Miami area, rode with his nephew Brian in the 8 Hours At Daytona and finished 10th overall. He says his future plans will include participating riding schools and maybe managing a SunTrust MOTO-ST Series team. “I might manage a team, maybe, sit back and watch. We’ll see what happens,” Shaw said. “I really like instructing. I’ve been doing a lot of instructing for the Team Hammer School, the Penguin School and the Track Day School. I really enjoy teaching the kids how to ride. I’m still good enough where I can stay out in front of some of them, and I think that’s probably my future, to be able to impart some of the skill and knowledge that I’ve accumulated over the years and help these kids come along.” Sunday’s Fall Cycle Scene activities concluded with CCS Sprint races and the ASRA Finals. Motorcycles will return to Daytona International Speedway in March for Daytona 200 Week By Honda on March 2-10. Tickets and more information are available online at http://www.racetickets.com or by calling 1-800-PITSHOP.