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Privateer Jack Pfeifer, who finished fourth in the 2004 Daytona 200, missed the AMA Superbike races at Road Atlanta while still recovering from recent hernia surgery.

“I am at home healing up from the surgery,” Pfeifer wrote in an e-mail to Roadracingworld.com. “I’ve been getting a bunch of calls asking where I’m at and why I’m not at the races. It’s nice to get the calls, but you know how it is when you can’t ride, it’s a bit depressing, and I know everyone reads your site.

“I will probably be back in action at the Toyota 200 and the word on the street is the rules are changing regarding quick-change equipment, making it illegal!

“It was recommended by my doctor for me to not race for another few weeks minimum due to the possibility that I might tear some stitches that are holding my stomach muscles and the patch together, which in turn are holding intestines in their place, which really stinks because last year I went pretty good at Road Atlanta considering it was my first time there, and normally I’d just say OK to the doc and go race anyway. But not this time…”

Jack Pfeifer
Las Vegas, Nevada