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Michael Jordan Breaths New Life Into Pridmore’s AMA Superbike Career Rain Washes Out Practice, Qualifying At DIS DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., (March 9, 2005) – Mid-way through the 2004 racing season Jason Pridmore was ready to hang up his racing leathers and pursue a professional golfing career. Basketball star Michael Jordan stepped in and changed all that. “Four races in, I was over the whole thing,” Pridmore admitted as he sat under a hospitality tent after rain washed out Wednesday’s practice and qualifying at historic Daytona International Speedway. “The only reason I hung around was because of my sponsors and the people that stood by me. But I got my golf game really sharp over the summer and that was my plan. There are so many good tours out there. “But then I met MJ (Michael Jordan) at Road America and we got to be really good friends. We played golf a ton during the summer and I struck up a friendship. He kind of heard some things about what was going on. I told him I was going to miss the final two races because we just didn’t have the funding. He helped me out for the last two. From that point on, we just thought how we could blend something.” As a result of those early talks Pridmore became a member of the Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki squad. With Pridmore’s contacts in the industry and the financial backing of Jordan, the team is perhaps the strongest independent in the history of AMA Superbike. “We went from no resources last year to all of the sudden now I’ve got one of the better crew chiefs in the paddock in Ammar Bazzaz and I’ve got this unbelievable great people around me,” said Pridmore, a two-time AMA road racing titlist and the son of three-time AMA Superbike champ Reg Pridmore. “This team is amazing. I’m with Suzuki and this team for two years. We’re going to build a foundation right now. If there’s anybody around that knows teamwork, it’s Michael Jordan.” Pridmore was 10th fastest in the first AMA Superbike practice session Wednesday morning on the new 2.95-mile DIS motorcycle course. He thinks having such a major celebrity like Jordan can only help raise the exposure of Superbike racing in the United States. “We want to let everyone know that MJ is in this for the long run,” Pridmore said. “He’s doing this as a business. It’s not just him coming in and playing around. He loves our sport and wants to help it grow. I’m just happy to be a part of it.” Jordan is expected in town this week to watch his second-year team, made up of Pridmore, Steve Rapp and Montez Stewart, compete in this year’s Daytona motorcycle races. Even though Pridmore is thankful for his new lease on life in racing, he explains being so closely associated Michael Jordan has its benefits and drawbacks. “You end up finding you had a lot more friends than you thought you did,” he says with a smile. “All of the sudden, you’re phone is ringing. It’s gotten to the point of being ridiculous for me because I have three movie scripts on my desk at work. I don’t even know how they got a hold of me.” So for now the pro golf tour will have to wait. Thanks to Jordan’s backing Pridmore is happily pursuing his road racing dreams for at least a few more years. Wednesday’s activities at the Speedway will not be rescheduled. Fans with a ticket for Wednesday’s AMA events may: — Present Wednesday AMA Superbike Practice ticket at the Grandstand gates for general admission seating for Thursday’s Qualifying and Superstock/Supersport events at Daytona International Speedway. — Exchange and upgrade ticket for $15, at Tunnel 1 or 4 on Thursday, for an infield ticket for Thursday’s Qualifying and Superstock/Supersport events at Daytona International Speedway — Visit the Daytona International Speedway Box Office to complete a refund offer and receive a full refund by mail. Tickets for any of the motorcycle events at Daytona International Speedway are available at http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com or by calling 1-800-PITSHOP.

NOTICE TO ALL DAYTONA SUPERSPORT AND SUPERSTOCK PARTICIPANTS Due to the wet track conditions, all remaining practice and qualifying sessions have been cancelled for Wednesday afternoon. As per the Supplemental Regulations published for this event, race grids will be determined using the system detailed below. Should circumstances prevent qualifying from being run, riders for each affected class will be gridded as follows: Pre-entered riders based on current point standings (in this case, current points are from the final standings from the 2004 season) Pre-entered riders without points by date of entry Post-entered riders by order of entry As the option of the AMA, past Champions, and/or riders from FIM World Superbike and MotoGP series may be added to the field.

“In all honesty, I didn’t feel like I got on the gas too hard or nothing like that. The rear end just snapped loose. I flipped over the highside, and the bike landed on top of me,” said Kawasaki’s Roger Lee Hayden, after crashing his factory ZX-6RR Supersport bike in practice Wednesday morning at Daytona International Speedway. “I hit my head pretty good, and the footpeg went through my knee,” continued Hayden. “So I went over to Halifax (Medical Center) this morning and got a (CT) scan and they sewed my knee back up (with six stitches). Now I’ve got matching holes in my knees.” Hayden suffered serious skin abrasions in a road cycling accident one month ago in California, causing him to miss two preseason test sessions. “The CT scan came out negative,” said Hayden. “The chief doctor over there gave me the green light (to go racing), said it was all good. They ran some other tests on my head, mainly precautionary, because my helmet was tore up pretty good. I just thank God I was wearing an Arai helmet, because it did its job.”

At 3:00 p.m. local time, AMA Pro Racing announced that the rest of Wednesday’s on-track activities were cancelled due to rain and that a revised schedule was “in the works.” The fate of qualifying sessions for the Superstock and Supersport classes was not immediately available.

If AMA qualifying sessions get rained out at Daytona International Speedway (DIS), grids will be formed starting with 2004 point standings, the order of pre-entry then the order of post-entry, according to supplementary regulations for the event. As of 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday, during the time scheduled for the Superstock class’ only qualifying session, it was raining steadily at DIS. Supersport qualifying is scheduled to take place immediately following Superstock qualifying. AMA Pro Racing will not declare Wednesday completely rained out until officials have had a chance to study the weather forecast and meet with DIS officials, according to Superbike Series Manager Ron Barrick. That declaration could come around 3:30 p.m. local time. Barrick has also not made a decision if he will declare Superstock and Supersport qualifying “rained out” or if he will try to re-schedule them for Thursday, the day those races are scheduled to take place. “I’m not prepared to make that determination,” Barrick told Roadracingworld.com. Faced with the possibility of starting the Superstock race at Daytona from the back of the grid, Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates said, “If that’s what’s gonna happen, it’s not gonna be too neat. I don’t know if it’s set in stone or not, but hopefully it won’t go like that. Maybe they’ll work us in a little session tomorrow. “It seems like they should go off practice times from this morning because last year’s points don’t have nothing to do with this year, really.” Several other racers would be affected by an official “rain out” of Superstock and Supersport qualifying, including Team M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Geoff May, who was third-fastest in Wednesday morning Superstock practice but was 17th in 2004 Superstock points and ninth-fastest in Supersport practice but did not race in that class at all in 2004. 2004 AMA Superstock Points: 1. Aaron Gobert 2. Jamie Hacking 3. Tommy Hayden 4. Jason DiSalvo 5. Ben Spies 6. Roger Lee Hayden 7. Steve Rapp 8. Josh Hayes 9. Jake Holden 10. Alex Gobert 11. Jason Pridmore 12. Vincent Haskovec 13. John Haner 14. Eric Wood 15. Damon Buckmaster 16. J.J. Roetlin 17. Geoff May 18. Jesse Janisch 19. Jason Curtis 20. Scott Greenwood 24. Lee Acree 48. Jimmy Moore 2004 Supersport Championship Point Standings: 1. Tommy Hayden 2. Roger Lee Hayden 3. Aaron Gobert 4. Ben Spies 5. Jason DiSalvo 6. Steve Rapp 7. Michael Barnes 8. Jamie Hacking 9. Ben Attard 10. Chris Peris 11. Tony Meiring 12. Danny Eslick 13. Lee Acree 14. Darren Luck 15. Aaron Yates 16. Jason Perez 17. Giovanni Rojas 18. Blake Young 19. Nicky Moore 20. Nathan Hester 21. Damon Buckmaster 22. John-O Bowman 23. Jason Farrell 24. Pedro Valiente 25. Chris Ulrich 40. Ty Howard 45. Scott Greenwood 53. Barrett Long 66. Jeremiah Johnson 121. Pascal Picotte

AMA Superstock qualifying, scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time at Daytona International Speedway, is currently under a rain delay. AMA Pro Racing does not run motorcycles on Daytona’s 2.95-mile infield road course while it is raining. In the event qualifying sessions cannot be held, the grid will be set by 2004 season final points, followed by order of pre-entry, followed by order of post-entry.

Provisional Wednesday Morning AMA Formula Xtreme Practice Times: 1. Jason DiSalvo, Yam YZF-R6, 1:44.242 2. Jamie Hacking, Yam YZF-R, 1:44.272 3. Aaron Gobert, Yam YZF-R6, 1:44.335 4. Josh Hayes, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:44.646 5. Tommy Hayden, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:44.742 6. Vincent Haskovec, Suz GSX-R600, 1:45.291 7. Michael Barnes, Yam YZF-R6, 1:45.660 8. Miguel Duhamel, Hon CBR600RR, 1:45.660 9. Robert Jensen, Yam YZF-R6, 1:46.707 10. Chris Peris, Yam YZF-R6, 1:47.350 11. Danny Eslick, Suz GSX-R600, 1:47.525 12. Ben Attard, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:47.708 13. Mike Smith, Yam YZF-R6, 1:48.197 14. Ryan Andrews, Duc 749R, 1:48.661 15. Alan Schmidt, Yam YZF-R6, 1:48.768 16. Jake Zemke, Hon CBR600RR, 1:48.899 17. Kurtis Roberts, Hon CBR600RR, 1:49.072 18. Roger Bell, Suz GSX-R600, 1:49.073 19. Pascal Picotte, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.085 20. Taylor Knapp, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.184 21. Barrett Long, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.326 22. Matt Lynn, Suz GSX-R600, 1:49.489 23. Nicky Moore, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.688 24. Armando Ferrer, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.797 25. Scott Jensen, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.829 26. Nathan Hester, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.871 27. Giovanni Rojas, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.975 28. William Meyers, III, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.990 29. Matt Furtek, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:50.033 30. Jesse Janisch, Suz GSX-R600, 1:50.153 31. Ty Howard, Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.275 32. Brian Hall, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:50.395 33. Victor Chirinos, Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.443 34. Ray Bowman, Hon CBR600RR, 1:50.477 35. Derek Keyes, Suz GSX-R600, 1:50.527 36. Anthony Fania, Jr., Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.532 37. Mike Sullivan, Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.913 38. Dan Ortega, Yam YZF-R6, 1:51.009 39. Dario Marchetti, Duc 749R, 1:51.053 40. Chris Caylor, Suz GSX-R600, 1:51.087 41. Jason Ferrell, Suz GSX-R600, 1:51.241 42. Declan Swanton, Yam YZF-R6, 1:51.597 43. Mark McCormick, Yam YZF-R6, 1:51.947 44. Jason Moss, Yam YZF-R6, 1:52.216 45. David McPherson, Yam YZF-R6, 1:52.417 46. Joseph Ford, Yam YZF-R6, 1:52.547 47. Justin Filice, Hon CBR600RR, 1:52.875 48. Keith Marshall, Suz GSX-R600, 1:53.321 49. Matt Prentice, Suz GSX-R600, 1:53.358 50. Oliver Jervis, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:53.502 51. Myron Bell, Suz GSX-R600, 1:53.885 52. Johnny Rock Page, Yam YZF-R6, 1:53.959 53. Rick Shaw, Yam YZF-R6, 1:54.250 54. R. Todd Keesee, Yam YZF-R6, 1:54.547 55. Kristipher Lillegard, Yam YZF-R6, 1:54.603 56. Jeremiah Johnson, Suz GSX-R600, 1:55.278 57. Chad Simons, Yam YZF-R6, 1:55.820 58. Craig Montgomery, Yam YZF-R6, 1:55.929 59. Benjamin Walters, Jr., Tri Daytona 600, 1:55.990 60. M. Ivan Garza, Suz GSX-R600, 1:56.266 61. Darin Scherer, Yam YZF-R6, 1:56.942 62. Russ Intravartolo, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:56.965 63. Paolo Mariano, Suz GSX-R600, 1:57.096 64. Lance Yeager, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:57.217 65. Bostjan Skubic, Hon CBR600RR, 1:57.341 66. Dafan Zhang, Yam YZF-R6, 1:57.853 67. Simon Turner, Yam YZF-R6, 1:59.065 68. Kevin Lacombe, Suz GSX-R600, 1:59.837 69. Adam Vella, Suz GSX-R600, 2:00.618 70. Akiharu Shigeno, Hon CBR600RR, 2:00.849 71. Tim Knutson, Yam YZF-R6, 2:01.505 72. Matt Drucker, Suz GSX-R600, 2:02.351 73. Josef Brenner, Hon CBR600RR, 2:02.730 74. Stephen Brooks, Suz GSX-R600, 2:03.199 75. Alex Gobert, Hon CBR600RR, 2:16.318

Provisional Wednesday Morning AMA Superbike Practice Times: 1. Ben Spies, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:40.505 2. Mat Mladin, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:40.953 3. Aaron Yates, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:41.166 4. Neil Hodgson, Duc 999F05, 1:41.425 5. Aaron Gobert, Yam YZF-R1, 1:41.430* 6. Jake Zemke, Honda CBR1000RR, 1:41.771 7. Geoff May, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:42.011* 8. Tommy Hayden, Kaw ZX-10R, 1:42.105* 9. Josh Hayes, Kaw ZX-10R, 1:42.254 10. Jason Pridmore, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:42.355 11. Eric Bostrom, Duc 999F05, 1:42.434 12. Steve Rapp, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:42.696* 13. Miguel Duhamel, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:42.779 14. John McGuinness, Kaw ZX-10R, 1:43.397 15. Larry Pegram, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:43.788 16. Eric Wood, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:44.153* 17. Jake Holden, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:44.514* 18. John Haner, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:44.587* 19. Heath Small, Yam YZF-R1, 1:44.620 20. Kurtis Robert, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:45.107 21. Jeremy Toye, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:45.550 22. Brent George, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:45.634 23. Scott Jensen, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:45.728 24. Jimmy Moore, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:46.662 25. Tony Meiring, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:46.715 26. Mike Smith, Yam YZF-R1, 1:47.029 27. Roger Bell, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:47.658 28. Steve Crevier, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:47.939 29. Lee Acree, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:48.261 30. J.J. Roetlin, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:48.450 31. Marty Craggill, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:48.706 32. Francis Martin, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:49.151 33. C.R. Gittere, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:49.666 34. Anthony Fania, Jr. Suz GSX-R1000, 1:50.150 35. Cory West, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:50.375 36. Brian Boyd, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:50.457 37. Reno Karimian, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:50.938 38. Adam Vella, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:51.142 39. Scott Carpenter, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:51.187 40. Sean Wray, Yam YZF-R1, 1:51.995 41. Dean Mizdal, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:52.122 42. Chris Voelker, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:52.222 43. Byron Barbour, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:53.503 44. James Kerker, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:53.928 45. Rick Narup, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:54.352 46. Steve Scott, Yam YZF-R1, 2:00.859 47. Eric Haugo, Suz GSX-R1000, 2:51.718 *Superstock-spec machine