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Indianapolis, Indiana Corona Extra Honda Racing is very pleased to announce the 2008 Racing Team and Honda CBR1000RR Superbike will be presented to the industry and press at the annual Powersports Dealer Show, Saturday February 16th. The new-for-2008 Honda CBR1000RR Superbike will be rolled out onto the ICE at the annual Road Racer X USA-Canada Ice Hockey game held Saturday evening, starting 8.00 PM, at Pan Am Plaza Ice Rink adjacent to the Convention Center. SuperBike Rider Matt Lynn, AMA #50, and SuperStock pilot Jake Holden, AMA #59, will be in attendance. Corona will once again be sponsoring the event so Corona’s will literally be “on ice” along with the famous Corona Girls! Also attending will be a Team from Naval Special Operations (Seals). We will look to them to protect the new bike from being stolen by jealous competition! The Superbike, along with team display bikes, will be on view at the Powersports Dealer show over the weekend. Corona Extra Honda Racing is proud to be partnering with industry leaders: Parts Unlimited, Cycle Gear, Dainese, Castrol, Dunlop, Sidi, Hotbodies Racing, GPR, Motion Pro, K&L, TheTrackClub.com, HRC, Ohlins, VP Racing, Race Tech, Vortex, Ogio, CR&A, Adran, DynoJet, RK, Rage’n Trailers, Brembo, Marchesini, Galfer, STM, Powerstands, JETT Tuning, EFI Technology, Performance Solutions, Bellco, EBSCO Media, MTS. More are coming soon! “RACING TO THE LIME” For more information please visit Corona Extra Honda Racing online at www.corona-racing.com or call 310 521 9802 Corona Extra Honda Next Race: 2008 Season Opener, Daytona International Speedway Florida, March 5-8, 2008 |
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CORONA EXTRA HONDA RACING ANNOUNCES TWO RIDER LINEUP, SUPERBIKE AND SUPERSTOCK CLASSES, FOR 2008 Riding the Corona Extra Honda CBR1000RR SuperBike will be Matt Lynn. Matt, who hails from Georgia, rode the factory MV Augusta in the 2007 AMA Superbike class. In its first year of US competition, Matt took the MV to 6 top-ten finishes and a highest 7th place in this highly competitive field. Joining Matt to race the Corona Honda SuperStock CBR1000RR is former Team Jordan rider Jake Holden. Jake will showcase his talent for racing up front in SuperStock after racking up 6 top ten finishes in 2007 and 4 visits to the podium. Jake's final ride of the season netted him 1st Place at Laguna Seca, a career-best performance. Both riders are stoked by this opportunity to compete on the all-new liter class Honda with a team celebrating two decades in AMA Pro Racing competition. 2008 will also a see a major expansion in the unique, industry-leading Corona Extra Honda retail display program. Honda has provided ten more CBR1000RR’s for a total of twenty-five race replicas for retail display use. These are being delivered to Corona Extra distributors throughout the continental United States with at least two bikes for each of nine “regions.” Bikes will truly be seen in every corner of the country! The remaining bikes will be used for the AMA Superbike Tour being delivered to race locations well in advance to maximize exposure to local consumers. Based on the success of the 2007 program, over thirty million people will see Corona Honda Team bikes throughout the year! Racing operations will be ably led by manager Dwayne McCracken, supported by crew chiefs Walker Jemison and Marty Ashmore. Bree Poland will be making sure the Corona’s are cold andthe food hot in the world-renowned hospitality program! Corona Extra Honda Racing is proud to be partnering with industry-leaders: Parts Unlimited, Cycle Gear, Dainese, Castrol, Dunlop, Sidi, Hotbodies Racing, GPR, Motion Pro, K&L, Thetrackclub.com, HRC, Ohlins, VP Racing, Race Tech, Vortex, CR&A, Adran, DynoJet, RK, Brembo, Marchesini, Galfer, STM, Powerstands, JETT Tuning, EFI Technology, Performance Solutions, Bellco, EBSCO Media, MTS - with even more coming soon! |
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CORONA EXTRA HONDA AND MARK MILLER TAKE SIXTH AT MACAU GP INTERNATIONAL The Team and rider, participating at the invitation of the organizers who arranged shipping of the Honda CBR1000RR Superbike as raced this year by James Ellison, quickly got up to speed in this true “Road Racing” event! In the first practice session Miller finished 7th out a field of 35 entries which included many international stars. The race is run over city streets so practice time is short as the populace needs to use the road! This means setup and any small issues can be problematical. This being the first time on the bike at the track for Mark the crew scrambled to get it spot on. In the final qualifying session Mark slipped to 13th. A fueling problem, arising from the requirement to use unleaded gas in place of the leaded race gas used in AMA SuperBike, had appeared which took time to sort out. Mark said, “The fuel delivery system has been acting up, there’s a lull almost to quitting at the bottom, then BANG! it comes on full tilt. All else is really good. The bike is handling great and the brakes and tires are perfect. I hit a couple walls hard so got some souvenir scuffs on the new Joe Rocket leathers!” (The track is lined with Armco barriers and walls in places!) Mark’s review of the race: “I did a few practice starts after qualifying and got good feel for what the clutch likes to do on a launch. When the red lights went out I bogged the motor down a bit trying not to rev it over 10K, then must have been about 20th into the first bend, not far from our third row grid. After stretching our legs on the first big straight (bikes can reach 200 MPH) I was probably up to 15th into the first hard braking "Lisboa" ninety degree right hander. After what was a terribly fun and aggressive tight first lap with loads of close passes between the steel Armco, I got up to 12th at the first pass over the start/finish line transponder. Over the next laps I was able to steadily make up additional if not more difficult passes on the bikes ahead, eventually getting to 8th place and in pursuit of Cummings from the Isle of Man. I just couldn't get him.” At the checkered flag Mark was in sixth place, a terrific finish for the Team in a race viewed by over 100,000,000 in Asia and the World. After the race Mark commented, “My lap times improved every time around the circuit, setting my fastest lap of our weekend on the final lap. I felt better with every minute aboard the Corona Honda, feeling out carefully the ever-improving technologically advanced Dunlop slicks, the massively powerful CBR1000 engine, the terrific Ohlins suspension, and the World Superbike spec Brembo brakes. My crew of Dwayne and Walker were terrific and got the bike just perfect for me! This was my first race on this bike, and I was impressed. I believe with a bit more seat time we'd be fighting for the win!” Corona Extra Honda Racing is proud to be partnering with industry-leaders: Parts Unlimited, Cycle Gear, Ti Force, Joe Rocket, Castrol, Dunlop, Sidi, HotBodies, GPR, Motion Pro, K&L, TheTrackClub.com, HRC, Ohlins, VP Racing, Race Tech, Vortex, CR&A, Adran, DynoJet, RK, Brembo, Marchesini, Galfer, STM, Powerstands, JETT Tuning, EFI Technology, Performance Solutions, Bellco, EBSCO Media, MTS. “RACING TO THE LIME” Next Race: 2008 Season Opener, Daytona International Speedway Florida, March 5-8, 2008 |
Corona Extra Honda Racing and rider Mark Miller finished sixth at the 41st running of the world famous Macau GP held on the streets of the old Portuguese colony of Macau across the bay from Hong Kong. |
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