MotoAmerica,
Daytona 200
Set For Three
Years
M
otoAmerica and Daytona
International Speedway
announced that the two entities
have reached a three-year agree-
ment that will see MotoAmerica
continue to promote the Daytona
200 through 2028.
"MotoAmerica is excited
to extend our agreement with
Daytona International Speedway,
continuing our role in overseeing
and operating the Daytona 200
for an additional three years,"
said MotoAmerica COO Chuck
Aksland. "Our partnership with
the Speedway has grown stron
-
ger with each event, and we've
seen tremendous success and
momentum year after year."
The 83rd running of the "Great
America Motorcycle Race" will
be held on March 6-8, 2025, with
Josh Herrin attempting to win
his fourth Daytona 200 after win-
ning his third in 2024.
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The Daytona 200 will continue
on for at least another three
years with MotoAmerica.
Davey Carlson, 1956-2024
T
he Southern California
motocross community lost
another racing legend on Sep-
tember 21, 2024, when Davey
Carlson passed away peacefully
in Mount Kizco, Kentucky, where
he had lived the last three years
to be with his daughter, Lauren
Torres, and his grandchildren,
Joe and Claire.
Davey was a minibike sensa-
tion in the early 1970s, dominat-
ing at famous venues such as
Lions Drag Strip, El Toro Race-
way and Saddleback Park on his
Hodaka-powered Bonanza mini-
bikes. Carlson's fiercest rival was
future AMA Hall of Famer Jeff
Ward, who fondly recalls, "Davey
would come over to our house
a lot and I would go hang at his
place. There are only a few kids
I remember racing and hanging
with. Davey was a special one."
Longtime moto-historian and
Pro-Circuit employee Norm Big
-
elow says Davey told him stories
of battling with Ward and Brian
Myerscough, hanging with Steve
McQueen's family and "riding
through a herd of elephants at
Lion Country Safari for a maga-
zine cover."
Outgrowing the minibikes,
Carlson continued racking up
victories in the ultra-competitive
125 Pro class and seemed des-
tined for factory stardom, but at
age 19, he instead opted to join
his father in the family business,
a decision that he later regretted.
He never strayed too far from
his moto roots and could often
be spotted at moto reunions and
vintage events. Steve Weidler,
Davey's dentist and lifelong
friend, remembers his "absolute
talent, unmatched throttle con
-
trol and humble nature. He could
have rewritten the record books."
Steve Bauer
Davey Carlson, a well-known
motocrosser in the Southern
California area in the 1970s and
early '80s, recently passed away.
