Pascarella Second for LTD Racing in Daytona SuperSport Debut

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 12, 2009) - LTD Racing's Joey Pascarella finished second in the Daytona round of AMA Pro SuperSport presented by Shoei, battling for the victory in the 12-lap event with winner Tyler Odom and Russ Wikle. "Jo-Jo" ran at the front and led a significant portion of his first-ever AMA Pro SuperSport race at the 3.51-mile Daytona International Speedway circuit, earning a podium result on his No. 25 LTD Racing Yamaha R6 with Ohlins suspension. Teammate Huntley Nash fought for third place before crashing. Nash's bid for a podium result came up fruitless but "Hunt" continued to fight hard and took sixteenth after remounting.

Joey finished just .310 seconds short of victory in the exciting three-way battle for the win. Pascarella and Wikle traded the lead approximately a dozen times throughout the event, but Odom made it a trio of riders going for the win with two laps to go. He was able to close the gap and take a narrow victory, beating his two rivals to the flag by less than a second.

Pascarella looked especially aggressive on the infield throughout the race. "I got off to a good start and we swapped the lead a few times," said the Vacaville, California racer. "I though Russ and I had pulled away but Tyler ended up catching us. When Tyler got by, he pulled us quite a but and I was concerned about the drafting and I thought I was gonna get passed by Russ. I was able to hold on and it was a really cool race and I had a lot of fun. We'll have more battles as the year goes on and I'm looking forward to it."

Huntley's bid to join his teammate on the podium went awry on lap eight. "I missed my shift going in to turn one, then I got a little too eager to get back on track and I crashed it," said Nash, from Marietta, Georgia. "I had a good start and was third off the line. I was trying to catch up with Joey and just made a mistake. I was able to get back out there but the result we wanted was gone. Still, it was good to know we can run near the front."

Since Odom is competing in the West division of the AMA SuperSport Championship, Joey leads the East points chase after the first round.

Pascarella and Nash will next race at Road Atlanta April 3-5.

Huntley (www.huntleynash.com) uses Alpinestars boots and leathers and Arai helmets.  Joey (www.joeypascarella.com) uses Shift leathers, TCX boots, and Shoei helmets.