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JAKE ZEMKE WINS 2008 AMA
FORMULA XTREME TITLE

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PICKERINGTON, Ohio (September 2, 2008) -- Bridesmaid no more, Jake Zemke won the 2008 AMA Formula Xtreme championship in an epic race at Road Atlanta.

The battle came down to a last-lap dogfight for the win with his Erion Honda teammate, Josh Hayes. In a final-corner nail-biter, at the last second, Zemke backed off rather than risk a pass which might have put them both off the track.

Showing good sense and true grit, Zemke, from Paso Robles, California, only had to stay in front of Steve Rapp--who finished more than seven seconds arrears in fourth place--to clinch his first-ever AMA Pro Racing series title after nine of 10 rounds-one race early, no less.

In his 12-year AMA professional road-racing career, Zemke, 32, has finished championships in the top five 11 times, the top three nine times, been runner-up five times and this year, the Erion Honda Racing star has finally secured his first crown.

"I'm happy to bring the championship home today, said the new champ. "Josh has been a great teammate. We've been friends for a long time, so congratulations to him and to our team as well, for getting back up on the podium again."

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About the AMA Superbike Championship
The AMA Superbike Championship is the world's most prestigious and successful national stage for Superbike motorcycle competition. The AMA Superbike Championship was created in 1976 to provide a level playing field for motorcycle manufacturers to demonstrate the hard-won engineering achievements incorporated on their state-of-the-art production bikes. This formula has spawned professional race teams and a healthy field of aftermarket parts suppliers that fight tooth and nail to win the series' various championships. In 2008, the AMA Superbike Championship features four distinct classes: two for highly modified machines--Superbike and Formula Xtreme; and two for near-production versions of these bikes--Supersport and Superstock.

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