Join Don Emde in Carson, California, on March 12 to celebrate his milestone 1972 Daytona 200 victory.
This is a press release from Don Emde…
Saturday, March 12, 2022 will be the 50th anniversary of Don Emde’s 1972 Daytona 200 victory. Join us that day at the Carson Center in Carson, California, for a lunch and PowerPoint photo presentation by Don telling how he won America’s most prestigious motorcycle race.
Milestones achieved with Don’s 1972 Daytona 200 victory:
- First two-stroke motorcycle to ever win the Daytona 200.
- Smallest engine size to ever win the Daytona 200 (350cc), matched in 1973 by Jarno Saarinen.
- First Yamaha to ever win the Daytona 200 (and began a 13-year win streak for Yamaha).
- First (and still only) father and son to have both won the Daytona 200 (Floyd Emde 1948).
Tickets are $50 and include a PowerPoint photo presentation and a talk by Don on his experience winning America’s most prestigious motorcycle race, a Fiesta Mexican lunch, a copy of Don’s 380-page hardbound Daytona 200 book, and a personally signed and dated photo print of Don and Floyd Emde at Daytona in 1972.
Daytona 200 Book Signing
The Daytona 200 book is included in the admission price. Personalized signed copies of The Speed Kings and Don’s soon-to-be-released book Freddie Ludlow: His Life on Two Wheels, will be available for purchase at the event. (Also available online at EmdeBooks.com)
Location: Carson Center, 801 East Carson Street, Carson, California 90745 (free parking is available). This is the same location that the Trailblazers banquet was held prior to 2021 (and will return to this location in April 2022).
Schedule:
Doors open at 9 a.m.
Fiesta Mexican lunch at noon
PowerPoint photo presentation and talk at 1 p.m.
Admission Price: $50 each, includes admission to the PowerPoint photo presentation by Don Emde, Fiesta Mexican lunch; copy of The Daytona 200. The History of America’s Premier Motorcycle Race, by Don Emde (Originally $39.95 / currently on sale at $20), print of Don and Floyd Emde at Daytona in 1972. (Floyd passed away in 1996, so his signature is a scanned print of his actual autograph / Don will sign and date the print.)
Admission is limited to 150. Because the attendance numbers need to be known for the lunch, advance ticket orders only. No tickets will be sold at the door.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS
Covid Requirements: Please note that the Carson Center is located in Los Angeles County and is subject to all Covid requirements of that county. We cannot know what changes might occur between now and then but purchase of a ticket is with the understanding of full compliance to whatever the rules are in effect the day of the event. 30-day cancellation required for refund.
For more information, email don@emdebooks.com or call 949-632-4668
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