With two prominent riders in their 20’s, including Ben Bostrom and Jake Zemke (Zemke technically rides for Erion Honda, but on a full factory Honda superbike), you would think that the Honda superbike effort is in the middle of some sort of youth movement. After all, Bostrom has won half a dozen or so World Superbike races (including five in a row, at one point), and Zemke has burst onto the scene (so to speak) showing real speed and spunk.
You might be excused for thinking Honda kept Miguel Duhamel on the team this year to teach these young punks a thing or two. After all, they couldn’t have expected a 35 year old relic to win races, could they? Bet your ass they did!
Turns out Miguel is teaching the younger riders by showing them the fast way around the race track. With three straight Formula Xtreme victories, and Honda’s lone superbike victory this year, Zemke and Bostrom are being “schooled” by Duhamel in more ways than one.
Just to make sure everyone is noticing, in the span of about five seconds, Duhamel passed Zemke in the Infineon Superbike race on Sunday, and pulled a huge wheelie across the finish line, a couple of feet in front of Zemke’s fender. It is good to see Duhamel not only has his speed, but the same playfulness he has long been known for. This latter fact might be the best thing Zemke and Bostrom could observe about the master.
