Mike Scott, of Macungie, Pa., leads Gus Christensen in the 1989 Daytona 600 Supersport race. Scott was a flat tracker, turned road racer. This was his first pro race as a road racer and he finished a very respectable 16th in the 80-rider Supersport field at Daytona that year. Christensen finished 31st. Scott said everyone had raced Honda’s in 1988 and he figured he’d be one of the few Yamaha’s at that year’s Daytona Supersport race. “I think there were 80 bikes in the field and when I showed up probably 70 of them were Yamahas,” he said. On a bone stock bike Scott ran as high as ninth before his clutch started to go. Scott went on to hold flat track national No. 70 in the early 1990s. Today he runs Scott Powersports in Coopersburg, Pa. and builds Grand National Kawasakis for Johnny Lewis.

Mike Scott, of Macungie, Pa., leads Gus Christensen in the 1989 Daytona 600 Supersport race. Scott was a flat tracker, turned road racer and finished a very respectable 16th in the 80-rider Supersport field at Daytona that year, in spite of having clutch problems late in the race. (Larry Lawrence photo)