Miguel Duhamel prepares for the start of an AMA Superbike race at Barber Motorsport Park in April of 2005. Duhamel, riding the American Honda CBR1000RR, scored a fifth and fourth that weekend in Alabama. In Sunday’s race he was just nipped by a scant 4-100ths of a second at the line by Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies, keeping Duhamel from earning a podium result.

Miguel Duhamel prepares for the start of an AMA Superbike race at Barber Motorsport Park in April of 2005. Duhamel, riding the American Honda CBR1000RR, scored a fifth and fourth that weekend in Alabama. (Larry Lawrence photo)