In this panorama, we see the start of the Daytona 200 the year 1985. Fred Merkel leading the pack into turn one. The race was won by Freddie Spencer, who has triumphed, relegating to second place and Wes Cooley Jeff Haney on the lowest rung of the podium. Visible in the first wave of pilots are: Fred Merkel (1), Sam McDonald (2), Wes Cooley (9), Roberto Pietri (4), Freddie Spencer (19), Dave Busby (190), Reuben McMurter (3), Pat Hernandez (11), Mike Harth (12), Todd Brubaker (399), Jeff Haney (15), John Ashmead, (18) Ron Haslam (601), Glenn Barry (16), Peter Lusby (52), Jimmy Adam (14), Gary Horton (26), Kevin Schwantz (289) and Scott Gray (31).
That edition of the classic American race was particularly important because it marked the history of it. Until 1984 it was the 200 mile race for the top class of motorcycling that the U.S. AMA Formula One. It was a sort of open category, where they could challenge such as the prototype four-stroke with 500 GP 750cc two-stroke or born to the Formula 750. In the AMA Superbike up to that year was reserved for the 100 miles, which ran one or two days before the competition reserved for the class. The times were changing, however. The international regulations, however, had already placed the previous year in the 750cc displacement limit for all races for the big four-stroke bikes (in order to limit the performance of those who had cleared 500 of GP!). As early as 1984, both the World Endurance Championship that the TT Formula One World Championship, then had adopted this new dictates imposed by the International Federation. The AMA is adapted to this change and since 1985 there was the turning point in the history of the race bike for most of the States: to get on track for 200 miles from that year were the Superbike (which happens all ' hour). In fact, this change marked the beginning of the "new was "dedicated to motorcycle racing motorcycle four-stroke derived from the series, which culminated in the birth of the World Superbike Championship in 1988. What makes this even more special edition of 200 miles, even thought Fast Freddie Spencer. The pilot of Louisiana, in His best year that saw the world champion in both the 500 GP 250 GP in that, at Daytona, he proved once again be "an insatiable cannibal! Spencer went to sign the incredible hat-trick that saw him triumph in the categories: Daytona 200, Daytona and Daytona 250 F 1 Grand Prix. No one before had ever achieved this, and since then, no one has been able to replicate it.
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