Shannon Johnson to race AMA Superbike
Shannon Johnson and Response Racing have announced their intention to compete in the 2009 AMA Superbike Series with a ‘top privateer team’.
The press release issued makes no mention of the brand or team structure but does state that Shannon has been invited to the Daytona Tyre Test to try out a new Dunlop shod machine. As Dunlop has a very limited supply of tyres and that the test schedule only allows one bike from each manufacturer to be on the track at any one time and only three hours allotted to the class on each of three days it was decided that attending the test would in all likelihood bare no fruit thus the decision was made to sit the test out.
Response Racing in the press release mentions that they are expecting to receive the contract next week.
Shannon Johnson could not be reached by telephone to confirm any specific details.