Don Emde

Don Emde (born February 16, 1951 in San Diego, California[1]) is an American motorcycle racer, author and publisher. In 1972 he won the Daytona 200 motorcycle race in only 56 laps.[2] In 1999, he was inducted to the American Motorcyclist Association's Motorcycle Hall of Fame,[1] and in 2011 was inducted to the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame.[3]

Racing moments

Emde's 1972 victory at Daytona as a privateer[4] was the first win at that race for a Yamaha, the smallest displacement racebike to take first place, the first victory for any two-stroke, and the first (and only) father-son win at Daytona (his father Floyd Emde won in 1948).[5]

Emde retired from racing in 1973 and became an author and magazine publisher.[1]

In May, 2014, Emde organized a recreation of Erwin "Cannonball" Baker's 1914 transcontinental motorcycle ride, on its 100th anniversary.[6][7]

Bibliography
  • Emde, Don (1991), Daytona 200: History of Americas Premier Motorcycle Race, Don Emde Productions, ISBN 0962743402

References
  1. Don Emde at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame
  2. Bruce Richardson (August 1991), "Memories on display", American Motorcyclist, 45 (8): 20–22
  3. Chris Jessen (August 10, 2011), "Stunt legend, Motor Maid among Hall of Fame inductees", Rapid City Journal
  4. Rusty Rae (1978), The World's Biggest Motorcycle Race: The Daytona 200, Lerner, p. 25, ISBN 0822504227
  5. Joe Michaud (September 2013), "The Emde Dynasty", Motorcycle Consumer News: 32
  6. Peter Rowe (May 2, 2014), "'Cannonball Run,' 100 years later -- and much easier", San Diego Union-Tribune
  7. Aaron Frank (May 5, 2014), "Cannon Ball's Run—Recreating the Original Epic Ride", Motorcyclist

Further reading


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