Alas, according to Jake Zemke his WSBK debut will have to wait for another day. The former Daytona 200 winner and the guy who reputedly dirt-tracked a Valkyrie in the infamous Honda commercial--yow--won't be at Monza this weekend.

The offer to ride was a last minute affair. When you're in Utah and the race is in Italy and the window available to fill out forms, get a physical and actually fly to Europe is tiny ... Zemke probably needed to be on a plane this morning for it all to work out.