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DUCSHOP RACING 1 AND 2 AT CYCLE JAM - July 2, 2006

Ducshop Racing’s Brian Stokes and Mike Smith finished first and second in the WERA Heavyweight Twins Superbike national race at Road Atlanta’s Cycle Jam this weekend. Stokes rode his RSV Mille to the win, with Smith in second on the NCR Millona R. The duo has added a spice to the heavyweight twins class and both look likely to be title contenders for the Grand National Finale at Road Atlanta this October.

This weekend’s race served as a gauge of what needs to be done to both machines before the GNF and Ducshop Racing’s owner, Mark Sutton, hopes the two bikes will be more evenly matched for the championship finale. “Though the NCR has a significant weight advantage over the Aprilia, it’s still down forty horsepower and that really shows at a track as fast as Road Atlanta,” said Sutton. The NCR was within half a second of the Aprilia’s lap times, indicating that with more horsepower the two bikes will be more evenly matched.

The last WERA round at Talladega GP showed how evenly matched the two riders are in ability when they diced for the lead in both the F1 races on their GSXR1000s. Smith taking the checkered flag both times followed closely by Stokes. And as Michelin sponsored riders, both have the advantage of Michelin tires.

But it won’t be just Ducshop riders competing for the HWTSB crown. There is bound to be stiff competition racing for some hefty prize money, so Ducshop plans to use the next few months developing and testing both bikes. There’s definitely more potetial for improvement in the NCR’s overall horsepower and suspension, making it a closer match to the Aprilia, but their aim is make both bikes as competetive as possible for October’s race.