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Touring Sport Ducati One and Two at Topeka
Touring Sport Ducati’s PS1000LE took its second consecutive victory in the GST National Championship of the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series this weekend at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kansas. The team also finished second in the SST National Championship on the team’s Ducati 848, closing the championship points gap to a mere three points on the factory Aprilia team.
GST rider’s Frank Shockley and Brad Phillips took the lead from the RightsforBikers.com Ducati with nine laps to go and Shockley held on for the win against Justin Filice, increasing their championship points lead to four points. Doug Polen and Ryan Gordan struggled in the SST race, both suffering from food poisoning and Polen from leg cramps, and just couldn’t compete against the factory Buell. But the fourth place finish of the factory Aprilia team allowed the Ducati to close the gap on the Aprilia’s points rein.
Both podium finishes strengthened Ducati’s manufacturer points standing. Ducati is leading the GST standings by 15 points and they’re now just three points shy of the SST points standing leaders.
Ducshop proudly builds and maintains the engines of both the 848 and PS1000 and supplied much of the crew for the Kansas race. The team is also sponsored by Touring Sport Ducati, Ohlins USA, HPE Exhaust, Speedy Moto, Robby Byrd, AGIP Oil, Swat Motorcycles, JEV Limited and Brad Haynes.
The team heads next to New Jersey for the penultimate round at Thunderbolt Raceway in just two weeks.
Picture courtesy of Moto-ST official website www.moto-st.com
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