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Touring Sport Ducati Gains Championship Lead
Touring Sport Ducati took first and fifth place in the SunTrust MotoGT race at Road Atlanta on Saturday, moving the reining national champions into the points lead. Rider’s Frank Shockley and Ryan Elleby fought hard for the win on the team’s PS1000LE A-bike, Pete Friedland and Brad Phillips riding a solid race to finish fifth on the B-bike despite a stop-and-go penalty.
Poled in third place, Shockley began the first stint of the two-hour endurance race, taking the lead in just three laps. But a brief off track excursion took him back to fourth with a hard battle ahead for first. He had fought his way back to second when the red flag came out to signal oil on the track. The leading Kawasaki team pitted during the enforced slow pace, moving the Ducati into the lead and when the red flag was lowered Shockley swapped with Ryan Elleby who, despite having no prior time on the bike, retained the lead to the checkered flag.
For a while it looked likely both teams would finish on the podium but Friedland and Phillips were forced back to fifth place after a mistake in turn 12, a corner that was already their nemesis. Friedland high sided at the same corner in practice after hitting a slower rider who had confused it for the pit-in lane. The crash damaged the bike’s fairing and bent one of the Öhlins forks. Luckily Öhlins USA’s head quarters are just a few hours from the track and the team managed to get the fork fixed and back to the track 50 minutes shy of qualifying.
The team heads next to Barber Motorsports Park, on the first weekend of May, where they hope to improve on their championship lead.
Ducshop proudly builds and maintains the PS1000LE engine. The team is also sponsored by Touring Sport Ducati, EZ- Glad 350, Öhlins USA, Speedy Moto, Robby Byrd, USDESMO, Swatt Motorcycle, JVE Limited and Pilot Leathers.
Picture courtesy of MotoGT
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