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TOURING SPORT DUCSHOP DUCATI DOMINATES ROAD AMERICA
Touring Sport Ducshop Ducati finished in first place in the Suntrust Moto-GT endurance race at Road America, crossing the finish line first overall and first in class, strengthening their championship lead to 19 points. Rider’s Ryan Elleby and Frank Shockley shared the riding on the team’s #77 Ducati PS1000LE on a rain soaked track dominating both their class and the race. They finished 1.56 seconds ahead of second place and over a lap ahead of class rivals Pair-A-Nine Kawasaki, who finished second in the GT2 class.
Shockley started the race at a disadvantage after they were disqualified from their pole position set on Friday when their dyno reading showed 0.16 over their 90 horsepower restriction. Beginning at the back of the grid it took just ten laps for the team owner to see the leaders. The team chose to begin the race on DOT tires over wets as the track was, at that point, just damp. This strategy helped them set a fast, early pace, allowing them to gain must needed ground. Just as the rain increased, and Shockley began rethinking his race strategy, the pace car came out, so at almost the halfway point Shockley chose to pit, change tires and send Elleby out.
Elleby, a renowned rain rider, quickly took the lead, battling with Jimmy Felice on the TeamHurtByAccident PS1000LE. Felice crashed with just 15 minutes to go, sending out the pace car for the second time, which stayed on the track the remainder of the race, finishing on a caution flag.
“This is an excellent result under sketchy conditions”, said Shockley after the podium awards. “We had to strategize the whole race, never knowing if the decisions we’d made were the right one, but in our heads we didn’t believe for a moment that we couldn’t win”.
The team heads next to Lexington OH for fifth round at Mid-Ohio.
Ducshop proudly builds and maintains the PS1000LE engine. The team is also sponsored by Touring Sport Ducati, gBehavior, EZ- Glide 350, Öhlins USA, Speedy Moto, Robby Byrd, USDESMO, Swatt Motorcycle, JVE Limited and Pilot Leathers.
Race info |
Results |
Circuit |
State |
Date |
#77 Bike |
#38 Bike |
Daytona International Speedway |
Daytona Beach, FL |
March 6 |
2nd |
DNR |
Road Atlanta |
Braselton, GA |
April 4 |
1st |
5th |
Barber Motorsports Park |
Birmingham, AL |
May 2 |
2nd |
DNF |
Road America |
Elkhart Lake, WI |
June 6 |
1st |
DNR |
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course |
Lexington, OH |
July 18 |
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Heartland Park Topeka |
Topeka, KS |
August 1 |
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Virginia International Raceway |
Alton, VA |
August 15 |
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New Jersey Motorsports Park |
Millville, NJ |
September 5 |
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Daytona International Speedway |
Daytona Beach, FL |
October 17 |
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