A look at the Ducati 848 Challenge that has been a support series for the British Superbike Championship.
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A look at the Ducati 848 Challenge that has been a support series for the British Superbike Championship.
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An eight-round series with a trip to Assen included...
Details of next year's Ducati 848 Challenge have been released with the championship running over eight rounds in 2013 including a trip to Assen in September.
The prize fund will recognise the top three finishers in the championship with the overall champion awarded a £5,000 cash prize, a Ducati Panigale Superstock test and entry into the National Superstock 1000 class for 2014.
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Boulder Motor Sports rider Shane "Tornado" Turpin will race a Ducati 848EVO in the British Superbike Championship 848 Challenge Class August 25 - 27 at Cadwell Park, in England.
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First race of the season doesn't go to plan.
Don't ever setup on the slope at Brands. That's probably the best lesson I learned last weekend.
The rest of what I've written below is merely inconsequential personal thoughts. Or drivel, as it's known in the trade.
Let's cut straight to the chase: I got taken out at the first corner in Race 1. It's one of those things. Someone - I'm not sure who - swerved from the right, across the track to the left, taking my front wheel with them. There was little I could do. Series newcomer, but experienced racer Ben Broadway tipped off behind me. Hearing a bike go down is a nasty sound but seeing it coming after you is even worse!
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Bikesportnews.com, in all its glory, will emerge into pitlane on Saturday to take part in the opening Ducati 848 Challenge race of the 2012 season.
Everything you just read is not strictly true. In fact none of it is. After being invited to ride the VIP bike at the season opener and finding someone had replaced all of our talent with age and lard, we have asked young snotter Ben Field, who will also be running in the British Supersport Cup this season, to win, erm, race it for us. And the fool agreed.
So check back over the weekend to see how he/we are getting on. Meawhile, here's some useful information on the series.
The 848 Challenge was the talk of the BSB paddock last year due to the close and exciting racing that transfixed audiences throughout the eight rounds as every one of the sixteen races went down to the wire.
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Just weeks after it looked like legendary racer Mike Edwards would not be returning for another crack at the Ducati 848 Challenge in 2012, P&H Motorcycles have thrown the 50-year-old a lifeline and he can now take his place on the grid at Brands Hatch.
Edwards finished runner up to Leon Morris in the 2011 series and believes he has unfinished business - especially as Irishman Woolsey Coulter is coming out of retirement to compete as is another, as yet unannounced, old stager.
"I’m so pleased as the whole team are focused on providing me with a top flight machine together with the necessary back up and support for us to be able to mount a serious attempt at the Challenge. After finishing runner up last year, I’m looking forward to concluding some unfinished business," said Edwards....more
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The Ducati 848 Challenge returns for 2012 now firmly established as the premier one-make series in the UK.
For many riders the Ducati 848 Challenge series has been the ideal platform to display their talents in front of huge BSB TV audiences, and for many it provides the best profile for their valued sponsors.
The success of the championship has been reflected with 25 riders already signed up for the 2012 season and a large number still looking to join the series before the opening round at Brands Hatch over the Easter weekend.
Ducati Manchester’s Robbie Brown, who last season finished third overall, returns for 2012 and must start as one of the Championship favourites along with Darren Fry (JHP Racing/Ducati Coventry) hoping to return to the form that took him to the title in 2010. However, they face stiff competition from riders switching to the Challenge for the first time in 2012, including Marty Nutt (NUTTTravel.com), Ed Smith (Ultim8 Racing) and Max Hunt (OHLINS @ P & H Motorcycles) who all spent last season in British Supersport. Former British 250 Champion Woolsey Coulter is coming out of retirement to take up the Challenge and will be joined by 2011 MRO Stock1000 Champion Byron Beckett, ex-TTC rider Nicky Wilson (NWR), along with Sean Neary (Motocorse) and Ryan Myler (Close Print Ducati).
Although there are some experienced riders competing, the Challenge welcomes a group of up and coming young riders eager to make their mark in the paddock. James White, 18, (Team After Dark) the 2011 Thunderbike Champion will seek to use his experience of racing a Ducati (his 2011 title was achieved on a 749) while James Folkard, 20, (Win43.com) will be stepping up as last year’s Aprillia RRV450 Champion. Ryan Gibson, 17, (Fast Frame UK) comes from North Gloucestershire 600 class while Kasey Wyatt, 18, (GBmoto Racing) moves up from the highly competitive Aprilia Superteens.
Other riders returning to the fray include Stuart Poyser (P & H Motorcycles), Mark Cheetham (Hunt Pie Machines), Ricky Holden (Holden Racing), Aaron Brown (Ladybirds Ducati) and Barry Poll and Dan Cruickshank (both Pumpkin Patch Racing). Another returnee, Steve Jordan, will be joined this year by his wife, Sarah Jordan (both Global Robots/Steve Jordan Motorcycles), no doubt creating the first husband and wife team in the BSB paddock to ever race against each other!
The Ducati 848 Challenge will again consist of eight rounds and sixteen races, including six British Superbike rounds, as well as the now traditional two overseas rounds. The series kicks off at the British Superbikes opener at Brands Hatch before visiting Assen, Snetterton 300, Misano and the famous World Ducati Week, Oulton Park, Cadwell Park, Donington Park and finally Ducati UK’s home circuit, Silverstone.
The full and regularly updated riders list, along with race calendar and further information regarding entries can be found at www.ducati848challenge.com
There are still places available in the Challenge, so those interested in competing in the championship should contact Jason Boswell at 848challenge@ducatiuk.com or Alan Jones at ajones@ducatiuk.com. For hospitality enquiries contact the 848 Challenge team at 848challenge@ducatiuk.com
Clearly this is the perfect formula for your highest listening pleasure. 24 848 Ducati's all screaming around the track... oh yea!