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Touring Sport Ducshop Ducati won their third consecutive Moto-GT2 Championship at the season finale AMA Pro SunTrust 8-hour endurance race at Daytona International Speedway yesterday on the # 77 Ducati PS1000LE. The team’s other PS1000LE (#38) finished third in the class, while its Ducati 848 scored third in the Moto-GT1 class.

The team is particularly proud of the fact that it was the only Moto-GT1 privateer effort to reach the podium. Running against two of the strongest factory-backed endurance teams in the nation, Westby Racing and RoadracingWorld Suzuki, the Ducshop team boasted flawless pitstops and was as high as second place for part of the race.

Typically, the 8-hour race didn’t go to plan. The Ducshop team is considering petitioning to have the event changed to a seven-hour race because every year they suffer a calamity in the final hour. This year’s happened on the famed Daytona embankment. Team strategy dictated the # 38 bike was to win the race while the # 77 machine was to be consistent and smooth enough to claim the championship, but after leading the class for seven hours #38 quit on the straight. Rider Brian Stokes, who had just taken the seat for the final stint, pushed the dead bike back to the pits. After 15 minutes of diagnosis, crew chief Mark Sutton replaced a faulty ECU with a Microtec ECU and sent them back onto the track, albeit in third position. Like last year, he’d saved the day, only this time without burning his fingers. Meanwhile the championship-leading #77 bike had taken over the lead, where it stayed until the checkered flag.

All nine riders did something to cause their team a 20-second penalty. Team owner Frank Shockley’s transgression brought out the entire team to help the marshal count down the 20-second drive-through penalty, and after his stint the crew forced him to do 20 pushups in his riding gear. Shockley was also awarded the meatball flag when the headlight died during his stint. The problem was quickly remedied with a flashlight and an entire roll of duct tape.

8 Hours At Daytona Moto-GT1 Results:
1. Westby Racing (Hayes, Westby, Meador, Wood) Yamaha YZF-R6
2. Roadracingworld.com (Cardenas, DiSalvo, Ulrich) Suzuki GSX-R600
3. Touring Sport Ducshop (Elleby, Lynn, Mazzotta) Ducati 848
4. R&B Motorsports (Barnes, Caudill, Crozier, Salenius) Ducati 848
5. Crozier Motorsports (Crozier, Jensen, Estock, Barnes) Ducati 848
6. Touring Sport Ducshop (Friedland, Rech, Phillips, Stokes) Ducati PS1000LE
7. KRM Racing (Boy, Long, Ferrer) Ducati PS1000LE
8. RidersChoice.CA (McBride, Nelson, Orde, Barnes) Ducati PS1000LE
9. McNology Racing (McPherson, McCormick) Yamaha YZF-R6
10. Touring Sport Ducshop (Stokes, Marchetti, Shockley) Ducati PS1000LE

8 Hours At Daytona Moto-GT2 Results:
1. Touring Sport Ducshop Ducati (Friedland, Rech, Phillips) Ducati PS1000LE
2. KRM Racing by Motocorse (Boy, Long, Ferrer) Ducati PS1000LE
3. Touring Sport Ducshop Ducati (Stokes, Marchetti, Shockley) Ducati PS1000LE
4. Pair-A-Nines (Springsteen, Knapp, Ryan) Kawasaki Ninja 650R
5. Team MIM Repsol (Onley, Onwiler, Stein) Suzuki SV650
6. Team MIM Repsol (Purk, Stein. Onley) Suzuki SV650
7. East Coast Powersports (Yonce, Patterson, Rodriguez) Suzuki SV650
8. TeamHurtByAccident.com (Puerto, Ramirez, Filice, Wikle) Ducati PS1000LE
9. TeamHurtByAccident.com (Fisher, Linder, Filice, Ramirez)bDucati PS1000LE DNF

Source: Ducshop Press Release

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