Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Imola Forty Years of Desmo Domination

Yes, I realize the World Superbike race, Imola round, is already old news in todays 24/7 Twitter-powered insta-news social media fest.  But that doesnt mean it wasnt worth watching twice.

Which I did.

And Imola may be the epicenter of Ducati Universe:

Forty years of Ducati Domination, starting with Paul Smarts improbable victory at the Imola 200 on a certain 750cc Desmodromic V-Twin unleashed on the racing community by Fabio Taglioni:

For video of the race, click: HERE

To last Sunday, when Carlos Checa cruised to two crushing victories on his Ducati 1098R, one of the fiercest Desmos ever to stalk the tarmac:



Guess it should be no surprise then that the newest Ducati Superbike, the Ducati 1199 Panigale, not only took the pole, but landed on the podium (3rd), in its debut, racing the Superstock 1000 class:



It is, after all, a Ducati Universe.

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