The 2009 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb was a crazy one. Coming off of a first place finish in 2008 for Ducati on the Hypermotard, I was bummed that Ducati did not come back in 2009. As we all know, the economy was tough and it was a difficult year for many of us. All
Here’s a Ducati piece we put together when I ran the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 2008.
The Ducati Spider Grips team was excited to get things underway at the 2008 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The Hypermotard is an extraordinary motorcycle and I was so pleased to be riding such a great motorcycle. The Ducati brand is legendary. The Hypermotard has been newly introduced and no one knew how it would
The Falkner Livingston Team made a big mark in the World Speed Finals at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The team brought several motorbikes, a new Suzuki GSXR 1000 which ran in the MPS/G class and a Honda CBR 600RR for the P/P class. We also brought our Turbo Honda CBR 600RR that we built
American rider Gary Trachy won the new class for bikes up to 1200cc in an amazing 11 minutes and 46 seconds, closely followed by Casey Yarrow (USA, 11:49). US Supermoto star Micky Dymond finished in third place with a time of 11:52, while fourth in the rankings was Gary’s brother, Greg Tracy, who completed the
