Bonsey, Ducati To Make Flat Track Debut 2018
Cycle News Staff | April 5, 2018
Bonsey, Ducati To Make Flat Track Debut 2018 – Former grand prix racer Stevie Bonsey will join the American Flat Track Series for 10 races starting this weekend for the Atlanta Short Track at Dixie Raceway in Woodstock, Georgia, April 7. Bonsey will pilot a Ducati-powered flat tracker on The Dillard Family Racing/Lloyd Brothers Motorsports Team. Bonsey will be launching his first official comeback race since breaking his neck in 2016. Bonsey made an appearance at last year’s finale and battled up front, finishing just 0.041 seconds off the podium.
Bonsey, Ducati To Make Flat Track Debut 2018
Stevie Bonsey will join the grid this weekend in Woodstock.
The motorcycle Bonsey will be riding is built around Ducati’s twin-cylinder four-valve liquid-cooled Testastretta 11° Monster 821 engine specifically set up for American Flat Track racing by the Lloyd Brothers Motorsports team and the support from Ducati and sponsorship from long-standing Ducati collector Jim Dillard.
“I feel privileged to get a chance to ride of Lloyd Brothers Motorsports Ducati for the 2018 season,” said Bonsey, “it’s going to be a challenging season with a class full of so much talent, but I truly believe we have a bike and a team more than capable of going out front.”
Bonsey, Ducati To Make Flat Track Debut 2018
Bonsey will ride this Ducati twin-cylinder four-valve liquid-cooled Testastretta 11° Monster 821-powered flat tracker.
Team co-owner David Lloyd said, “We are very happy to have Ducati involved with both our team and the AFT series. Since 2010, we have been racing air-cooled Ducati two-valved engines and have managed a Main event win and podiums; we have now put together two proof–of–concept liquid cooled four-valve engine race bikes that have shown very well the few times on track. With our latest revisions, we are excited and thankful to have sponsorship to be able to race our Ducati Monster 821-powered machine this season with one of the most talented racers, Stevie Bonsey”
“We knew that this combination of Team, Rider and Bike would give the Ducati brand an opportunity to contend with the top in the field in the fastest growing motorcycle sport in the US,” said Ducati North America CEO, Jason Chinnock. “We’ve given our Ducati fans a team to cheer on and we’re excited to see progress in action as the season develops.”
Bonsey, Ducati To Make Flat Track Debut 2018
Bonsey will compete in 10 AFT races this year.
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