[Ducati] schumi racing bikes

[fred lindstrom]

Hi Pags,

I didn't dig too hard on the last race....but Shumi raced again this  
past weekend on a KTM 990 Duke and took fourth. The article says it  
was his first competitive bike race.
Perhaps the others were exhibitions?

http://uk.reuters.com/article/motorSportsNews/idUKSP23099420080330

Cheers,

Fred



On Mar 31, 2008, at 7:42 AM, Tony Pagliaroli wrote:

> Sorry to bring this up again, but I still don't see evidence that they
> were racing against 600's.  The class was 600 and over - which would
> typically mean open class (or at least heavyweight) hardware as I
> suspected.
>
> <snip>
> Instead of starting from pole, Schumacher - riding an 1000 ccm Honda
> Superbike - decided to join them on the last row, but then made his
> way up the field to finish third behind fellow Honda racer Bauer and
> Meklau, who was on a Suzuki. All three competed in the 600+ ccm
> category.
> </snip>
>
> Does anyone have real evidence of what the grid looked like?
>
> Pags
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