FMF Takes Ducati to Next Level

FMF Takes Ducati to Next Level

FMF Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FMF APEX TAKES DUCATI TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Rule one of the racing universe, when something works great, it looks amazing. The FMF Apex is no exception. The Apex is made in-house 100% in the USA, and FMF uses the highest quality aerospace titanium and carbon fiber components.

The diamond shape of the Apex Race Exhaust System is form fitted to match perfectly with today’s most advanced sport bikes, maximizing cornering clearance and handling performance. The outlet shape mirrors the system shape providing an extremely high exhaust flow rate, and a distinct sound that no other system can match. The Apex exhaust system is sure to turn heads and help you get a bigger thrill out of every ride.

The Ducati Streetfighter is an amazing track bike, One of the few complaints is in regard to the stock heal guard, riders complain about the heal guard pushing their foot away from the peg and not allowing the proper foot placement that is essential for high-speed cornering. FMF addresses this with a very compact race inspired heal guard.

Apex improves handling through mass centralization. The stock system places nearly fifteen pounds up high, off axis and far outside of the bikes center. The Apex slip-on improves exhaust weight centralization by over 55 percent. Apex utilizes stock exhaust sensors for best possible air/fuel delivery.

American made carbon fiber supplied by aerospace/ DoD vendor. Apex also features a lightweight, ultra strong interlocking mount system.

• Designed by racers for racing

• Includes quiet insert(s)

• Incredible sound

• Aerospace quality carbon fiber and titanium

• Most advanced slip-on exhaust on the market

• Integrated fit for maximum cornering clearance

• Handcrafted in USA

MODEL	YEAR	PRODUCT NAME	TYPE	PART#	RETAIL$	SAVINGS (LBS)
MONSTER 6100	09	APEX	SLIP-ON	045282	$1,099.99	6.2
MONSTER 1100	09	APEX	SLIP-ON	045282	$1,099.99	6.2
SUPER 848	08-09	APEX	SLIP-ON	045245	$1,099.99	6.3
SUPER 1098	08-09	APEX	SLIP-ON	045245	$1,099.99	6.3
SUPER 1098	09	APEX	SLIP-ON	045245	$1,099.99	6.3
STREETFIGHTER	09	APEX	SLIP-ON	045297	$1,099.99	6.4

Contact: Donnie Emler • Tel. 310-631-4363 ext 246 • Email: littled@fmfracing.com

Mid-Ohio SportBike: Race 1

Eslick Takes his Fourth Win at Mid-Ohio

AMA Pro Racing Press Release

Danny Eslick grabbed his fourth career AMA Pro Daytona SportBike presented by AMSOIL victory on the No. 9 GEICO Powersports/RMR Buell 1125R in Race One of the Honda Super Cycle Weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Eslick started the day strong by claiming the pole in Saturday morning's final qualifying effort. The grid was set by that result as the weekend's basic qualifying and Superpole sessions were canceled due to a Friday afternoon rain shower. By the end of the race's first lap, Eslick had built up a .551 second lead over the No. 88 Monster Energy Attack Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R of Jamie Hacking, who steadily chipped away at the lead over the ensuing laps before taking the point in Turn 6 on Lap 7. Hacking held the lead for two laps until mechanical troubles sidelined him for the race on Lap 9.

"I got a good start, right off the bat and led a couple of laps," said Eslick. "I didn't see anybody coming through, which usually happens as everybody's really aggressive the first few laps. I knew we had kind of pulled away and then Jamie came by. I think I was on the brakes the first time and he came up. He came by me and we battled back and forth for a lap or two and when he had his problem, I almost ran up his exhaust pipe. He did a good job getting his hand up and out of the way, so good job there. It could have been real ugly in that spot."

Graves Yamaha teammates Josh Herrin and Tommy Aquino held an aggressive battle for position throughout the 21-lap sprint race. At the end of the first lap, Aquino's No. 6 Yamaha YZF-R6 led Herrin's No. 8 Yamaha YZF-R6 to the line, but the rookie couldn't hold the position and was passed by Herrin on Lap 2. The Graves duo moved up the ranks as attrition hit riders Hacking and Martin Cardenas, who was running in third position aboard the No. 36 Team M4 Suzuki GSX-R600 before low siding at the exit of Turn 8 on Lap 5. Aquino was able to squeeze by Herrin again on Lap 9 before Herrin used a block pass on Lap 10 to get by both Aquino and Jake Zemke's No. 1X Erion Honda CBR600RR to take second position.

"I think when (Tommy) passed me, he went to put a move on Jake going into (Turn) 5 on the brakes and I just decided I am going to get both these guys and just dove in there and made a move," said Herrin. "It wasn't purposefully a block pass, but it sort of ended up being a block pass. I just rode defensive from there and luckily we held on to second."

Aquino was also able to get past Zemke, challenging Herrin for the remainder of the race and allowing Eslick to slip away to a 2.318 second lead by the end of the race. The third place finish was Aquino's his first AMA Pro podium finish.

"It was really hard," said Aquino. "I was going as hard as I could, my tires were spent and I was just trying as hard as I could to stay where I was at and try to take a position if I could. I am really happy with this podium. It is my first podium with AMA Pro Racing. I really just have to thank my team."

Zemke turned the fastest lap of the race in Lap 6 at 1:28.160 and ran as high as second before finishing fourth. Chaz Davies rounded out the top five on the No. 57 Factory Aprilia Millennium Technologies Team Aprilia RSV1000R. Points leader Cardenas recovered to finish 12th and holds the championship lead over Eslick 264-244.

Mid-Ohio SportBike: Race 2

Eslick Wins Barn Burner in Day Two at Mid-Ohio

AMA Pro Racing Press Release

Danny Eslick's No. 9 GEICO Powersports RMR Buell 1125R came out victorious in a battle that went down to the wire with the eventual second-place No. 88 Monster Energy Attack Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R of Jamie Hacking in the second of two AMA Pro Daytona SportBike presented by AMSOIL races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Six official lead changes came between the riders that claimed the top two spots over the course of the 21-lap sprint race that opened Sunday's races at the Honda Super Cycle Weekend presented by Dunlop Tires.

The excitement began on the sighting lap, with Jake Zemke's No. 1X Erion Honda CBR600RR losing power in Turn 4. Last season's Formula Xtreme champion was forced to run back to the pits and start from the rear of the grid on his backup bike. A clean start followed and Eslick led the field through the first set of turns before being passed by Hacking in Turn 6. Eslick regained the top spot in Turn 1 on the following lap. That set of passes would set the tone for the two riders, occurring in the same fashion on Laps 14 and 15. Hacking recaptured the lead in Turn 6 on Lap 16 and was able to hold off a rushing Eslick for four more laps.

On the final lap, Eslick took a page from the Kawasaki rider's book and looked to the inside in Turn 6, but was unable to complete the pass. This set him up for an inside line through the Esses and the pair leaned on each other as they made their way through. The No. 9 Buell emerged as the leader and led the field to the finish.

"Jamie was real strong out of the keyhole," said Eslick. "He was strong out of it and strong into it, and I was good through the middle. We went back and forth a couple times. (The last lap pass) was the cleanest pass I could definitely make. There was some contact, but it was good. Jamie would have stuck it in there just as hard as I would have."

Josh Herrin's No. 8 Graves Yamaha YZF-R6 also presented a challenge, passing Hacking on Lap 3 and taking the lead from Eslick on Lap 7. Herrin officially led two laps, although he and Eslick traded the lead twice on Lap 8 before Eslick was able to take the lead from the Yamaha for the final time on Lap 9. Herrin finished 12th after an off-course excursion on Lap 13 allowed Hacking to challenge Eslick for the final portion of the race. In all, Hacking led for seven laps and earned his sixth podium and fifth second-place finish of the Daytona SportBike season.

"The race today was great," said Hacking. "We were pushing hard the entire race. I was stronger on this side of the race track and Danny was stronger back there in the back and it just made out for a really good race, close racing. I put everything I had into the last couple laps there and I thought I had the door closed enough. He muscled his way in there and made a clean pass. I had made that pass before and there were no hard feelings. He rode a great race, and we pulled away from everybody else this weekend."

Martin Cardenas recovered from a crash in Saturday's Daytona SportBike race to run clean and consistent, claiming the final spot on the podium aboard the No. 36 Team M4 Suzuki GSX-R600. The Colombian now leads the Daytona SportBike standings by 10 points over Eslick, 285-275. Hacking is close behind in third with 241 points.

"It was a hard race for me because my confidence wasn't very good after two races, two crashes," said Cardenas. "So today that was the best I could do. These guys were a little bit faster than me, and I tried to stay with them, but five laps from the end I made a mistake and almost crashed and so I decided that third place was good enough for today."

Fourth place went to the No. 54 Latus Motors Racing Buell 1125R of Taylor Knapp, who pulled double-duty this weekend racing, where he also earned a top-10 finish on the No. 44 Taylor Knapp Racing Buell 1125RR in the final American Superbike race of the weekend. Roger Hayden encountered electrical problems in Saturday's race, but had a strong showing Sunday to complete the top five on the No. 95 Monster Energy Attack Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R. Zemke climbed 11 positions on the first lap and powered through the field to salvage a 10th place finish.

Next up for AMA Pro Daytona SportBike is a doubleheader at the Tornado Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka on the weekend of July 31-August 2.

World MX1: Round 3

Double Podium for Teka Suzuki in Belgium

Team Suzuki Press Release

The third round of the 2009 United Telecom Belgian Motocross Championship saw both Teka Suzuki World MX1 riders circulating at speed for the first time since April and Ken De Dycker and Steve Ramon were able to take their works RM-Z450s to second and third places overall at the Nismes circuit in some changeable weather conditions.

Across the stony, slippery course in the south of the country, De Dycker and Ramon had to play second fiddle to Clement Desalle, but the sight of both Suzuki riders on the podium was a positive outcome for the team in the midst of a summer break and just two weeks before their home Grand Prix at Lommel, Limburg for what will be the 12th round of 15 in the FIM World Championship.

De Dycker was not able to claim victory for the third time in a row but his scorecard of 2nd, 2nd and 3rd in the three motos was enough to guarantee the second step.

"I'm not too happy really," he commented. "Things went OK in practice but my arms tensed up in the first moto and I struggled to feel good on the track for the rest of the day. It was really hard and stony with not many ruts, so it wasn't an easy run."

Nismes represented the first competitive outing for Ramon since the 2007 World Champion fractured his C7 vertebrae at the Grand Prix of Benelux 10 weeks ago. The 29 year old rode to 3rd, 5th and 2nd positions for an effective and steady comeback.

"It was a pretty good day and I think it was the right decision to race here, even if I have never been a fan of the track and actually found it pretty dangerous in some places," he said. "The first moto was ruined a little bit by arm-pump and I had a bad start in the second but the third was the best and after De Dycker had made a mistake I could keep speed with Desalle. The meeting went like I expected and now I will continue getting ready for Lommel."

Teka Suzuki World MX1 will compete in the next meeting of the ADAC MX Masters German series at Tensfeld this weekend.

German 125cc GP

Marquez’s podium hopes end in gravel in closing stages of German 125cc GP

KTM Press Release

Red Bull KTM Moto Sport’s talented young Spaniard Marc Marquez was denied a podium place on Sunday at the German 125cc GP on the Sachsenring when he slid off the track in the closing stages of the race.

Marquez was able to remount and finally finished back in sixteenth place, two behind KTM teammate American Cameron Beaubier. A series of slick maneuvers and patience had allowed him to slip from fifth to third place going into the final lap and he seemed to have the minor podium firmly in his grasp. The 16-year-old Spaniard was already sizing up fellow Spaniard Joan Olive with just a lap and a half to go. He moved up from fifth to fourth place before then advancing to third. But then he was involved in a spectacular high side after a too close encounter with fourth placed Nicolas Terol on the final lap. Fortunately he was not seriously injured.

Marc Marquez: "My start was not so good but I did manage to overtake a couple of riders in the first lap. The times were much faster today because it was dry and initially I didn't have such a good feeling for the bike. But that changed, especially when it looked like I was going to make the podium. But then on the straight just before the last corner Olive went zigzag and we touched. The unlucky thing was that he touched my brake lever and when I wanted to brake it no longer worked. The crash looked very spectacular, but luckily I am in very good physical shape so I wasn't hurt."

Marquez has started the day well being the fastest in the morning warm-up after winning a very creditable third place on the front line grid in Saturday's qualifying. The race was in dry weather in contrast to a difficult qualifying session on Saturday when riders battled rain and a slippery surface on the traditional German circuit.

For Marquez's young teammate Beaubier, also just 16 years old, it was his best finish so far this season and he finished with two championship points.

Cameron Beaubier: "My start was okay and I was able to pass some guys but they were taking be back during the first lap. It was a constant battle and when I started to go faster I made a mistake went off the track. Later in the race I tried very hard to close the gap to the guys in front of me and I was lucky to score two points today. During warm up I saw that our bike set up was much better and I was confident for the race."

Team boss Harald Bartol: "The situation with Marquez in the final lap was not completely kosher, but that's racing. Marc again did do a very good race. It was just a pity that the brake lever got bent so badly in the fight with Olive. As regards to Cameron I think he would have been able to pick up even more points with some better concentration. But on the other hand, I have to admit that this circuit doesn't give you many chances to relax.”

E3 World Championship: Mexico

Cervantes takes 2-1 result in E3 in Mexico

KTM Press Release

Ivan Cervantes of the KTM Enduro Factory Team came away from the two E3 World Championship rounds in Mexico’s Valle de Bravo with an excellent 2-1 result to further boost his title chances with just four races to go.

The team's Spanish rider finished second behind Frenchman Sebastian Guillaume on Saturday, continually picking up his performance on the difficult track as the day progressed. Riders tacked the challenges of hard terrain on top of altitudes of up to 2200 meters in the mountainous lakeside resort just two hours from Mexico City. Cervantes went one better in Sunday's race, recovering from a crash in the second test, where he lost about 30 seconds to take the victory on the day. He now has a 22-point lead in the standings with four races still in hand.

Cervantes KTM team-mate Samuli Aro was just off the podium in fourth place for both races and is currently in fourth place in the standings. Aro however was the winner of the KTM Super Test on Friday night which was held on the shores of the lake at Valle de Bravo. The Super Test drew large crowds to watch the world's best Enduro riders in action and is a new feature of the championship that is proving to be a crowd winner and a value added attraction for the sport.

Fabio Farioli, team boss of the KTM Enduro Factory Team reported that the well run event was much tougher than riders had first expected, with the high altitude affecting both bikes and riders.

E3 Results Round Eleven :

1. Sebastian Guillaume, France, Husqvarna

2. Ivan Cervantes, Spain, KTM

3. Christophe Nambotin, France, Gas-Gas

4. Samuli Aro, Finland, KTM

5. Fabio Mossini, Italy, Honda

E3 Results Round Twelve:

1. Ivan Cervantes, Spain, KTM

2. Christophe Nambotin, France, Gas-Gas

3. Sebastian Guillaume, France, Husqvarna

4. Samuli Aro, Finland, KTM

5. Fabio Mossini, Italy, Honda

Standings after Round Twelve:

1. Ivan Cervantes, Spain, KTM 274

2. Christophe Nambotin, France, Gas-Gas, 252

3. Sebastian Guillaume, France Husqvarna, 241

4. Samuli Aro, Finland, KTM, 238

5. Marcus Kehr, Germany, KTM, 163

British Supersport: Mallory Park

Martin and Gearlink Kawasaki take the victory

Press Release

Chris Martin followed up team-mate Ben Wilson's win at the previous round by storming to victory in the Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship race at Mallory Park for Round 7 of the series on Sunday.

The Gearlink Kawasaki duo were formation flying at the front of the pack, with Martin then able to gradually edge an advantage over his team-mate on track in the wet conditions.

Ian Hutchinson was quick off the line and was able to put himself third for the Padgetts Honda team, giving him the best result of the season.

For fourth there was an all-Australian tussle between title contender Billy McConnell on the MAP Raceways Yamaha and Brendan Roberts on the NW200 Coca-Cola Zero Yamaha.

The pair who previously battled together in the Virgin Yamaha Cup were swapping places in a bid for supremacy, with McConnell able to put himself ahead and hold it to the line.

Championship leader Steve Plater was only able to manage a seventh place for the HM Plant Honda team, but still holds an 11 point advantage in the overall standings ahead of Brands Hatch.

Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship race result:

Chris Martin (Gearlink Kawasaki)

Ben Wilson (Gearlink Kawasaki) +7.143s

Ian Hutchinson (Padgetts Honda) +10.969s

Billy McConnell (MAP Raceways Yamaha) +15.294s

Brendan Roberts (NW200 Coca-Cola Zero Yamaha) +15.469s

Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship standings:

Steve Plater (HM Plant Honda) 109

Billy McConnell (MAP Raceways Yamaha) 98

Ben Wilson (Gearlink Kawasaki) 92

Daniel Cooper (Centurion Racing Honda) 81

James Westmoreland (Centurion Racing Honda) 72

The next round of the British Superbike Championship takes place at Brands Hatch GP on August 7-9.