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Ains.
11-Dec-2006, 15:50
December 11th 2006

Three established and respected brands from the British paddock have joined forces to contest the ultra-competitive National Superstock Championship in 2007.

Buildbase, Ducati UK and JH Performance Racing are to spearhead a challenge for what has become a Japanese manufacturers’ dominated championship during recent years and will compete on the all-new flagship Ducati 1098cc bikes that recently caused a storm when they were unveiled at the Milan motorcycle show in November.

The Team - Buildbase Ducati will benefit from direct support from Ducati Corse in Bologna and from Ducati UK and will be fielding two talented young riders and potential “stars of the future” in John Laverty and Kieran Clarke.

The bikes were launched last weekend at Kyalami and tested by Ducati’s World Superbike factory riders Troy Bayliss, Lorenzo Lanzi and the World’s press & motorcycle journalists. With Bayliss breaking the Kyalami lap record by over a second the early indications would suggest that the all-new Ducati 1098s will be extremely competitive and definitely on the pace.

The Team will take delivery of the race bikes later this month and plan to have them “race prepared and ready” for a scheduled testing program in Spain throughout February. Further news updates will be released in due course, but in the meantime all enquiries regarding Buildbase Ducati should be directed to:

kenfoley@btopenworld.com


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Ken Foley
Team Manager

Ozz
11-Dec-2006, 15:58
Excellent news. Did not realise they could run 1098's in 2007....?

TP
11-Dec-2006, 16:12
Excellent news. Did not realise they could run 1098's in 2007....?

In Superstock they can, just not in Superbike classes etc.

Ozz
11-Dec-2006, 16:25
oooooh, sweet! Look forward to seeing that happen then!

Simon Reed
11-Dec-2006, 16:34
lets hope the bikes don't let the riders down,eh?,should be good,Aprils only round the corner !

TP
11-Dec-2006, 16:35
Me too, I'd like to see some of that!

:D

Rattler
11-Dec-2006, 16:40
Hmmmm, I'd heard a whisper about John Laverty on the 1098 in 2007 a few months back, just didn't know about the JHP involvement.

Should be good.

I assume no 749Rs in Supersport then?????

Tim

JPM
11-Dec-2006, 17:19
Think JHP were planning to run Martin Jessop on the 749R next year although no idea if this is still the case

NBs996
11-Dec-2006, 17:51
I think there'll be a fair few 1089's in the superstock lineup next year. I know a chap running one so will be keeping an eye on him.
Laverty and Clarke should be running up the front if the bike's as good as it's s'posed to be.

yeti
11-Dec-2006, 17:53
Had heard this a while ago, glad it came to fruition and wasn't just another rumour! It will be interesting to see how many teams field 1098's at the start of the season, and how many more jump on them if they are competitive!!!

Monty
11-Dec-2006, 17:56
if the bike's as good as it's s'posed to be.

The way John was hopping around like a kid with a new toy when he got back from Kyalami I think it's as good as they say.............

Bring it on in 2007

John

Simon Reed
11-Dec-2006, 20:38
i think you'll find jessop and jhp have parted Co !!,and they,jessop may be running there own effort nxt year !

Ray
12-Dec-2006, 15:03
There a good few talking about running a 1098s in superstock next year, if all the bikes turn up then it's gonna be another one make series:o

It's not that many years ago, early/mid 90s?, a BSB/WSB machine was putting out the power current superstock machines are.

Ray.

couchcommando
15-Dec-2006, 13:58
now this will be interesting, how much power can the 1098 expect with a full system, remap and blueprint ?
The GSXR1K we helped with this year was putting out 176 at the back wheel on a conservative dyno in superstock spec. I'd guess the Duc will be similar ?
Can't wait as it will make the series more interesting and it is possibly the hardest National series judging by how close the lap times are down the field :)

Monty
16-Dec-2006, 00:01
i think you'll find jessop and jhp have parted Co !!,and they,jessop may be running there own effort nxt year !

Martin will indeed be running the 749R next season, he keeps his mechanic who will be building and maintaining the bikes from the raceshop at Whitemoor, so JHP is still involved although not running a 749R himself.
I saw the first 2 bikes today at Coventry, one is going in the showroom and the other is already in bits being converted to superstock spec.
I had a long chat with Ken who is running the team and his opinion is that Superstock is where it is at and is going back to what superbike should be. To win BSB you need a massive budget and factory bikes-one team rented a Fireblade from HRC for 2006 season at a cost of £1,000,000-for one season, and that's just the bloody bike!
With K7 GSXR's, R1's and 1098's all putting out about 180bhp I don't think the laptimes are going to greatly different to BSB-could be a good year for Ducati-the bike is awesome, and looks like a racebike before they even start, just like a 916SPS.

John

Ains.
16-Dec-2006, 07:11
Martin will indeed be running the 749R next season, he keeps his mechanic who will be building and maintaining the bikes from the raceshop at Whitemoor, so JHP is still involved although not running a 749R himself.
I saw the first 2 bikes today at Coventry, one is going in the showroom and the other is already in bits being converted to superstock spec.
I had a long chat with Ken who is running the team and his opinion is that Superstock is where it is at and is going back to what superbike should be. To win BSB you need a massive budget and factory bikes-one team rented a Fireblade from HRC for 2006 season at a cost of £1,000,000-for one season, and that's just the bloody bike!
With K7 GSXR's, R1's and 1098's all putting out about 180bhp I don't think the laptimes are going to greatly different to BSB-could be a good year for Ducati-the bike is awesome, and looks like a racebike before they even start, just like a 916SPS.

John

Couldn't agree more Monty. BSB has become a money machine thanks to the likes of Sky Sports (hock, hock, spit). Watch the Superstocks before the TV plonkers catch on and ruin it again.
Times were when privateers would have a run at a championship as well. Remember Steve Spray and Mark Farmer doing just that in the late 80's?
I'm hoping the Superstocks will bring that kind of racing back. When the likes of Charlie Corner and Dennis Ireland could been seen short circuit racing one week and doing well then running the same bike at howling speeds round the TT the next.
I'll be going to a few races I know.
I wonder if the AMA and ACU will get together again and combine the Superstock series into a present day Trans-Atlantic series. Now that would be worth watching.

Ains.

Rattler
16-Dec-2006, 10:29
Great that the Superstocks might get more attention, but they are still only part of the undercard to the BSB. The BSB is a great spectacle and all power to those who promote it (in whatever way) - that's how we get some of the best riders in the world competing.

Seems that some want to hold it back and ensure that Johnny 5-quid can compete with Team Mega-bucks, they can't , its progress and its a good thing.

The series are strong because of the different classes, if BSB wasn't so succesful, there wouldn't be thriving Superstock classes.

Some people want it all.

Tim

Monty
16-Dec-2006, 13:39
Some people want it all.

Tim

Absolutely right Tim, and if you could arrange for me to have it all NOW before I am too old to enjoy it then that would be fine............:lol:

John

Rattler
16-Dec-2006, 15:33
You can have it all NOW, or wait for the January sales when you can have it all THEN for cheaper!!!

Monty
16-Dec-2006, 15:44
You can have it all NOW, or wait for the January sales when you can have it all THEN for cheaper!!!

Oh-I assumed that you were paying in which case I will have it all now please-If I have to pay I won't be having any of it-not at all...........

John

Ray
18-Dec-2006, 09:37
"Power is nothing without control"

You only have to look in the lap time difference between WSB bikes and WSS machinery to see that power isn't everything.

MotoGP have gone from 990 to 800 and they are going faster??


As a spectator I couldn't care less about how expensive or cheap the bikes are as long as the racing is close and the bikes have enough go to overcome the grip offered by the rear tyres easily!!

It doesn't matter what the regs say it will always be possible to spend whatever budget is available, be it DD, superstocks, WSS, WSB or Moto GP.

There are a million and one ways to spend money looking for that edge both on and off track.

A BIG budget doesn't always buy a championship, but it cam make loosing one a bit more humbling!!

Ray

Monty
18-Dec-2006, 09:44
Ray, you been taking the sensible pills again??-you are as usual talking sense.

John

couchcommando
18-Dec-2006, 13:00
"Power is nothing without control"

You only have to look in the lap time difference between WSB bikes and WSS machinery to see that power isn't everything.

MotoGP have gone from 990 to 800 and they are going faster??
As a spectator I couldn't care less about how expensive or cheap the bikes are as long as the racing is close and the bikes have enough go to overcome the grip offered by the rear tyres easily!!
It doesn't matter what the regs say it will always be possible to spend whatever budget is available, be it DD, superstocks, WSS, WSB or Moto GP.
There are a million and one ways to spend money looking for that edge both on and off track.
A BIG budget doesn't always buy a championship, but it cam make loosing one a bit more humbling!!
Ray

I agree with that at the top levels where bikes have an excess of hp, but superstocks have year on year gone faster as the bikes have got more power. I guess as they 'only' have 170ish hp the tyres can still cope. Once power moves into the 200+ bracket we do see that bikes with a few bhp less are lapping as quick.

I for one can't wait to see how the 1098 does in superstock and just how much hp it does it with.

Ray
18-Dec-2006, 15:31
Ray, you been taking the sensible pills again??-you are as usual talking sense.

John


Had to take a dose of sensible pills buying a new set of wheels for the "handbrake" or I'd have brought a wallace and grommit type Enfield and sidecar combo home or a GRP N Evo rallycar for the shopping/family trips out, don't worry the effects of the sensible Pills will wear off soon, .................................................. .............now where's that Orange Country Choppers brochure:o

Ray.

Monty
18-Dec-2006, 16:48
Had to take a dose of sensible pills buying a new set of wheels for the "handbrake" or I'd have brought a wallace and grommit type Enfield and sidecar combo home or a GRP N Evo rallycar for the shopping/family trips out, don't worry the effects of the sensible Pills will wear off soon, .................................................. .............now where's that Orange Country Choppers brochure:o

Ray.

Will that have somewhere for you to put a MAP...........:lol:

John