A great result by NCR in the Ducati European Club Race in Assen organized by Ducati North Europe.

Ducatisti Valter Bartolini, on his NCR Factory Millona dominated and won the two races of the Supertwins European Championship in front of a crowd of 15,000.

The first of two races consisted of the Sound Of Thunder (SOT) a class open to all Superbike, Supersport and Superstock Ducati’s. The class is the third most important following the MotoGP and SBK classes. The NCR Factory Millona ridden by Bartolini surprised and entertained the crowd by a podium finish in both races just behind the danish Ducati 1098 Superstock and the european Supersport Champion on his 749R.

It was Bartolini’s first time at the Assen circuit but quickly managed a fourth best time of 1:47.5 and then later improved his time during the race to a 1:46.3 (263 kph top speed) which was only 1.8 seconds off the lap record. There was a very exciting battle for third between Valter and the danish Champion on his 1098 where the top speed of the new superbike was offset by the handling and torque of the Factory Millona to an exciting third position and podium finish.

So two third place finishes in the European Sound Of Thunder for NCR’s Bartolini.

Two NCR Millona’s from Holland and Germany each alternately finished third in the Open 2 Valve class on their Millona S.

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