NCR teamed up with Ducati North America, racer extraordinaire Eric Wood, tuner wizard Bruce Myers and Cliff’s Cycle Revolution to race the NCR Millona 07 in the oldest motorcycle race event in North America. Eric first rode the bike on Thursday and quickly set out to set up the suspension to the track and to his preferences with the help of Bruce Myers. The NCR Millona’s power to weight ratio was quickly evident because Eric was able to approach the overall air cooled tack record of 1:13.8.

With pole position in Supertwins, Eric was able to lead a charge into the first turn and quickly started to leave the field behind by turning a blistering pace in the high 1:13’s. Early int he race he broke the over track record for air cooled motorcycles with a 1:13.455 and finished over 12 seconds ahead of the field. Eric noted, “This bike is simply amazing and so much fun to ride. The NCR acts like a 250GP bike. You can carry momentum into the corner, then just think and it turns! And the brakes, the brakes are phenomenal.”

With the Supertwins race in hand, Eric also entered the Millona in the Unlimited GP class which includes large 4 cylinder liter superbikes. Eric started 4th on the grid and was 5th into turn one and set about attacking the leaders. In turn 3, he overshot his braking point and had to recompose himself a little as found himself in 7th position. Eric then set out to meticulously slice through the field to and challenged for 4th position. He continued his intense attack and then captured 3rd place while breaking the record he set the previous day with a 1:12.878. Wow!!! “I really enjoyed riding the NCR this weekend”, said Eric atop the 3rd place slot. “It was a tremendous opportunity and a lot of fun. I want to thank Joe from NCR Corse, Chris from Cliff’s Cycle Revolution, and Jason from Ducati NA for putting this together so quickly. Bruce did a great job setting up the bike to run fast and I can’t wait to see what they bring next year!”

NCR would like to thank Eric Wood, Jason Routhier at Ducati North America, Bruce Muyers at Bruce Myers Performance, CHris Kirkness at Cliff’s Cycle Revolution and Jerry Wood at Penguin Racing School.

With victories in Daytona-Florida, Loudon-NH, Assen - Holland, Ontario - Canada, Vallelunga - Italy, NCR is having a good spring!!!

See you all at the next event

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