NCR Corse was present with factory rider Valter Bartolini on the NCR Millona Factory 07 and rider-journalist Gian Maria Liverani on the New Blue Factory 07 to compete in ProTwins (DDC), Open Class (DSW) and in the second round of the European Supertwins Championship. NCR Corse customers Enrico Martini (Millona One Shot), Fabrizio Tinti (Millona One SHot) and Giancarlo Castelli (Millona S).

Valter Bartolini dominated the classes by winning 3 races and while setting an overall track record of 1:57.49 which was 1.4 seconds faster than the previous record set by Andreas Meklau on his Suzuki GSXR 1000 Superbike.

Bartolini won the Ducati Desmo Challenge and finished ahead of Ivano Pigliacelli on his Bimota DB5. Bartolini also won the European Supertwins Championship and finished ahead of Liverani on his NCR New Blue. Liverani had an impressive lap time of 2:02.4 on New Blue wich shows the potential of this new motorcycle.

The most interesting and competitive race was in the Open Class with motorcycles from Superbike, Supersprot and Superstock. WIth the strong running of the hand made NCR millona Factory, Bartolini entered the supreme class with the hope of doing well.

Amazingly, Bartolini won pole in the Open Class and then set out to match that result in the race. At the end of the second lap, Bartolini was in second position and on his way to attack Pellizzon on his Yamaha R1 Superstock. On lap 3, Bartolini managed to take the lead and set the fastest lap of the weekend with a 1:57.4!! After battling strong winds and lapped traffic, Valter Bartolini amazingly finished the race in first place while giving the spectators an exciting race. How can it be? How can a Ducati powered 2 vlave air cooled engine reign supreme in an Open Class? Perhaps there is a great formula in the 40 years that NCR has been crafting its magic.

We would like to thank Bartolini, the NCR Corse team, the NCR racers and the fans for the great success and support. Three victories by Bartolini, a second by Liverani, a fourth for Martini, a fifth for Tinti and a top ten for Castelli. That is five NCR bikes in the top ten!!

We could not have dreamt it any better.

Thank you everyone!

Risultati gara Europeo Supertwins
Risultati gara Open DSW
Risultati gara Protwins DDC

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