KWR Ducati Team ready for Virginia International Raceway
TUCSON, Ariz. (May 19) -- The KWR/Panera Bread Ducati Team heads to Virginia International Raceway this weekend for round two of the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship. Rider Kyle Wyman looks to improve on the Road Atlanta performances to fight for podium finishes in Alton, Virginia.
The KWR Team has been hard at work preparing the Ducati Panigale V4 R Superbike for battle as the series starts to find its rhythm. With limited testing time the team is still aiming for podium results, with a capable bike and rider that can get the job done. For Chief Mechanic Dave Hopkinson, it's an opportunity to try some new parts and put the latest version of the KWR Ducati to work.
"I’m excited for this weekend," Hopkinson said. "For me personally it's a new track with MotoAmerica not having raced here last year. I'm excited also because following a successful first outing for our all-new bike at Atlanta, we now have further new parts from Accossato to use at VIR that I’m hoping will further improve our new bike. It’s been busy in the gap assessing the Atlanta weekend, making improvements and changes ready to take on VIR. We are still learning about the new bike but are excited about its prospects as we enter round two."
With the team evolving from a technical standpoint, Wyman says the key to having a successful weekend in Virginia will be to spin numerous, quality laps on Friday.
"The bike is in a good place, and I'm in a good place," Wyman said. "In Atlanta we had some technical issues on Friday that caused us to miss a lot of quality track time. This week we need to make sure Friday goes smoothly and that I can get a lot of laps to get more familiar with the bike. It's truly the best Superbike I've ever ridden. I just need to develop the confidence to push it to the maximum, and to accomplish that we need laps."
