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AMA Pro Superbike
AMA DSB: DiSalvo’s Story - What’s The Latus?
Jason DiSalvo returned to action at NJMP and it seemed as if nothing had changed… on the surface at least.
(Photo: Brian J Nelson)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: This weekend's AMA Pro Road Racing race action from Homestead-Miami Speedway will air on SPEED Saturday and Sunday evening starting at Midnight ET.
It’s no doubt been a good year for Triumph in AMA Pro Road Racing, even though it’s been strange at times.
If proving the viability of your machine on the racetrack is the first goal for a manufacturer when racing (and it is,) then the 675R has passed the test. Jason DiSalvo ran fast at Daytona and other races, won at Infineon, and his Latus Motors Racing teammate, Dustin Dominguez, leads one of the SuperSport divisions and has won a gaggle of races.
Dominguez and DiSalvo have battled with riders on Suzukis and Yamahas and when you’re caught up watching the action, it’s easy to forget they are riding a different type of machine -- a triple as opposed to the four cylinders most others race. That’s a high complement, indeed. The others have been racing uninterrupted for decades and build machines at a very high level. And it’s not a situation like on the old Buell where the rules allow a bike that works so differently that it’s impossible to overlook.
Dominguez’s season on the Latus Motors bike has been 'normal' for a young rider harnessing his talent. The bike has usually run well, and Dustin has typically ridden it very well.
DiSalvo’s year, on the other hand, has had its bizarre moments. It goes back to last season when the team ran Ducatis. The Ducati and the Triumph were generally very fast, but there have been multiple occasions in which it did not finish. It’s even thrown him off a few times. DiSalvo has even looked a bit skittish on occasion, sometimes sitting up thinking something was wrong only to be hammer-down moments later.
Before Elkhart Lake, the rumor spread like wildfire that DiSalvo and Latus had split over personality clashes, but DiSalvo showed up to race and responded to questions by saying nothing was amiss. At Mid-Ohio, something went wrong and Jason had an ugly, high-speed crash in the first race and was lucky to walk away from without serious injury.
After that, there were more rumors that the team had split with DiSalvo. Jason missed the next race at Laguna Seca although Dominguez raced for Latus Motors and won pole for the SuperSport race.
It’s no doubt been a good year for Triumph in AMA Pro Road Racing, even though it’s been strange at times.
If proving the viability of your machine on the racetrack is the first goal for a manufacturer when racing (and it is,) then the 675R has passed the test. Jason DiSalvo ran fast at Daytona and other races, won at Infineon, and his Latus Motors Racing teammate, Dustin Dominguez, leads one of the SuperSport divisions and has won a gaggle of races.
Dominguez and DiSalvo have battled with riders on Suzukis and Yamahas and when you’re caught up watching the action, it’s easy to forget they are riding a different type of machine -- a triple as opposed to the four cylinders most others race. That’s a high complement, indeed. The others have been racing uninterrupted for decades and build machines at a very high level. And it’s not a situation like on the old Buell where the rules allow a bike that works so differently that it’s impossible to overlook.
Dominguez’s season on the Latus Motors bike has been 'normal' for a young rider harnessing his talent. The bike has usually run well, and Dustin has typically ridden it very well.
DiSalvo’s year, on the other hand, has had its bizarre moments. It goes back to last season when the team ran Ducatis. The Ducati and the Triumph were generally very fast, but there have been multiple occasions in which it did not finish. It’s even thrown him off a few times. DiSalvo has even looked a bit skittish on occasion, sometimes sitting up thinking something was wrong only to be hammer-down moments later.
Before Elkhart Lake, the rumor spread like wildfire that DiSalvo and Latus had split over personality clashes, but DiSalvo showed up to race and responded to questions by saying nothing was amiss. At Mid-Ohio, something went wrong and Jason had an ugly, high-speed crash in the first race and was lucky to walk away from without serious injury.
After that, there were more rumors that the team had split with DiSalvo. Jason missed the next race at Laguna Seca although Dominguez raced for Latus Motors and won pole for the SuperSport race.
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