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AMA DSB: DiSalvo’s Triumphant Return
Jason DiSalvo will return to the scene of his biggest career victory -- the Daytona 200 -- with the same team behind him but an entirely different package underneath him.
Latus Motors Racing's Jason DiSalvo (Photo: Evan Williams)
Reigning Daytona 200 winner Jason DiSalvo will once again compete with Latus Motorsports in 2012, but there have been changes afoot for the New Yorker. The team has switched from Ducati to Triumph, with DiSalvo riding the British bike at the last 2012 round in New Jersey in an effort to get a jump-start on 2012.
“We really started developing the bike last year and we rolled it out at New Jersey,” said DiSalvo. “It was a good learning experience and I’m glad we did it now. The guys were able to take that and continue to work away and make what I think is going to be a pretty good package for this coming season.”
That early start told DiSalvo and the Latus Motosrpsorts team where they stood. “We wanted to see how close we were with a very limited development package. We walked away with two seventh-place finishes and the times were improved greatly during the weekend. New Jersey was one of my worse tracks on the calendar, so of the places we could have debuted the Triumph, that was the worst one,” he said.
“By the end of the weekend, we were optimistic and we thought the bike had incredible handling capabilities. In that second race, I was able to go around some guys on the outside and the bike hung in really well. The other thing we learned was we needed to do a little development in the engine department. The guys have done some serious work in the offseason and we’ve already seen some benefit from that.”
The Triumph is raced in World Supersport, but DiSalvo thinks an American Invasion will reap benefits. “The biggest thing is going to be rules package. I think the American rules package is much better (than the World Supersport rules) for Triumph and I have first hand experience with that,” he said. “I think the American rules allow the bike to go out and win race and ultimately the championship.
As he referred, Disalvo rode the Triumph two years ago in World Supersport but says this bike is “miles different” that the one he rode in Europe.
“It’s way better in some ways. The rules package for World Supersport is essentially completely stock chassis. For America, you can do so much to make the bike handle the way you want it to. The flip side is the engine rules for World Supersport are more like AMA Pro Superbike. I think the rules for World Supersport might even be more open than Superbike is here. Over here (in DSB) the rules are based on the stock bike and the 675R is one of the best bikes out there. We won’t know 100% until we line up at Daytona at look at the speed trap.”
“We really started developing the bike last year and we rolled it out at New Jersey,” said DiSalvo. “It was a good learning experience and I’m glad we did it now. The guys were able to take that and continue to work away and make what I think is going to be a pretty good package for this coming season.”
That early start told DiSalvo and the Latus Motosrpsorts team where they stood. “We wanted to see how close we were with a very limited development package. We walked away with two seventh-place finishes and the times were improved greatly during the weekend. New Jersey was one of my worse tracks on the calendar, so of the places we could have debuted the Triumph, that was the worst one,” he said.
“By the end of the weekend, we were optimistic and we thought the bike had incredible handling capabilities. In that second race, I was able to go around some guys on the outside and the bike hung in really well. The other thing we learned was we needed to do a little development in the engine department. The guys have done some serious work in the offseason and we’ve already seen some benefit from that.”
The Triumph is raced in World Supersport, but DiSalvo thinks an American Invasion will reap benefits. “The biggest thing is going to be rules package. I think the American rules package is much better (than the World Supersport rules) for Triumph and I have first hand experience with that,” he said. “I think the American rules allow the bike to go out and win race and ultimately the championship.
As he referred, Disalvo rode the Triumph two years ago in World Supersport but says this bike is “miles different” that the one he rode in Europe.
“It’s way better in some ways. The rules package for World Supersport is essentially completely stock chassis. For America, you can do so much to make the bike handle the way you want it to. The flip side is the engine rules for World Supersport are more like AMA Pro Superbike. I think the rules for World Supersport might even be more open than Superbike is here. Over here (in DSB) the rules are based on the stock bike and the 675R is one of the best bikes out there. We won’t know 100% until we line up at Daytona at look at the speed trap.”
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