Spider Grips/Ducati Team – Start Line Practice – Day 2

Somehow, oddly, the second day of getting up at 3:00 is even easier than the first. Today the moon was full and just about to set behind the mountain when we headed thru the gate. It was gone by the time we reached our pit area, making it very dark out as we unloaded and…

Spider Grips/Ducati Team Update

Today we were back on the mountain, positioned at an area called “Cove Creek”. It is a beautiful bowl just above 10,000ft altitude on the famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb track. We parked the Sprinter vans on a pretty steep angle along the side of the road, and unload the bikes in the dark.…

Flat Track in Salinas!

Guest post by Spider Rider Jimmy Woods Hey Everyone!  Last weekend was rounds four and five of the GNC Flat Track series in Salinas, CA.  They hosted a really big, fast TT on Saturday and a short track on Sunday. Rider Jimmy Woods #37 at the GNC Flat Track Series   We qualified third fastest which gave…

Incredible Chaotic India

This guest post was written by Spider Rider Danielle Murdoch. She is currently in India, on a trip riding from her homeland in Australia to Africa. She is riding over land through South East Asia, India, the Middle East then on to Egypt where she will start her circumnavigation of Africa.  Beeeepppppp, doadooooloooo, honk honk, beeeeeeeeep beeeeeeeeeep, Beeeepppppp, doadooooloooo,…

Experience Daytona behind the scenes

Below is James Rispoli’s Daytona AMA Pro Motorcycle-SuperStore.com SuperSport race report .  An interesting read about the many actions and decisions that go into just one weekend of racing. To start I want to let you know I had such a great time during the winter months hanging out in Florida about 20 minutes from Daytona at my mechanic Ryan’s house.  This was the first year I did…