Draganee Racing report : April '04

[Berzerker]

NICOLE HOFFMAN OF DRAGANEE RACING FINISHES SECOND AT JENNINGS GP BUT MAINTAINS OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS LEAD




Jennings, Fla – April 5, 2004: In Sunday's Ultra Lightweight Superbike race, Nicole Hoffman competed against the largest showing to date at Jennings GP to take second place aboard her Aprilia RS 250. The combined Florida and Southeast regions of the Championship Cup Series (CCS) brought over 500 entries to the two-day events at this North Florida track, the largest to date.



Hoffman earned a second place finish behind James Hillis after having a bad start to the race. “I had a lot of catching up to do after I let the clutch out far too early and bogged the start,” said Nicole. Going into turn one, Hoffman was right behind the pack, attempting to pass in several turns. Getting caught behind these riders allowed for the first place rider to gain some time. “By the time I got around the other riders, he was too far ahead to catch. My lap times were getting better and better each lap, but I just didn’t have enough time in the 6-lap race to catch up.”



Having attended only a track day but no formal racing practice sessions two years ago at Jennings GP, this was Hoffman’s first race at this track. The all day practice session on Saturday helped Hoffman to get re-acquainted with the track. “Coming off of Daytona in February you really have to switch gears. Daytona is high banking, high speed but at Jennings the turns are much more tight and technical – a great place for my Aprilia RS 250.”



OVERALL RESULTS -- #731 Nicole Hoffman

by class as of April 5, 2004



Jennings GP

Ultra Lightweight Superbike

2nd Place



Daytona International Speedway

Ultra Lightweight Superbike

1st Place



OVERALL STANDINGS -- #731 Nicole Hoffman

Ultra Lightweight Superbike

1st Place



About Draganee Racing: The team competes in the Southeast Region of the Championship Cup Series. Draganee Racing will head once again to Jennings GP on May 1st and 2nd. Draganee Racing thanks its sponsors: Atlantic Coast Trailers, Jim France, Northeast Machine, Studio Tew, Lockhart Phillips Team Privateer, Jennifer Adams, Dave Finley, Chris Stuart, Shawn Rogers, Mike Hill, Kari Fahey, Cory Posocco, Chris Boals, Chris Brandon, Kelly Gast.



About Jennings GP: Located 20 miles South of Valdosta, GA and 40 miles North of Lake City, FL, this technical, motorcycle only track consists of two miles of twisted black asphalt with fourteen turns. Website: www.jenningsgp.com.



For more information on Draganee Racing: e-mail team@draganeeracing.com
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[Scooter]

Great results! Was thinking about your team when I saw that a RSV250 is on ebay right now.

Looking good in the points.... season is off to a great start.

[Berzerker]

..and because of her 2nd place finish, our cash sponsor agreed to another "one off deal"...... BIG THANKS to J.F

RSV250 on Ebay.... can you post the link?

[Scooter]

Hmmmm..... must have sold it locally- I just checked and could not find it. It was in California and was stated as being one of Biaggi's old 1996 "B" bikes imported a few years back by a collector?? Very interesting auction. From the pictures it looked legit. It was not meeting the reserve price at $8500 last time I looked. Came with full set of spares including 2 cranks and custom Aprilia factory carburators, etc. Supposedly had 2 years worth of technical notes from the support guys, also.

Maybe it ended and will pop back up again. It was a featured auction on the first page once a search was conducted under "Aprilia".

[BikerGeek]

I sent an e-mail to the RSV250 seller last week. He told me that the reseve was set at over $16,000. He supposedly has 10's of thousands of dollars invested in the bike. I wonder if it will do the 100+ horsepower of the latest 250 GP bikes.

Ride safe.

[montereyrsvr]

Originally posted by BikerGeek
I sent an e-mail to the RSV250 seller last week. He told me that the reseve was set at over $16,000. He supposedly has 10's of thousands of dollars invested in the bike. I wonder if it will do the 100+ horsepower of the latest 250 GP bikes.

Ride safe.

A 250 GP bike will make 100hp? Must do that in a very small rpm range?

And how do they get those kind of numbers?

[Aprilia94]

It was very nice meeting you guys at JenningsGP last weekend. Keep up the good work in your racing efforts. See you at the end of the month hopefully, I may have to go on a biz trip out of the country. Hopefully not.

[clarkie49]

Originally posted by montereyrsvr
A 250 GP bike will make 100hp? Must do that in a very small rpm range?

And how do they get those kind of numbers?

Marco Melandri's bike was making around 115hp, and for a two stroke it had a suprising amount of torque, but its all relative :D