Pictures from Great Lakes Trackfest & Rally @ Gingerman - Indiana Ducati Owners Club - Hoosier Hooligans - Ducati Indiana Ducati - Indianapolis

Hey there guys and gals it was great to meet some of you and to see others again. We can't say enough how much we appreciated your participation in the event.

Here is my report from the weekend:

Today it rained up until about 10am or so. Track eventually dried and stayed that way up until 4 pm. Got some good sessions in before we needed to pack up the multitudes of stuff from the weekend.
A special thanks to all those from our club and others that attended the weekend whether riding on the track or not and to those that brought there fine Italian steeds out for display in the Concourse of Excellence. For those that didn't make it out you missed out on a great time. The only thing that stopped the event from being completely off the hook was the rain from Saturday afternoon on through Sunday. We still toughed it out and made the most of the weekend as individuals and as a club. Next year's event planning has already begun in earnest and we look forward to bigger and better things in year 2.

Btw, we sold out of event shirts and had a great weekend selling gear and other stuff. Gained a few members too!

Thanks to all the companies that donated items for the raffle, we gave away nearly 40 items! We had fantastic interest and participation in the raffle.

Thanks to the Orbitsuns for another great performance, they gained many new fans this weekend from around the region.

Thanks to all our fellow DOC clubs as DesmOhio, DRILL, Mocha, DOCC and the Hoosier Hooligans were represented. Thanks to DRILL, DesmOhio and HH for the beer and fire. It was rainy and cold, but the company of new and old friends took the edge off.

Thanks to Lifecycles Ducati, Rosenau, Metalworks Sign Co and others for participating as vendors and sticking it out in less than desirable weather on Sunday. I think everyone really enjoyed the test rides and especially the Hypermotard which I finally snuck a ride in on Sunday. WOW is all I can say, one cool bike.

Special thanks to Ducati North America, Elliot Cho, Vicki Smith and Rich for their guidance, participation and support throughout the weekend. You guys were life savers and your knowledge is irreplaceable. Special thanks to Grant, his staff and Red Bull USA for their participation and dedication to the event despite less than ideal weather conditions. Special thanks to our long time sponsors and friends Monte and Bonnie, the instructors and coaches from STT as without their excellent on-track program and existing event we would not have had the opportunity we did to start this event. A special thanks to Gary track manager, his corner workers and support staff and Gingerman Raceway for providing an ideal setting and fantastic facility with which to grow this event into the national event that Ducati and the DOC clubs envision. Ducati, STT and Red Bull have already expressed interest in returning next year to do it again but in bigger fashion. Stay tuned.......as planning has begun.

And last but not least, a HUGE thanks to Stu, Phil, Keith, Steve, Jesse, Kevin Wooding, Don, Mike, Tim, Jon, Jeff Betzler Baldy and son, our fellow DOC club members Mario (Hoosier Hooligans), Eric (DesmOhio) and Seth (DRILL) and anyone else that lent physical or material help to the effort for the event. Without your help and effort the event would not have been pulled together. We put in a solid 8 hours of setup work on Friday and more on Saturday morning and without the efforts of everyone it wouldn't have gone off as well as it did. I just hope that everyone had a good time, I'm already looking forward to next year......

Here are some pics that Vicky took from the weekend. If you have any please email them to info@ducsunlimited.com.

A couple of my favs:

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