Aussie Sensation was Racing for Ferracci Ducati that Season
In this week’s Throwback we dial back the clock nearly 30 years to 1997 and that season’s AMA Superbike race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Mat Mladin was doing everything he could to make up for points lost in the championship after a non-finish at Daytona. Here Mladin, riding the Ferracci Ducati 996, is leading series rivals Doug Chandler and Miguel Duhamel going through Road America’s turn 6. Mladin went on to edge Chandler by 7-10ths of a second to score the second AMA Superbike victory of his career. He would of course later to go on to become the all-time winningest rider in series history.
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