Garage doors are open, the bikes are exposed and apart. It's the last race of the season, next years secrets will be different, cameras are no problem

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You'll love Spain, it's just like Italy, maybe better. If I heard that once I've heard it 100 times. For me Italy was always the sirens call but this year the annual Ducati Official Clubs Presidents meeting was being held in Valencia so off I went....
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Thursday. Overcast skies and I get my first look at the track and the paddock.

The money spent on this series is staggering. Equipment costs alone are clearly sky high

Biggest story this weekend is these guys. This is the last race of open tire compitition, and the last race for Michelin. It feels like the end of an era and it's not lost on anybody. The flash bulbs are snapping around the Michelin area like Brad Pitt is inside

Pit Lane. Normally off limits Ducati has arranged for a group of Ducati Official Clubs Presidents to vist

It's a good oppertunity to take in the details that make up a high gloss place like this

SIMO!!! He's hard to miss with all that hair and the crowd treats him like a rock star.

Set up is ongoing and impressive. It's a traveling city.

Livio Suppo, team manager for Ducati Corse, makes an apperance

Garage doors are open, the bikes are exposed and apart. It's the last race of the season, next years secrets will be different, cameras are no problem