For three days this place rivals the Ducati Factory as the center of the Ducati universe and a destination for Ducati fans worldwide. This year Ducati Island also hosted the second round of the Ducati Superbike Concorso. The results were spectacular.
Photos and captions by Vicki Smith
Meanwhile the judges have some hard choices. That's Brain Slark of the Barber Museum and noted Ducati historian and restoration specialist Rich Lambrects, judging the entries
Paul Ritter, two time Sears Point Superbike winner (on a Ducati) stopped by to check out the compitition. Paul was a serious force in the early years in US Superbike racing.
Ducati North America offers off site parking for when the Island Parking fills up so nobody misses the action.
Saturday night there was a "Thank you for all you do" party for the US Ducati Owners Clubs (DOC). Since Casey Stoner was expected to attend it seemed like a good idea to invite John Bragg to bring his Stoner replica 1098 to the party. It attracted a crowd as soon as it arrived and this bride took a moment from her wedding to have her photo taken with it.
That's MH900 DOC president John Clelland getting his shirt signed by Loris Capirossi at the party
Superbike Concorso judge and Ducati Dealer Jeff Nash chats with Casey Stoner and Livio Suppo at the party
John gets his autograph and a photo as well!
Strange things you see on Cannery Row. That's Fabbio. Apparently he's joined a street gang. :-)
Ducati North America's Nick McCabe and Alex Dunston in the hospitality tent on Sunday.
Cook Neilson was a judge for this round of the Concorso. Here he checks out Rick Henry's 2001 996. Rick brought this bike to Fontana but it didn't win a prize. He formulated a plan on what he thought it would take to win, made a ton of changes and re-entered it at Laguna. This time he went home the overall winner - Best In Show.