VIR AMA 2004
2004 VIR was postponed by Hurricane Ivan, and the reschedule date was after the end of the WSBK season. Rumors were already swirling that Ducati was bringing someone in from Europe for 2005 to team with Eric but it was still a total shock for the most part when the announcement was made that Ducati would be running three bikes at VIR - and that current Ducati Corse SBK factory star Regis Laconi, fresh off a 4 race winning streak and just missing the WSBK title to team mate James Toseland would be on one of them. With him was Lorenzo Lanzi, at that time being groomed, it was assumed for big things within Ducati Corse. We came to VIR expecting quite a show.
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Ducati North America had a casual "Ducati Island" with parking and hospitality. The VIR whole event was a big problem because of the reschedule, many of the teams had no budget to attend and at one point the AMA wasn't even saying if it was on or not. In the end it was on and most of the teams made it but a lot of the usual hoopla was missing
