Pegram to race on Pirellis

From Pirelli

ROME, GA -- Larry Pegram has signed a deal putting the Pegram Racing Ducati 848 on Pirelli Diablo slicks for his challenge for the 2008 AMA Formula Xtreme championship.

Pegram, an AMA Superbike race winner, former World Supersport racer and flat-track racer, said, “We did some pre-season testing at Jennings on a few different Pirelli compounds and nearly broke the track record on a dirty track. The whole team’s excited to get out racing and see how well we go against the competition. We're already faster than last year so we're looking forward to a great season.”

Last year's Daytona 200 winner Steve Rapp will defend his crown for Attack Kawasaki on the ZX-6R. Joining Rapp on the team is Welshman Chaz Davies. Each rider is to compete in Formula Xtreme and Supersport. In 2007 Rapp finished second overall in the FX championship on Pirelli tires, complementing that performance with fourth in the Supersport championship. Davies has already set the fastest laps on race tires at Daytona and Fontana testing in FX and Supersport.

After a year that included finishing on the podium of the Daytona 200, many more podiums and fourth-place in the Superstock championship, M4 EMGO Suzuki is returning for another season with Pirelli. Riders include Columbian Martin Cardenas racing in Supersport and Formula Xtreme, newly signed Blake Young competing in Supersport and Superstock, and Cory West, also new to the team, in Supersport. The M4 EMGO Suzuki riders will be competing on the GSX-R1000 and the all-new GSX-R600.

Also again on Pirelli tires is Roadracingworld.com Suzuki, with returning riders Chris Ulrich and Robertino Pietri, each competing in Superstock on their GSX-R1000s. These riders came on strong last season, capping off 2008 pre-season Daytona testing with Pietri setting the fastest lap overall on race tires for a Superstock bike. Joining the team for 2008 is Santiago Villa, also riding a GSX-R1000 in Superstock.