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VOL. 50 ISSUE 21 MAY 29, 2013 rider his first-ever OMA Nationals victory. Whibley held on for second place, followed by the Husaberg's Russell Bobbitt, who rounded out the podium. FMF KTM's Kailub Russell took fourth ahead of Obermeyer Yamaha's Josh Weisenfels, Briefly... who was racing in the inaugural edition of the OMA Nationals Pro 2 class. The local racer took first in class and fifth overall, followed by the Mainville Powersports Yamaha YZ250 of fellow Pro 2 racer and Fort Smith-resident Zach Ingram. Harley-Davidson co-founder William A. Davidson, officially kicked-off a multiyear partnership with Miller High Life by helping brew masters make a batch of the Champagne of Beers. "It's incredible to think that Harley-Davidson and Miller High Life were born on the same stretch of road 110 years ago," Davidson said. "This partnership and our 110th anniversary events in Milwaukee celebrate our common bonds, our shared history and our bright futures." The beer brewed with Davidson will not be specially marked and will instead be distributed like any other batch of High Life brewed in the Miller Brewery. John Gasso STOCK/STOCKISH/SUPER? G iven how much focus there has been recently on the exact shape of the 2013 rules for the World Superbike Championship and whether or not the stock classes will survive as is, Ducati - at least - have been in the unique position to judge on the question of just how close is a Superstock-spec bike to a full Superbike? In a recent test at Mugello in Italy, two of its test riders were able to ride all three versions of the Ducati Panigale. "We did three sessions to compare this difference, two P25 with Niccolo Canepa and one with Eddi La Marra," said Ducati Corse racing chief Ernesto Marinelli. "Also the last one with Eddi we did at Mugello with the Superstock with Superstock tires, the Superstock with a slick – basically the configuration they use in Italian Superbike - and the full Superbike. He had a constant improvement. Also on Eddi's side he felt the Superbike easier to do everything. Even on the Superbike with slicks. The engine has more horsepower, the chassis has more freedom so it behaves better, has better Dorna Deals Dorna Sports, the rights holder of the MotoGP World Championship, and bwin, Europe's largest sports book, have announced a two-year extension of their partnership that began in 2004. The new agreement will see bwin continue as title sponsor for two GPs - the Gran Premio bwin de España (Jerez, Spain) and the bwin Grand Prix eské Republiky (Brno, Czech Republic) until 2015. continued on next page PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE Ducati test rider Niccolo Canepa at speed on the Panigale at the Donington Park round of the World Superbike Championship on Sunday. Website Coverage For Canada Video coverage of all six rounds of the Mopar Canadian Superbike Championship has been confirmed for the coming season, with races to be shown on the series website www.csbk.ca. The weekend package will include lights-toflag action from the Mopar Canadian Superbike feature class, Sunday's Canadian Harley-Davidson XR1200 Cup Series, and the Saturday race of each weekend's Honda CBR250R National Race Series doubleheader. There will also be highlights from the K&N Performance Filters Pro Sport Bike race at each event.