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AMA Pro Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series Extends Through 2014

AMA Pro Racing, Vance & Hines and the Harley-Davidson Motor Company announced on Saturday that the Harley-Davidson spec racing class will be extended for the 2013 and 2014 seasons in the GEICO Motorcycle AMA Pro Road Racing Championship.

Continuing with the Harley-Davidson XR1200 platform modified with a spec racing kit from Vance & Hines, from 2013 onward, the class will be renamed as the AMA Pro Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series.

Dani Pedrosa fastest on day 1 of testing at Motorland Aragon circuit

Dani Pedrosa ended up the fastest rider on the first day of a two-day private test that also includes Yamaha factory team riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies and satellite LCR Honda rider Stefan Bradl.

The Repsol Honda rider who won the last two consecutive MotoGP races, completed a total of 35 laps and set a blistering lap of 1.47.983 at the Motorland Aragon circuit and the only rider to break the 1.48 barrier and also shatter Casey Stoner’s 2011 800cc pole position record of 1.48.451 as he worked on suspension and electronics.

Jorge Lorenzo was the second fastest rider, but he ended up almost five tenths adrift and was once again testing the 2013 chassis that he used during the Brno post-race test and tomorrow will also test a new engine, while Ben Spies took third and he was +0.664s from Pedrosa and he also revealed that this week we’ll find out he’ll confirm where he’ll be riding in 2013, while the rumors of his signing with Ducati are getting stronger.

Stefan Bradl was fourth fastest and more than 1.5 seconds from his factory counterpart, while Jonathan Rea who is standing in for recovering Casey Stoner and is expected to replace him at the Misano and Aragon GPs. brought up the rear in his second test on the RC213V trying to familiarize and adapt to the prototype machine. He completed 69 laps with a best time of 1’50.678.

Lap times and rider quotes after the jump.

MotoGP Motorland Aragon Day 1 test times:

1. Dani Pedrosa 1.47.983 (35 laps)
2. Jorge Lorenzo 1′48.471 (38 laps)
3. Ben Spies 1′48.647 (56 laps)
4. Stefan Bradl 1′49.570 (42 laps)
5. Jonathan Rea 1′51.410 (69 laps)

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Michele Pirro to test Ducati GP12 at Mugello

Yamaha, Repsol Honda and LCR Honda will be starting a private two-day test at the Motorland Aragon circuit today, while Ducati will have its test team back at Mugello for a three-day test, after testing with Valentino Rossi at Misano last week.

Joining Ducati’s test team will be once again Andrea Iannone - whose option with the Italian manufacturer will expire in the next few days - and instead of Danilo Petrucci who was originally programmed to have another go on the GP12 this week, Ducati has decided to give Gresini’s CRT rider Michele Pirro the opportunity after he expressed the desire to try the try the red machine.

For Pirro it will be his first time on a MotoGP prototype, while Petrucci will be at the Vairano circuit in Italy getting to know his new BMW-Suter machine, that IodaRacing team will debut at GP Aperol di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini.

Following this test session at Mugello, Ducati is expected to clarify their plans for their Junior Team and announce the names of the two riders they have chosen for 2013.