[ReaperAZ]

A press release from Ducati:

BOSTROM TO MISS SEASON FINALE AT
VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

September 8, 2004 – Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin’s Eric Bostrom will
be forced to miss the final round of the AMA Superbike series at
Virginia International Raceway due to injuries sustained from a high-speed
crash at Road Atlanta this weekend.

During a visit yesterday to Dr. Art Ting’s Northern California office,
the orthopedic surgeon and sports injury specialist diagnosed Bostrom
as having a dislocated shoulder with a posterior labral tear, contusions
and bruising to the socket and humeral head, and a broken rib.

Dr. Ting has mandated two weeks of complete immobility to be followed
by another re-evaluation and a possible probe to determine if surgery
will be required. Last July Dr. Ting performed surgery on the same
shoulder to repair damage sustained when Eric was caught up in a multi-bike
crash during the World Superbike race at Laguna Seca.

“It’s a huge disappointment to end the season this way, especially
because I never got to show our speed at Road Atlanta and to show the
progress that the team has worked hard to make,” said the 27-year-old rider
from Las Vegas, Nevada. “Our times on race tires were strong and I felt
we would have been contenders and would have made the race interesting.
At the very least we would’ve gotten much better results than we’ve
earned lately.

“Missing VIR two years in a row is a big disappointment, especially
because the last time that we raced Superbike there we beat Mat after
having an epic battle with him. I want to apologize to Ducati, my team, my
sponsors, and also to my fans for not being able to compete next
weekend. I’m looking forward to quickly getting back to top physical
condition.” Bostrom will be in attendance at VIR to sign autographs.

The Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin team will be fielding two riders for
the final event at VIR on September 17-19. Ducati Corse’s factory World
Supersport rider Lorenzo Lanzi, who tested at VIR in August, is
scheduled to race while a replacement rider for Bostrom will soon be
announced.

[Heavy-Dee]

Yea, I read that yesterday. Really sucks. I was looing to see E Boz to well this year and it just never happened.

Part of me wants to see the Itallian stand ins do well, and part not. If they come in and do well, that isn't going to look too good for Eric.

HD

[TGZ13]

Originally Posted by Heavy-Dee

Yea, I read that yesterday. Really sucks. I was looing to see E Boz to well this year and it just never happened.

Part of me wants to see the Itallian stand ins do well, and part not. If they come in and do well, that isn't going to look too good for Eric.

HD

I think Eric is a good rider. I look back to his days on the underpowered Kawi and how he rode it. We shall see if its him or the Duc that has the year long problem

[929_Nupe]

Originally Posted by TGZ13

I think Eric is a good rider. I look back to his days on the underpowered Kawi and how he rode it. We shall see if its him or the Duc that has the year long problem

he rode the sh** outta that lil zx, I think he just didn't get the duc the way he wanted it.... he never looked like he was riding on the edge on the duc..

[bubba]

NO, what sucks is that he did it on the first lap of the race on saturday. we were sitting in turn 10 waiting for the growl of the duc to come by and we never heard it.

[TGZ13]

Originally Posted by bubba

NO, what sucks is that he did it on the first lap of the race on saturday. we were sitting in turn 10 waiting for the growl of the duc to come by and we never heard it.

That does suck.. its like he should be here any sec... hmmm guess not

[Heavy-Dee]

Eboz to leave Duc? Maybe.

[TGZ13]

Originally Posted by Heavy-Dee

Eboz to leave Duc? Maybe.

Interesting.

And, as for Ducati, there's always a line of people interested in a ride on the Austin bike; from Lorenzo Lanzi and Giovanni Bussei to such outsiders as Steve Martin, Chris Walker, and maybe even Troy Bayliss.

Wouldn't mind seeing some of those guys over here racing

[Heavy-Dee]

Originally Posted by TGZ13

Interesting.


Wouldn't mind seeing some of those guys over here racing

Well. You'll get your wish at VIR. They both will be riding for Austin Duc.

EDIT: Lanzi and Bussei.

[bubba]

Originally Posted by TGZ13

That does suck.. its like he should be here any sec... hmmm guess not

that was exactly how it happened, were you there?

[TGZ13]

Originally Posted by bubba

that was exactly how it happened, were you there?

Nah wish I was though