Larry Pegram to Run Springfield Mile for Lloyd Bros This Weekend

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Larry Pegram on the #72F XR750 gets ready for action as #1 Chris Carr and #80 Rich King (both also XR750-mounted) roll up to the line in the May 2000 running of the Memorial Day Weekend Springfield Mile. As per AMA Flat Track Grand National Championship rules, Pegram carried the letter 'F' behind his usual #72 during events he ran in 2000, indicating that he hadn't run or gained any points-paying efforts in the previous year to be able to wear a 'solid' number plate.
Larry will be aboard the Lloyd Brothers Ducati this upcoming weekend at the Springfield Mile and hopes to duplicate the success that Joe Kopp had aboard the machine at the beginning of the month at Prescott Valley. Kopp has mentioned in several interviews since his ground-breaking win that the testing they had done so far with the big Duc, that the track surface in Arizona suited the bike perfectly, but wasn't sure how it would be suited at Springfield or even Indy. Stay tuned and we hope it suits it well for Larry to get on the top podium spot this weekend at the historic Springfield track!
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Larry Pegram is seen chatting it up with former World Champion Fast Freddie Spencer in the paddock at Mid Ohio in July of 2005. Pegram ran his HotBodies Racing/Trianglecycles Honda CBR1000RR during the 2005 AMA Superbike season and ended up 11th overall in the championship, struggling against the might of the Team Honda CBR's, not to mention the onslaught of the Yoshimura Suzuki team. With Freddie's long-standing ties to Honda, I'm sure this conversation was VERY interesting. They are talking outside of Larry's spot in the paddock and you can see one of his CBR1000RR's sitting under the tent behind them.
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Great news for flat track fans as Larry Pegram will be stepping aboard the Lloyd Brothers Motorsports Ducati this weekend for the spring running of the classic Springfield Mile.
Having scored their first AMA Flat Track win with Joe Kopp at the controls in Arizona at the first of the month, the Lloyd Brothers will be looking to duplicate their success with Larry this weekend at the Illinois capitol. With his background on the bike and the amount of time put into the machine by Joe and Larry, expectations will be high to duplicate their winning ways now that they have their first win under their belts.
We wish the team and Larry the very best of luck this weekend and we will be watching this one to see how it goes for all parties involved. With the parity in the flat track series in terms of different makes of bike involved, this could and should be an even MORE exciting weekend then what Springfield usually is anyway. And who knows, maybe another contender in the ranks will step up to challenge the ever-conquering XR and the Ducati as well?!
This should be a great race event, and looks to add to the excitement that is a guarantee at Springfield-or any mile for that matter. WFO baby!
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Thanks to RoadRacingWorld.com for the Foremost Insurance press release link concerning the news of Larry's ride on the big Lloyd Brothers Duc this weekend at Springfield:
http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=40568
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Larry Pegram Racing Is In for 2010 AMA Superbike

According to an official release from the great folks at www.cyclenews.com, Larry Pegram

is ready to go racing in the AMA Superbike series for the 2010 season with Ducati again.

After a decade between wins, Larry pulled off three big wins this year one of which was at

Road America, and showed strong promise in the series overall with his showing on the

Foremost Insurance Ducati. With the economy in flux the way it has been and currently is,

Pegram is taking on a big load considering as of yet Ducati hasn't officially announced any

help being thrown his way. Though more likely then not it will happen, Pegram also feels

with the strong support of his other sponsors he should be able to pull off a great effort.

You can read the official release from CN below as you check out the shots I have attached

for today.

Starting from the top we see Larry on the Competition Accessories-sponsored Ducati at Mid

Ohio during the 2nd Superbike race of the 2001 season. He's chasing Doug Chandler on the

Kawasaki factory #10 while Tommy Hayden on the Team Yamaha #22 tries to keep in touch.

We then have a shot of Larry Competition Accessories Ducati in the paddock during the AMA

weekend in 1999, followed by a shot of Larry getting his Ducati flat tracker ready for the Indy Mile back in August of this year.

And the last two shots are of Larry's Leo Vince-sponsored Honda CBR1000RR painted in the

'80s retro colors from a paddock shot at Road America in '06, and finally the Foremost Insurance

sponsored Ducati from the '09 season that was on display during MotoGP weekend back

in August of this year.

Congrats to Larry on not only a super year. He's been around the road racing and flat track

scene since the early '90s and is finally tasting and feeling the success that has eluded him on

a high, let alone regular level that he has deserved. Always one of the nice guys in the paddock--

and when hanging and partying with the fans in the campgrounds--it's good to see him doing

so well. We wish him all the luck in his pursuit of the AMA Superbike Championship for the

2010 season and also hope to see him at some dirt tracks kicking it up as well!

Thanks for coming by to hand out with us and we hope you can come back by again soon!

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2009/12/03/pegram-going-racing

Larry Pegram's Ducati Flat Tracker Up For Grabs...

...if you are ready to pony up 17 large for it, that is.

The great guys from across the pond at http://sideburnmag.blogspot.com/ posted a shot

and a link from www.FlatTrack.com that shows Larry Pegram's Ducati Flat Tracker is up for

sale from the folks at Lloyd Brother Racing. When Larry 'The Worm' Pegram wasn't winning

AMA American SuperBike races this year, he was occassionally throwing a leg over this fine

piece that was set up for the AMA Flat Track series. He was at Indy the last Saturday in

August for the Indy Mile--unfortunately he didn't make the main after running both the heat

and semi races--but the bike is a wonderful piece of rolling art as you can see from the pics.

I threw in the links from the boys at Sideburn Mag as well as the link as posted on FlatTrack.com as well as Larry and Lloyd Brothers' official sites so you can check them out

as well.

http://sideburnmag.blogspot.com/2009/10/instant-hairy-chest.html

http://www.flattrack.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=46&func=view&id=67266&catid=11

http://www.pegramracing.com/index.php

http://www.lloydbrothersmotorsports.com/