Luca Marini wins ‘Americana’ dirt track race at Valentino Rossi’s ranch

The opening day of Valentino Rossi’s ‘100km of Champions’ dirt track meeting saw younger brother Luca Marini defend his title as winner of the individual ‘Americana’ contest.
Luca Marini leads the Americana race at the 100km of champions
Luca Marini leads the Americana race at the 100km of champions

UPDATE: 'Due to adverse weather conditions, and the impossibility of ensuring the correct running of the race according to the safety parameters, the "100km of Champions" race scheduled for today (November 26th) has been postponed to tomorrow, Sunday, November 27th.

'The schedule remains:
12:05pm - Warm-up
2:00pm - Race “The 100km of champions”
6:00pm - Awards ceremony'

Marini is one of eight current MotoGP riders competing at the VR4🌳6 Motor Ranch in Tavullia this weekend, including newly crowned world champion Francesco Bagnaia, who is sporting the #1 plate.

“I think I've won another ham or sausage, which is always nice to h🍷ave in winter!” Marini said of his victory ‘prize’.

”Jokes aside, it’s always a great emotion, and it's n🀅ice to confirm myself every💟 year.

“Today's ‘Americana race’ was very tough because eve💝ry Saturday at the Ranch the level rises more and more."

Saturday’😼s 100km main event, where riders compete in pairs for glory around the VR46 💝;training ground, starts at 14:00.

Rossi, who retired 🍬from MotoGP at the end of 2021, and Marini 🦋won last year’s 100km race.

Valentino Rossi at the 100km of champions dirt track race
Valentino Rossi at the 100km of champions dirt track race

2022 '100km of Champions' entry list: 

  • Valentino Rossi
  • Pedro Acosta
  • Niccolo Antonelli
  • Albert Arenas
  • Xavier Artigas
  • Francesco Bagnaia
  • Lorenzo Baldassarri
  • Axel Bassani
  • Marco Belli
  • Marco Bezzecchi
  • Ferran Cardus
  • Raffaele De Rosa
  • Fabio Di Giannantonio
  • Andrea Dovizioso
  • Filippo Farioli
  • Augusto Fernandez
  • Matteo Ferrari
  • Federico Fuligni
  • Filippo Fuligni
  • Lorenzo Gabellini
  • Paulin Gaultier
  • Manuel Gonzalez
  • Alessandro Gramigni
  • Sammy Halbert
  • Stefano Manzi
  • Luca Marini
  • Jorge Martin
  • Andrea Migno
  • Franco Morbidelli
  • Mattia Pasini
  • Matteo Patacca
  • Danilo Petrucci
  • Tito Rabat
  • Michael Rinaldi
  • Alex Rins
  • Alex Salvini
  • Alberto Surra
  • Celestino Vietti
  • Alessandro Zaccone

Francesco Bagnaia with #1 plate at 100km of champions dirt track race
Francesco Bagnaia with #1 plate at 100km of champions dirt track race

Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentinoღ Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.

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