There's some serious roadracing in 
South America !!

Venezuela has produced some big names in roadracing, Johnny Ciccoto in the 70's and 250 GP rider Carlos Lavado in the 80's. This page is a tribute to the upcoming stars of roadracing from this beautiful country !!

A huge thanks to the Motore Yamaha Team of Antonio Piccioni and his sponsor Marco Moschella for providing Mototune USA roadracing fans with these awesome photos by Octavio Estrada !

Click on the pics for the full sized version !!

Antonio Piccioni Leads The Way !

Venezuela's First Power News Subscriber 
is Absolutely Flyin' !! 
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I met Antonio Piccioni at the Latin American Superbike Championship in Dominican Republic, 
at the start of his racing career. At first, we had a language barrier...
but, my friend (& official Spanish translator of Power News) 
Marcos Peguero was there to help !! 

As I explained my 8 Phase Engine concept, Marcos translated it back to Antonio in Spanish. 

I handed Antonio a Mototune USA.com card, and said "sign up for the Spanish Power News, 
read the next few issues, and if it makes sense, maybe we can work together someday."

Would the Power News engine concepts be tested in South America ???

Sure enough, last summer the MotoMan "un-retired" from engine work to help out this 
up-and-coming new race team !! The first race with the new motor resulted in an 
impressive 2nd place in Venezuela's National Championship race in August !!

Incredibly, Antonio took his 2nd place ... 
in the blazing heat of 107 degrees F (42 C) !!

Then ...

Antonio Piccioni & Team Motore 
headed north to race in the USA ...
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" Go Picci "
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Photo by Octavio Estrada
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Antonio "Picci" Piccioni
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The Pride Of Venezuela !!

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Moroso
In his first ever roadracing trip to the USA, Venezuela's Antonio "Picci" Piccioni won 2 races and took a second place at Moroso Motorsports Park in 
West Palm Beach Florida ! 
Unreal.

Daytona
With only the Moroso event to qualify for the Daytona Race of Champions, Picci had to start from the 
back of the grid. 

Things looked hopeless, but Picci simply ripped through the huge pack of adrenaline crazed 600 riders, and finished 4th place in his first trip to the 
ultra high speed track !!
Outrageous.

Homestead
Another new track to learn ... 

Results:
Two 2nd place finishes, a 3rd place and 
one very hard crash. 
(Picci was not injured in the crash !! )
Sensational.

Picci's stunning speed was noticed by everyone at the race events, and is another example of the amazing power increases that can only come from 
thinking outside of the box !!

Congratulations from Mototune USA and...

... the rapidly growing number of worldwide readers 
of Power News who are all cheering 
" Go Picci "  
right now !!!

Team Motore On The Grid
It's 42 degrees C !!
(About 107 degrees Fahrenheit !!)

Antonio Piccioni's 
Gettin' Down in Maracaibo !

Armandito Ferrer
Look At That Lean Angle !

This is a really cool photo showing the red-hot racing scene in Venezuela !

Antonio Piccioni
New Colors For 2002 !

Chicas Caliente
( No translation required ... )

Michael Berti

     

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	Disponible Version en Español ... Bienvenido !!

..Learn How to Do it Yourself:
High Velocity 
Intake Porting !!

This is one of the speed secrets of Picci's R6 !! 

Smaller Intake Ports Gain 7 % More Power
Never Before Seen in Motorcycle or Auto Magazines !!