APE’ World Championship
VE (UK), the Malossi Spa, Factory Appointed Sole UK Distributor for Malossi performance products, were the main event sponsor for the first ever Malossi Piaggio Ape World Championship held at Rye House Raceway, Hertfordshire, over a total of four hotly contested rounds.
With all of the Piaggio Ape’ machines fitted with exactly the same Malossi 102cc cylinder kit, 19mm reed valve carb kit, and “Power Exhaust” the racing was close, as is to be expected of a one make series, and with the races being of a two-hour endurance format, consistency, reliability and driver prowess was the key to doing well in the series. Over and above the performance parts supplied from Malossi, VE (UK) also made available their full range of replacement parts including clutches, crankshafts, cylinder spares, bearings and tools through the race organisers should teams have had a requirement for standard replacement spares.
Over the four races machine reliability was excellent with the only problems being clutch cables and tyres, which in itself is a testament to the quality of the performance products manufactured by Malossi, which were chosen especially for the race series to power the Ape’ and promote the format of low cost, affordable motorsport.
The final results were very close with drivers Greg Owens and Max Wakefield of Team Piaggio just pipping the Ape Bee team to the championship win by a single point. VE congratulates all the Championship contenders.
2014 - VE have been appointed as main sponsors for the 2014 season. More news on this in the new year.
To view the complete range of spares, accessories, and performance parts available for the Piaggio Ape from VE (UK), visit www.ve-uk.com
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