Larry Pegram, the former Ducati rider may be back on Ducatis next season in the FX class. image by wolf j flywheel

It has been rumored for weeks that something tasty continues to bubble and boil at Ducati North America regarding US racing in 2007. While some thought a private 999 Superbike effort might be in the works (Russell/Bostrom/Bostrom crewchief Gary Medley is still on the loose for '07), tonight that does not seem likely.

Sources say Ducati is considering backing an effort to race the FX class in '07, and the team closely associated with this rumor is the Larry Pegram squad, which ran customer Honda Superbikes in 2006. Pegram would be 749 Ducati mounted in the Daytona 200, presumably, if this came to pass.

Interestingly, FX rules were modded for the upcoming season, allowing Twins to be punched out to a full 850cc. That detail alone had several tuners looking over the 749 Ducati spec sheet, rubbing their collective chin and murmuring "hmmm".

Pegram, who is well-known to this web site for his near constant commentary and criticism of all that we do ("Hey, hey, come here a sec. Hey, just one question, okay? I'm just wonderin', if you guys can't spell "provisional", just pick one wrong way and stick with it, okay? Because I swear you spell it differently every time you use it, okay? I mean, it's bad when a rider can spell better than you guys, okay? I mean, I am faster than you guys, I am better-looking than you guys and I can even spell better than you guys.") is oddly unavailable for comment tonight.

Update: Sources say Pegram flew to Europe today in order to attend the Milan motorcycle show.

If this story were a Scoobie Doo episode, Thelma would be signaling the discovery of a clue.