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“The M.V. Agusta F4-1000 has plenty of power, even though the engine is stock. We spent the weekend working on chassis and suspension parameters to suit my riding style ­ and I guess it paid off” said Chuck. “The new slipper clutch we put in works awesome, and this is a seriously competent sport bike”. The Munroe Motors’ M.V. Agusta he was riding had been raced already - last year at the Isle of Man by Tom Montano, who lapped at 120mph and won a Silver Replica in the Senior T.T.

The team came together a few weeks ago, shortly before the first AFM Formula Pacific round at Button Willow. Chuck started that race at the back of the grid in 45th place - having not competed in the class last season - and came in 13th place. This weekend he started in 13th place and came third.

“Chuck finished only 3 seconds off first place ­ I believe he has every possibility of winning the class from a first or second row start” said Nick Hayman, Munroe Motors’ team manager.

“I have to hand it to M.V.” said Matt Prentiss, technical boss at Munroe’s. “The bike makes it easy to go fast ­ and it’s been completely reliable. We got second place last September in the AFM 4-hour endurance, as well as about 1,000 ultra-high-speed miles at the Island - on this same engine with no rebuilds!”

The team plans on competing the entire season in AFM’s Formula Pacific premier class. “The AMA have yet to homologate this bike for the nationals ­ so this is the toughest class on the West Coast we could find to race this season” quoted Nick Hayman. “With luck and planning we’ll be able to go national next year”.