Reigning AMA Pro Thunder Champion Jeff Nash will ride a Ducati Corse 996R in a 200-mile endurance race at Rijeka, Croatia this weekend, teaming with Dario Marchetti.

Nash has no reason to be at the AMA Superbike National at Road Atlanta this weekend, because the Pro Thunder class isn’t running at the event. So Nash accepted an invitation from Ducati Corse to team with Marchetti on the new Ducati.

Nash will leave the U.S. for Croatia tommorrow.

Nash owns and operates Advanced Motor Sports (AMS), a Ducati tuning shop based in Texas.