DUA Motorsports Signs Raffa Louie Raffa, of Ste. Marthe, Quebec, has been signed to ride with major support from the Toronto-based DUA Motorsports Team for the 2012 Canadian road racing season. Raffa, coming back from injuries suffered at the opening round of the Canadian National Championship at ICAR near Montreal last year, will ride the DUA Motorsports-backed Honda CBR600R in the Mopar Canadian Superbike Series as well as selected regional races. “As well as the national series we want Louie to run as many races as possible in the emerging Quebec race scene,” Rahul Dua of DUA Motorsports confirmed. “Louie and I used to race each other and I believe in him. This is a comeback season for Louie and we want to support him as much as we can. Also Louie is going to be our ambassador in Quebec and with DUA Motorsports as co-sponsor it will give our product great exposure in that market.” Raffa was very pleased with the arrangement. “We really needed it,” he confirmed. “We were looking for a B bike, which if you’re going to do the nationals, you need. I got talking to Rahul and he offered me a bike and the bodywork deal. We do have a commitment to Stephane of Couturier Racing and will be under his colours, and now with Rahul’s support, let’s just say I am a very happy man, happy and lucky.” The 2011 season actually started very well for Raffa as he scored a third and a second place finish in Pro regional races prior to his misfortune at the first National race. “What happened in Montreal last year was a stupid mistake and I learned a lot from it,” said Raffa. “For this year I’ve been training really hard, we’ve already been down to Jennings and that went really well. I’ve been doing a lot of running and cardiovascular stuff so I’m in pretty good shape. I know I’m not the youngest guy out there but maybe the best looking.” Raffa’s first appearance in Canada will be the RACE Superseries opener May 4-6 at Shannonville Motorsport Park. Opening round of the Mopar Canadian Superbike National Series is June 22-24 also at Shannonville. DUA Motorsports specializes in sportbike fairings and carbon fibre parts. Constructed from a proprietary blend of quality high-strength premium fibreglass, cloths and resins combined with special attention to details; DUA Motorsports products simply outperform our competitors. For more info visit www.DUAmotorsports.com More, from another press release issued by Frank Wood on behalf of DUA Motorsports: DUA Motorsports Backs Regional Series: SOAR, RACE and ARL. Hot on the heels of an announcement from DUA Motorsports of their support of the Mopar CSBK Series through a contingency award of $1000.00 to the winner of the National Amatuer Superbike class at each Mopar CSBK round, comes news that this supplier of superior quality modern sportbike body work is also supporting the Canadian regional series races in Ontario and Nova Scotia. “We feel that the sport on a regional bases is very important to the growth of our sport. We anticipate exellent exposure for our brand through these established and successful race series,” said DUA Motorsports president Rahul Dua. The DUA Motorsports contingency for both the RACE and SOAR series is awarded as follows RACE Superseries: DUA dollars payout for Pro Superbike end of year standings 1st. $1000.00 2nd. $750.00 3rd. $500.00 4th. $300.00 5th. $250.00 6th. $250.00 7th. $250.00 SOAR Series: DUA dollars payout for Rookies Cup 2012 Championship are the same amounts and breakdown. The East coast series also benefits from DUA Motorsports support and contingency with the Atlantic Roadracing League enjoying the same total and payout and breakdown as the Ontario series’ with end of year payout going to the Amatuer Superbike class. DUA Motorsports total contingency commitment to Canadian road racing for 2012 is $15,000.00. For more information visit www.DUAMotorsports.com