1956 – In 1956 a new vehicle was realized on the basis of the Gran Sport 100, it was aimed at beating the speed record, so it was equipped with streamlined fairing. This trial model was designed together with the aeronautical engineer Nardi and was made by the Tibaldi’s workshop, which was very good at working aluminium.
As to races, Ducati reached two important results, Alberto Gandossi ranked first at the Motogiro class 100, and Giovanni Degli Antoni ranked first at the Milan-Taranto class 125.

1957 – Ducati’s supremacies in the middle classes was again confirmed at the Motogiro in 1957, in fact Giuseppe Mandolini won the class 100 and Antonio Graziano won the class 125.

1960 – Since 1960, a new off road version, called “200 Motocross” had been designed. It was a symbol of progress and was designed thinking about the needs of the US market where Ducati had high exporting shares.
It was equipped with a special stiffened frame with double cradle, powered by the same engine as the 175 cc Elite, with a SS27 ° carburettor with an elastically separated tray which could boast 18 cc and was equipped with all those features needed to make it very competitive, like the 2,75 x 21 front and  3.00 x 19” back clawed wheels.

1961 – In 1961 a new version, called “Scrambler”, was traded in the USA. It was suitable for the long-run American races, they were so long that two racers had to compete together and the motorbikes were launched for hundreds of miles through the American deserts, with free exhaust.
Ducati had always reached important results, like the absolute victory in the very hard Californian crossing, called Baja Race, 100 miles of hell in the hot weather and dust.

1965 – Over the years more and more powerful engines were designed, they developed into the 250 cc model Diana (1964), joined by a more sports version, called Mach 1 250 which joined it the following year.