Event Coverage — Ultimate Biker
Ultimate Biker finalists compete against top riders
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For the three finalists of the Dunlop Ultimate Biker competition, earning the chance to compete in the Dunlop Moto 1 competition at Mallory Park in Leicestershire, England, on Oct. 15-16 was a dream come true. Battling their way through qualifying stages that tested the riders' physical endurance and media competence, Andy Carlile, Carl Nash and Steve Reynolds rose to the top of a field of 24 qualifiers, demonstrating ability in Track; Road; Off-Road and Tour. They were selected from thousands of entries for the chance to take on top professional riders, including Frankie Chili (Superbike) and Billy MacKenzie (World Motocross) in Moto 1. |
The competition included six separate challenges:
The three amateurs finished respectably in the star-studded competition, with Carlile in 18th place overall, ahead of many established riders. Nash and Reynolds also had strong performances, finishing farther down the field.
“This whole Ultimate Biker program has been a dream come true, and the experience will stay with me forever. Dunlop gave me the chance to live that dream, and the people I met along the way have been just fantastic,” said Carlile.
The top three spots went to Christian Iddon (Supermoto), Billy MacKenzie (Motocross) and Ady Smith (Supermoto), all of the U.K.
As title sponsor, Dunlop provided all tires for the event, servicing close to 80 machines over the weekend.
Motorcyle Race Results — Australian Grand Prix
Track: Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Australia
Dunlop Highlights: Spanish rider Dani Pedrosa clinched his second consecutive 250cc World Championship over the weekend. That makes 13 250cc World Championships in a row for Dunlop and 2,409 Grand Prix victories overall. The MotoGP and 250cc championship titles are all but decided, leaving the 125cc championship to be hotly contested at the last race in Valencia, Spain. Tom Luthi of Switzerland dominated in Australia, taking a 12-point lead over Finn Mika Kallio.
MotoGP Top Finishers:
250cc Top Finishers:
125cc Top Finishers:
The MotoGP teams are headed to Turkey for the next race in Istanbul on Oct. 23, followed by the last race of the season on Nov. 5 in Valencia, Spain.
Qualifier introduced to media, dealers
Dunlop's newest supersport and hypersport motorcycle tire received an international greeting during its launch at the Circuit Almeria in the south of Spain. http://go.goodyear.com/pr/releases/20051017_9.html
Over a 10-day period, more than 90 journalists, and 40 Dealers from Japan and various European countries met on the Spanish racetrack for a formal introduction, in six different languages, of the Dunlop Sportmax Qualifier.
During each two-day session, the Dunlop guests spent a full day on the track participating in riding sessions on 40 different bikes from various manufacturers. The group also spent half a day testing the new tire on roads through a national park.
According to José D' Alessandro, director motorcycle tires for Dunlop Europe, Middle East and Africa, the Qualifier promises to preserve as much race tire performance as possible, while meeting the stability, durability and wet-weather performance levels required for the next generation of exciting bikes.
“So far, we have received great feedback from the guests,” he said. “They have exclaimed that the tire lives up to its promises.”
Dunlop engineers brought to bear all of Dunlop's latest tire innovations, including new rubber compounds, new constructions, new tread patterns and new profiles, using the latest technology in development of the new tire.
“We used FEA (finite element analysis) to determine the optimum profiles and required compound properties,” said D' Alessandro. “The Qualifier is engineered to totally satisfy the needs of the modern supersport and superbike road rider and to match the performance of the current generation of machines.”
To learn more about the Dunlop Sportmax Qualifier, visit www.dunlopqualifier.com.
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