OCTOBER 2010
FOR DUNLOP VIDEOS PLEASE VISIT YOUTUBE.COM/DUNLOPTIRESCHANNEL RYANDUNGEY CONTENTS 4 AMERICAN JAKE GAGNE 2010 RED BULL MOTOGP ROOKIES CUP CHAMP 8 WORCS DOWN TO THE WIRE 9 SCHWANTZ LEADS THE RIDE FOR KIDS LAP OF CHAMPIONS AT INDY GP 10 DUNLOP HELPS USA WIN 2010 MOTOCROSS OF NATIONS 18 MOTO2 MAKES ITS AMERICAN DEBUT 24 DUNGEY, CANARD AND PATTERSON 2010 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONS 40 DUNLOP SPORTMAX Q2 44 2010 AMA PRO ROAD RACING CHAMPIONS 54 TEAM DUNLOP RIDERS NAB 12 TITLES AT PONCA CITY AND LORETTA LYNN S AMATEUR NATIONALS 62 UPCOMING EVENTS CLICK HERE TO ENTER YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO HAVE DUNLOP DOWNLOAD SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU EVERY MONTH ON THE COVER: Moto2 came to America at the 2010 Red Bull Indy Grand Prix, and the racing was everything fans hoped it would be: 40 riders the top 23 all qualifying within a second of each other battling for glory. Championship leader Toni Elias (24) added win number five to his season tally at Indy. 2 Dunlop Download magazine is published for Dunlop Motorcycle Tires by Vreeke & Associates. www.vreeke.com 3
AMERICAN JAKE GAGNE 2010 RED BULL MOTOGP ROOKIES CUP CHAMP American Jake Gagne won the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup by finishing second to Danny Kent in a fantastic close to the 2010 season. Daijiro Hiura, the 16-year-old Japanese rider, finished third in both the final race and championship. Seventeen-year-old Californian Gagne started from the third row of the grid, while 16-year-old Kent was on the pole, but Gagne launched into fifth almost from the start, finishing the first lap in fourth place with Kent leading. Gagne had gone into the race with an 11-point advantage over Kent, and while the Briton clearly had the pace to win he soon realized he needed to also influence what happened behind as Gagne moved into third on lap two behind 17-year-old Australian Josh Hook. 4 5
In a string of masterful moves, Kent slowed down the race so others could join the battle and hopefully push Gagne deeper into the pack. It worked as Hiura, Alessio Cappella, Kevin Calia, Daniel Ruiz, Brad Binder and Harry Stafford all joined the battle at the front. I realized what he was trying to do, said Gagne. He s clever and he needed to try to get the other guys between us. I just kept my head down and knew that as long as I was close to him I had a good chance of getting the points I needed. It was an incredible championship win after a tough weekend for Gagne, whose engine stopped in the first qualifying session, forcing him to ride his backup bike in the second session. It just didn t feel right, and I couldn t do better than 10th in the second session. They put a good engine in my bike for the race, and that was a lot better. I wasn t too worried. I was pretty sure that if I made a good start I could run with the guys and do what I needed to take the Cup. Final Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Standings 1. Jacob Gagne (USA) 170 points 2. Danny Kent (GBR) 164 3. Daijiro Hiura (JPN) 125 4. Daniel Ruiz (ESP) 115 5. Brad Binder (RSA) 109 6. Kevin Calia (ITA) 97 7. Harry Stafford (GBR) 79 8. Niccolo Antonelli (ITA) 56 9. Alessio Cappella (ITA) 53 10. Alexander Kristiansson (SWE) 52 6 7
KURTCASELLI WORCS DOWN TO THE WIRE RICKYDIETRICH After sweeping rounds seven and eight of the 2010 World Off Road Championship Series (WORCS) at Olympia, WA, FMF/KTM s Kurt Caselli overtook Monster Energy Kawasaki s Ricky Dietrich in the series points and moved into the numberone spot. Caselli finished second at the round-nine event held in Devore, CA, and with only six points separating the pair with one round remaining, the battle for the 2010 WORCS title has come down to the wire. Finishing on every podium this season, the determined Caselli is racking up wins when it counts the most, taking back-toback victories at Straddleline ORV Park aboard his Dunlopequipped KTM race machine. Dietrich went into round seven ahead in the points but was unable to match the KTM rider s performance, finishing runner-up at both round seven and eight and third at Glen Helen Raceway aboard his Dunlop-shod KX450F. FMF/KTM s Mike Brown took his second victory of the season at round nine and is third overall in points as the series reaches its climax. Caselli leads the series points standings with 201, Dietrich trails by six on 195 and Brown holds down third overall with 171. SCHWANTZ LEADS THE RIDE FOR KIDS LAP OF CHAMPIONS AT INDY GP Racing legend Kevin Schwantz led more than 100 riders at the Ride for Kids Lap of Champions during the Red Bull Indianapolis GP on August 29. The annual parade lap at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway raised $24,000 for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF). The event attracted riders from the U.S. and Canada. The grand prize, a custom-painted Honda CBR600RR donated by Deal s Gap Motorcycle Resort, went to Ralph and Bonnie Cole of Cleveland. Schwantz signed the bike for the delighted couple. Deal s Gap owner Brad Talbott was the event s top fundraiser, earning him a custom-made riding suit from Aerostich. Other drawing prizes included gear from Lap of Champions PAT COCCIADIFERRO sponsors AGV, Cardo Scala Rider, Dainese, Olympia Moto Sports, Sidi, Tour Master and Dunlop Tires. The total raised was boosted by the auction of a helmet signed by Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Colin Edwards and Ben Spies. Randy and Sherri Sautner of Cruise Missile Custom Cycles donated the helmet, which went for $4,250. The Indy event capped off a huge fundraising month for the RFK. Ride for Kids events across the country raised more than $550,000 in August alone to fund the fight against pediatric brain tumors. The 450th RFK event fittingly took place at the RFK headquarters in Ashville, NC, and attracted 630 riders who raised an astonishing $117,822. Dunlop is proud to be a part of this great cause. CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE RFK PROGRAM 8 9
DUNLOP HELPS USA WIN 2010 MOTOCROSS OF NATIONS 10 11
For decades, Dunlop has proudly supported an international field of racers at the annual Motocross of Nations competition, and in 2010 that support helped the three-man team from the USA ride their Dunlop-equipped race machines to the overall win and the coveted Chamberlain Trophy. This victory at the 64th running of the Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations in Denver, CO, by Ryan Dungey (Rockstar Makita Suzuki), Trey Canard (GEICO Powersports Honda) and Andrew Short (Honda Red Bull Racing) marks the 21st time that the United States has captured the overall win and it also marks the sixth title in a row for Team USA. In all, 32 countries fielded teams for this year s hotly contested event. RYANDUNGEY The American onslaught began with Saturday s qualifying races, where Canard and Short secured class victories and Dungey finished a strong fourth. The first of Sunday s three races began with the MX1 and MX2 riders, including Dungey and Canard, respectively. As the race flagged off Dungey launched off to a mid-pack start and soon took the lead position in the race and he parlayed that success into the race win. Meanwhile, Canard found himself tangled up in a first-turn pile-up that relegated him to the rear of the pack, but he remounted and pushed his way forward to finish a laudable 12th. The next race featured Short and the other Open class riders, along with the MX2 group once again. This time Short blasted away to the holeshot, but then he and New Zealand s Ben Townley tangled; Short went down and his bike suffered a broken clutch lever. Still, he remounted to salvage 13th place in the race while Canard managed a strong seventhplace showing. Going into the final race of the day featuring MX1 and Open class riders, Team USA trailed Germany in overall points, with Belgium following close behind. However, as soon as the starting gate fell virtually all questions about the final outcome were dispelled; Short took the holeshot again with Dungey in close pursuit and they both showed commanding speed. Later in the moto Dungey took over the lead position from Short and they closed out the race in that order, 1-2, to earn the overall win handily. Belgium made enough ground to finish second overall, Germany took third, and Great Britain missed the podium by a single point. 12 13
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The Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix played host to the first Moto2 event in the United States on August 29, 2010, and this much-heralded new class provided an intense level of competition witnessed by nearly 63,000 spectators. Moto2 was created to replace the 250 Grand Prix class and provide a new World Championship category offering exciting racing for the fans and a valid stepping-stone to MotoGP for the riders. Conceived as a prototype class using 600cc four-stroke engines, Moto2 features two radical innovations: control engines and control tires. Each rider is allocated a sealed engine from a pool of identical Honda units based on the CBR600RR. Only the fuel and oil provided by the official fuel supplier can be used. Each rider also rolls on Dunlop control tires, and must choose from a total of 16 slicks (combined front and rear) for each weekend of racing. So far this season the Moto2 class has exceeded expectations, with incredibly tight racing that has resulted in five different winners in 10 races. At Indy, a huge field of 40 riders fought for the top qualifying spots, and the importance of a good grid position was told by the qualifying times: Less than a second separated the top 23 riders on the grid, with Spanish rider Julian Simon taking his first pole of the season. American wild-card entries Jason DiSalvo and Roger Lee Hayden were both chucked into the deep end of this shark pool, and they ultimately fared well: DiSalvo finished ninth, and Hayden limped home 17th despite being caught in a first-turn pileup that damaged his American Honda MD600 machine. But it was championship points-leader Toni Elias who walked away with the Indy win his fifth so far this season followed by Simon and then Scott Redding. Elias, who suffered from a high fever all weekend, suffered doubly in the sweltering Indy heat. I tried to save what little energy I had for the last five laps, said Elias. Tires were once again consistent, and the fact that I set my fastest lap of the race on the last one confirms this. DUNLOP HELD A MOTO2 PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE INDY GP. CLICK HERE FOR A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THIS PRESS CONFERENCE CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE MOTO2 VIDEO 22 23
DUNGEY,CANARD AND PATTERSON 2010 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONS After dominating the Motocross series all season long, Rockstar/Makita Suzuki s Ryan Dungey has won the 2010 AMA Motocross Championship aboard his Dunlop-equipped RM-Z450. Winning 10 of the 12 rounds that comprise the 450-class championship, including racking up 19 moto wins, Dungey became the first premier-class rookie to win both the AMA Supercross and AMA Motocross titles. Monster Energy Kawasaki s Chad Reed pulled off the opening 450-class round win at Hangtown, but from there Dungey went on to dominate the following nine rounds until Honda Red Bull Racing s Kevin Windham put a stop to his win streak at Steel City aboard his Dunlop-shod CRF450R. Looking to break Ricky Carmichael s rookie record of nine overall wins that had stood since the 2000 season, Dungey went into the final round ready to set a new all-time record. Having wrapped up the 450-class title at round 10, the talented racer successfully pulled off the moto sweep to surpass Carmichael s rookie point total by eight points, ending the season with a record 543 markers. 24 25
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In the 250 competition, GEICO Powersports Honda s Trey Canard raced his Dunlop-shod Honda CRF250R to victory in the 250-class championship after a spectacular late charge in the series. The first four rounds welcomed four different overall winners. GEICO Powersports Honda s Eli Tomac scored a career-first overall win in his rookie season at the opening round, while Monster Energy Kawasaki s Christophe Pourcel came out on top the following week. Teammates Tyla Rattray and Dean Wilson each clinched first-ever overall victories aboard their Dunlop-fitted KX250Fs before Canard went on a four-round win streak. Rattray broke Canard s run of wins at the 10th round, but the following week the Honda racer was back on top taking his fifth overall victory. Pourcel had a seven-point lead on Canard going into the final round, but a hard crash in the first moto took the Kawasaki racer out of the championship equation when he was injured and not able to race moto two. Wilson went on to win the round, but Canard s third overall gave him the title win. TYLARATTRAY DNA Shred Stix/Star Racing/Yamaha s Jessica Patterson took victory in the 2010 AMA Women s Motocross Championship aboard her Dunlop-equipped YZ250F. Patterson won six of the eight rounds in the series but was kept honest by the defending Women s champion Honda Red Bull Racing s Ashley Fiolek. Aboard her Dunlop-shod CRF250R, Fiolek battled up front to clinch six moto wins, while Patterson won 10 motos. The Yamaha racer s consistency round after round rewarded her with her sixth Women s Motocross title. 24 31
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DUNLOP SPORTMAX Q2 At Dunlop, no sportbike tire is ready for the road until it is racetrack-proven. This maxim has never held more true than with the Sportmax Q2, featuring Dunlop s Intuitive Response Profile (IRP) and MT Multi-Tread technology. This remarkably effective high-performance sporting tire incorporates many race-tested advancements, that add up to a superior street-going tire that is equally at home on the track. The Sportmax Q2 draws upon sophisticated technology and construction advances that Dunlop has gleaned from the track, which were then refined for street use. With its new IRP technology in the rear tire, the Q2 possesses steering characteristics unlike any other sport tire made. It intuitively allows the rider greater latitude in line choice while cornering and provides amazingly linear steering at all lean angles. The Sportmax Q2 provides enhanced grip and handling because this new profile puts down a bigger footprint at extreme lean angles, while also allowing greater lean angles and higher corner speeds. 40 41
As a matter of fact, the Sportmax Q2 is so good it recently won a tire comparison test of its own, one conducted by Ultimate Motorcycling magazine. In an on-track comparison test of the best high-performance sportbike tires in the business, the Sportmax Q2 emerged as the clear winner. The test conclusion said in part, The Dunlop Sportmax Q2 maintained its line through corners, turned most predictably, handled bumps well, and gave good feedback in all situations. Additionally, the Q2s showed the least wear at the end of the day. The Q2 was a little faster than its closest competitor, an undeniably important statistic for performance tires, but most importantly it was the tire that gave the testers the most confidence. By both subjective and objective standards, the Dunlop Sportmax Q2 is our clear winner. In addition to Dunlop s IRP and MT technologies, the carcass construction enhances steering response in the front tire and increases cornering stability in both tires. The rear tire has stiffer overall construction to meet high-performance demands and provide a more consistent contact patch and reduced carcass distortion. Also, Dunlop s advanced Multi- Tread technology begets a street tire that combines the benefits of a tough, long-wearing center compound for increased mileage with a special lateral grip compound on each shoulder for superior cornering traction. It all adds up to tires with a direct racing lineage tuned for superior performance on the street while also delivering excellent track-day capabilities. In short, Dunlop has melded the best of track and street capabilities all into one tire: the Sportmax Q2. CLICK HERE TO SEE BEN BOSTROM RIDING HIS PAT CLARK MOTORSPORTS YAMAHA SUPERBIKE AT INFINEON RACEWAY ON DUNLOP S Q2 TIRES CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A PDF OF DUNLOP S Q2 PRESS KIT CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A PDF OF THE ULTIMATE MOTORCYCLING SPORTBIKE TIRE COMPARISON WHICH WAS WON BY DUNLOP S Q2 42 43
2010 AMA PRO ROAD RACING CHAMPIONS The 2010 AMA Pro Road Racing Series came to a close at the final round, held at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, AL. In damp weather conditions, Josh JOSHHAYES 2010 AMERICAN SUPERBIKE CHAMPION Hayes, Martin Cardenas, Austin DeHaven, Tyler O Hara and Danny Eslick took top honors in their respective classes aboard Dunlop-equipped race machines and were crowned 2010 champions. 44 45
Hayes double race victory aboard his Team Graves Yamaha in the American SuperBike competition at the penultimate round at New Jersey Motorsports Park extended his lead in the championship to 22 points. At the final round it was Rockstar Makita Suzuki teammates Tommy Hayden and Blake Young who took victory Hayden s fifth win and Young s third win of the season but Hayes seven race wins during the series plus his second- and seventh-place finishes at Barber were good enough to secure him his first-ever American SuperBike Championship. The 2010 SuperBike series showcased spectacular racing all season long with six different racers recording wins during the 10 rounds of racing. In addition to Hayes, Hayden and Young winning races, National Guard Jordan Suzuki s Jake Zemke twice finished on top and Foremost Insurance Pegram Racing Ducati s Larry Pegram and Pat Clark Motorsports Ben Bostrom each recorded wins. Cardenas successfully won his first-ever AMA Pro Daytona SportBike title after racking up nine wins over the course of the season, including one at New Jersey Motorsports Park and both races at Barber. GEICO Powersports Suzuki s Eslick took three wins during the season and led the series points heading into the final round, but Cardenas moved into the lead after winning race one at Barber. The M4 Monster Energy Suzuki racer s solid results late in the series, including a perfect sweep of the final round, put him eight points in front of last year s champion Eslick, who finished runner-up. Team Graves Yamaha rider Josh Herrin recorded five race wins to round out the season in third place. With Rockwall Performance Yamaha s J.D. Beach winning the AMA Pro SuperSport Series East Division Championship and DNA Energy Drink CNR Motorsports Joey Pascarella wrapping up the West Division Championship, the seasonending doubleheader SuperSport event determined the AMA Pro SuperSport Young Gun and Top Gun National Champions. The Young Guns class featured 16- to 21-year-old riders on motorcycles with limited modifications, and the Top Guns class gave riders with an Expert License from a recognized road racing organization the opportunity to compete under the halo of a full AMA Pro Road Racing event. Any MARTINCARDENAS 2010 DAYTONA SPORTBIKE CHAMPION 46 47
AMA Pro SuperSport Young Gun or Top Gun rider who participated in one of the 17 individual rounds of the 2010 AMA Pro SuperSport series was eligible to compete in the Shootout races. LTD Racing Yamaha s Huntley Nash sealed the win in the first SuperSport race but crashed out in the second, removing him from the Young Gun Championship points chase. Race two s winner Beach found himself in the same predicament after he failed to finish the day before. In the end, DeHaven raced his Austin DeHaven Racing Yamaha to second- and fourth-place finishes, which awarded him the Young Gun title. O Hara s hard work aboard his GP Bike Parts Radio Medics Yamaha delivered ninth- and seventh-place finishes, earning him the title of Top Gun Champion. In the Vance & Hines XR1200 Championship, Eslick s three race wins early in the series aboard his Bruce Rossmeyer Daytona Racing GEICO Powersports Lucas Oil Team XR1200 handed the talented racer the 2010 championship despite Celtic Racing s P.J. Jacobsen winning the penultimate round and visiting British champion Jeremy McWilliams taking the win at Barber. 2010 American SuperBike Championship Points: 1. Josh Hayes, 466 2. Tommy Hayden, 452 3. Jake Zemke, 332 4. Larry Pegram, 297 5. Ben Bostrom, 295 6. Blake Young, 283 7. Taylor Knapp, 227 8. Chris Ulrich, 188 9. Brett McCormick, 180 10. John Hopkins, 151 2010 Daytona SportBike Championship Points: 1. Martin Cardenas, 405 2. Danny Eslick, 397 3. Josh Herrin, 377 4. Steve Rapp, 281 5. Dane Westby, 248 6. Cory West, 224 7. Tommy Aquino, 215 8. Bobby Fong, 185 9. Clinton Seller, 170 10. Chris Fillmore, 167 DANNYESLICK 2010 VANCE & HINES XR1200 CHAMPION 48 49
J.D.BEACH 2010 AMA PRO SUPERSPORT EAST CHAMPION 50 51
CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE ROAD RACING PHOTOS JOEYPASCARELLA 2010 AMA PRO SUPERSPORT WEST CHAMPION 52 53
TEAM DUNLOP RIDERS NAB 12 TITLES AT PONCA CITY AND LORETTA LYNN S AMATEUR NATIONALS CHRISALLDREDGE 54 55
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Team Dunlop s talented amateur racing squad racked up an impressive combined total of 12 titles at the 2010 Ponca City Grand National and Loretta Lynn s Amateur National competitions. At Ponca City, held July 26 through July 31, Team Dunlop young guns Lance Kobusch, Adam Cianciarulo and Mark Worth ripped up the amateur national competition aboard their Dunlop-equipped race machines, winning eight titles. With each class comprised of two motos, Kobusch swept the 50 PW Stk 7-8 motos (1-1) and 50 PW Mod 7-8 motos (1-1), plus finished 1-2 in the 65 Jr Cycle Stk 6-8 motos to round out the event with three title wins. Cianciarulo, Team Dunlop s longest-serving member, mirrored Kobusch s success by winning three titles, sweeping the 85/150 Mod 12-13 class (1-1), Supermini Thru 13 class (1-1) and Supermini Thru 16 class (1-1). Worth also pulled off a perfect sweep, taking the 85 Stk Thru 11 motos (1-1) and 85 Mod Thru 11 motos (1-1) to come away with two title wins. The biggest event on the amateur national racing calendar took place at Loretta Lynn s Ranch in Hurricane Mills, TN, from August 2 through August 7. With more than 1400 amateur racers from across the country in attendance and 35 national titles up for grabs, Team Dunlop s Chris Alldredge, Jordan Bailey, Jace Owen and Amanda Maheu all came away winners. With each class comprised of three motos, Alldredge dominated the 85 (12-14) Stock competition by scoring a perfect 1-1-1 sweep aboard his Yamaha race machine to take the title win. Bailey clinched the 65 (7-9) Stock title aboard his KTM by scoring 1-1-2 moto finishes, while Owen took the Super Mini 2 (13-16) title, going 4-1-1 on his Suzuki. In the Women s competition, first-year Team Dunlop racer Maheu finished 1-3-1 on her Yamaha in the Girls (12-15) class to clinch the overall victory. AMANDAMAHEU 58 59
TEAM DUNLOP S TALENTED AMATEUR RACING SQUAD RACKED UP AN IMPRESSIVE COMBINED TOTAL OF 12 TITLES AT THE 2010 PONCA CITY GRAND NATIONAL AND LORETTA LYNN S AMATEUR NATIONAL COMPETITIONS. ADAMCIANCIARULO CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TEAM D OR TO JOIN THE TEAM D COMMUNITY JORDANBAILEY 60 61
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