MOtOcrOss sUccEss! - Dunlop Motorsport
MOtOcrOss sUccEss! - Dunlop Motorsport
MOtOcrOss sUccEss! - Dunlop Motorsport
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AMErIcAN<br />
LE MANs<br />
sErIEs<br />
PROTOTYPE<br />
Having started the season with a maximum score at<br />
Sebring, the <strong>Dunlop</strong>-shod Dyson Racing team has<br />
continued to lead the way in the standings as the American<br />
Le Mans Series passes the half-way stage, with an<br />
intriguing battle emerging with rivals Muscle Milk AMR.<br />
Chris Dyson and Guy Smith clinched their second win of<br />
the season at Lime Rock and leave Road America with an<br />
18 point lead in the standings over Muscle Milk AMR pair<br />
Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf. Dyson’s success at Sebring<br />
could yet prove to be the crucial result of the year, with<br />
the 30 points gained there giving it the advantage in the<br />
standings over its only rival, who failed to finish the twelve<br />
hour event.<br />
Dyson also heads the team championship while the<br />
results secured by Dyson and Smith mean <strong>Dunlop</strong> lead<br />
rivals Michelin in the tyre battle.<br />
Dyson’s title challenge has been aided by the addition<br />
of a second car, running under the Oryx Dyson Racing<br />
banner, which joined proceedings at Lime Rock. Humaid Al<br />
Masaood and Steven Kane secured third place finishes at<br />
both Lime Rock and Mosport, although they failed to finish<br />
at Mid-Ohio after an accident in the opening hour.<br />
That retirement gave the Autocon Racing team an LMP1<br />
podium for Tony Burgess and Chris McMurry as they<br />
claimed third in class with their <strong>Dunlop</strong>-shod Lola B06/10<br />
AER having rejoined the grid at Mosport.<br />
alMS GTE<br />
GTE<br />
A fine season for <strong>Dunlop</strong>’s technical partner BMW means<br />
the team leads the GTE championship standings into the<br />
second half of the ALMS season having taken a podium<br />
finish in each of the six races run so far.<br />
After their victory at Sebring, Dirk Muller and Joey Hand<br />
clinched back-to-back wins at Long Beach and Lime<br />
Rock with a brace of fourth place finishes at Mosport and<br />
Mid-Ohio and third at Road America, helping to cement<br />
their position as championship leaders. Showing the pace<br />
of the BMW/<strong>Dunlop</strong> package, the pair have also started<br />
on class pole for every race bar Sebring.<br />
The sister car of Dirk Werner and Bill Auberlen have<br />
finished on the podium four times this season – at<br />
Sebring, Mosport, Mid-Ohio and Road America – to help<br />
BMW top the manufacturer and team’s championships<br />
while the three wins give <strong>Dunlop</strong> the edge over rivals<br />
Michelin, Falken and Yokohama in the tyre standings.<br />
Aside from BMW, <strong>Dunlop</strong> also provides tyres for the<br />
JaguarRSR team and played a key role in the team setting<br />
the fastest GTE race lap with its improving XKR GT at<br />
Mosport – arguably the high point of its season so far.<br />
“Our <strong>Dunlop</strong> tyres were fantastic today,” driver Bruno<br />
Junqueira said after the Canadian race. “Consistent and<br />
fast for the entire stint, they were obviously good enough<br />
to help us achieve the fastest race lap.”