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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.”

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