PICKERINGTON, Ohio — Dunlop Motorbike Tires would be the Official Tire of the 2022 Mission Meals AMA Flat Monitor Grand Championship, which takes place on the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds in Du Quoin, Unwell., July 7-13.
“Everybody at Dunlop is thrilled concerning the resurgence of the AMA Flat Monitor Grand Championship, and we’re completely satisfied to be the Official Tire of the occasion,” mentioned Dunlop Beginner Motocross/Flat Monitor Help Supervisor Rob Fox. “We just lately prolonged our extremely profitable MX newbie Workforce Dunlop Elite assist program to flat monitor lovers, as we need to see flat monitor roots develop from the underside up. The Flat Monitor Grand Championship is the proper occasion to assist develop the game and exhibit our newly launched 17-inch DT4 tires.”
For greater than 100 years, Dunlop has led the trade in tire innovation, introducing the primary use of Kevlar belts in motorbike tires and producing the primary original-equipment radial avenue tire. The corporate continues to steer the trade with revolutionary firsts.
Dunlop additionally holds over 100 nationwide championships in lots of types of motorbike racing, equivalent to AMA Supercross, motocross and off-road competitors.
“Dunlop’s many championships, which embrace these received by each professional and newbie racers, are spectacular, and we admire them supporting newbie flat monitor racing on the Mission Meals AMA Flat Monitor Grand Championship this yr,” mentioned AMA Monitor Racing Supervisor Ken Saillant.
The AMA FTGC has served because the premier newbie flat monitor occasion because the mid-Seventies and is the one race within the nation the place you’ll be able to earn an AMA Nationwide No. 1 plate in newbie flat monitor racing. This yr’s occasion will characteristic AMA Motorbike Corridor of Famer and On Any Sunday star David Aldana as Grand Marshal. Aldana plans to strap on his personal metal shoe to race the Du Quoin Mile, which shall be his first time racing a Mile occasion since his On Any Sunday days.
AMA Nationwide No. 1 plates shall be awarded to racers in every class who’ve the best variety of factors throughout all 4 disciplines of flat monitor racing: Mile, Half-Mile, Quick Monitor and TT.
Particular awards that shall be offered on the finish of the occasion program embrace the distinguished Nicky Hayden AMA Flat Monitor Horizon Award, AMA Quick Mind Award, AMA Vet/Senior Racer of the Yr and AMA Youth Racer of the Yr.
To be taught extra about Dunlop Tire, go to DunlopMotorcycleTires.com.
For extra data on the upcoming AMA Flat Monitor Grand Championship, go to https://americanmotorcyclist.com/events-4/ama-flat-track-grand-championship/ and search for the newest occasion updates on AmericanMotorcyclist.com and the AMA’s social media channels.
Racers can pre-register for the occasion at https://safe.tracksideprereg.com/ftgc/.
In regards to the American Motorcyclist Affiliation
Based in 1924, the AMA is a not-for-profit member-based affiliation whose mission is to advertise the motorbike way of life and defend the way forward for motorcycling. Because the world’s largest motorcycling rights and occasion sanctioning group, the AMA advocates for riders’ pursuits in any respect ranges of presidency and sanctions hundreds of competitors and leisure occasions yearly. In addition to providing members money-saving reductions on services, the AMA additionally publishes American Motorcyclist, a just lately revitalized and month-to-month full-color journal (and digital model of identical) that covers present occasions and motorbike historical past with good pictures and compelling writing. American Motorcyclist can be North America’s largest-circulation journal. By means of the AMA Motorbike Corridor of Fame in Pickerington, Ohio, the AMA honors the heroes and heritage of motorcycling. For extra data, go to AmericanMotorcyclist.com.
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