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Four Isle of Man TT Wins for Dunlop in 2011

DUNLOP RIDERS TOOK FOUR WINS IN THE 92ND RUNNING OF THE ISLE OF MAN TT RACE AFTER HONDA TT LEGENDS RIDER JOHN MCGUINESS WON THE FINAL TT RACE OF 2011 ON THE FEARSOME 37.73 MILE (60.72 KM) MOUNTAIN COURSE.

Dunlop took wins in the Superbike, Supersport 1, Superstock and Senior TT races in 2011 to bring the tally of wins using Dunlop tyres to 17 over the last four years.

The Supersport and Superstock victories were achieved using Dunlop’s D211 GP tyre, with a road legal tread pattern, homologated for race use and built at Dunlop’s Motorsport department in Birmingham. The technology developed for this tyre is applied to Dunlop’s road legal GP Racer D211 tyres.

“Dunlop has a long history of success at the Isle of Man TT which stretches back to the very first race win there in 1907,” said Dunlop Motorsport Manager Motorcycle EU, Steve Male. “The Mountain Course is a closed public road so this gives us the best test possible of our products, and the lessons learned at the TT are directly applicable to our commercially available products.

“The D211 GP is a tremendous tyre, and this was illustrated once more by our two TT wins this year in the Supersport and Superstock categories. The technology developed for this tyre was initially used
on the GP Racer D211 and is now being applied in the new award winning SportSmart which is a testament to the effectiveness of Dunlop’s commitment to race to road technology transfer.

“Our MultiTread compound and NTEC technologies give superb dry grip with fast warm-up times and great handling, which are good for the road and also in competition, as highlighted by our further TT wins in 2011.”

2011 Isle of Man Race Winners

Senior TT
1. John McGuiness Honda TT Legends DUNLOP
2. Guy Martin Relentless Suzuki
3. Bruce Anstey Padgett’s Motorcycles Honda DUNLOP

Supersport Race 1
1. Bruce Anstey Padgett’s Motorcycles Honda DUNLOP
2. Keith Amor KBMG Racing DUNLOP
3. Guy Martin Relentless Suzuki

Superstock
1. Michael Dunlop Street Sweep Kawasaki DUNLOP
2. John McGuiness Padgett’s Motorcycles Honda DUNLOP
3. Guy Martin Relentless Suzuki

Superbike TT
1. John McGuiness Honda TT Legends DUNLOP
2. Cameron McDonald Wilson Craig Racing Honda DUNLOP
3. Gary Johnson Lincs Lifting Ltd Honda DUNLOP

Tags: GP Racer D211 tyres, Supersport 1, Superstock