From a press release issued by Pirelli’s advertising and public relations agency, Plummer Menapace:

PIRELLI POSTS OVER $2.3 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY FOR 2004 U.S. ROAD RACING

More Than $1 Million Over ’03; Also Paying Deeper Into Finishers’ List And Eliminating 2003’s “Top 4-Only” Rule

(Rome, GA) Pirelli has announced major changes in its 2004 U.S. road racing contingency program: all of them for the better.

The company is posting over $2.3 million in contingency in 2004, in excess of $1 million more than in 2003. Pirelli will also be paying deeper into the finishers’ list, as deep as 10th place depending on race organization and class. Additionally, contingency payments in 2003 were limited to a racer’s top-four finishes during a race weekend. This year, Pirelli has done away with the limitation; there is no limit to the number of race payouts, once a minimum starting-grid number is met.

Pirelli’s 2004 AMA contingency, for example, will pay down to 10th place in Superbike, Superstock, Supersport, and Formula Xtreme. F-USA contingency will also pay down to 10th in 600 Sportbike, Superbike, and Thunderbike; and to fifth place in 750 Sportbike, and Team Challenge GTO, GTU, and GT Lights. CCS payouts will cover 36 Expert and Amateur classes down fifth place in each.

Bike-stickering requirements remain the same: stickers must be displayed on the front forks and/or fender, the main fairing, and the tail section and/or swingarm.

All of the details and qualifications of Pirelli’s expanded 2004 contingency program should be posted by February 28 on the “Pirelli Racing Contingency” link of the U.S. website at www.us.pirellimoto.com.

Please contact one of the following Pirelli race vendors for full information and technical help:

CALIFORNIA RACE SERVICES
Huntington Beach, CA
1-800-620-1277

COMPETITION MOTORSPORTS SOUTH
Jacksonville, FL
1-904-384-8398

MASON RACING
Springpark, MN
1-612-250-9122

STREET & COMPETITION
Troy, NY
1-518-279-4597

THE RACER SUPPLY CO.
Shawnee, KS
1-816-550-1992

TIGERSHARK RACING
Boring, OR
1-503-358-5704

TRACKSIDE RACERS SUPPLY
Canton, NC
1-828-235-8400