From a press release:

PIRELLI CREATES “DIABLO CORSA CHALLENGE” FOR WERA NOVICE RACERS

Top Five Finishers Get Pirelli Tire Contracts for 2005

(Rome, GA) Pirelli has announced the creation of the Diablo Corsa Challenge in conjunction with WERA Motorcycle Roadracing for the 2004 season. The Challenge is open to current 2004 WERA novice racers. Its main objective, according to Mark Wilhelm, Pirelli Country Manager for North America, is to give novice racers a special opportunity to get “the credit they deserve, and to let us demonstrate just how good a tire the Diablo Corsa is in helping a novice rider build the confidence needed to break into the higher skill levels of racing without going broke. At the end of the season, five racers will get Pirelli tire contracts for 2005, and to help them even more, we want to support the process of obtaining other sponsorships for the following race year.”

Full details will be available on the WERA website (www.wera.com) within the next few weeks. Briefly, it is open to qualified novice racers competing in the C Superstock class. Pirelli Diablo Corsa tires must be used in all races, with the required number and placement of Pirelli stickers on the bike. Points earned in the designated rounds will accrue to the Pirelli Challenge. The top six Diablo Corsa Challenge racers in each region will be invited to the GNF Diablo Challenge Final. They will even receive funds to contribute toward their travel costs to the GNF. And the top five Pirelli Diablo Corsa Challenge finishers in the GNF final will receive Pirelli racing contracts for 2005.

The first Diablo Challenge will be next weekend at Barber Motorsports Park, in Birmingham, Alabama. Look for our full Challenge schedule coming soon to www.us.pirellimoto.com.

The idea for Pirelli’s Diablo Corsa Challenge grew from the radial’s unique blend of construction, features and benefits which seem tailor-made for racers on a budget in entry to mid-level classes: DOT rubber with better durability than race tires, which saves tire money; very fast, even warm-up over a wide ambient temperature range, which can save tire-warmer money; and a tread pattern and compounding that work in the rain, which can eliminate the need for rain tires.