From a press release issued by Pirelli’s PR and advertising agency:

PIRELLI RACING ROCKS AT ROAD ATLANTA AND MONZA

1st, 3rd And 5th In Road Atlanta AMA Superstock,

First-Ever Podium Sweep in World Supersport at Monza

Monza Track Record Shattered

Four Top-10s in Monza World Superbike

(Rome, GA) Pirelli’s results for the weekend’s racing at Road Atlanta and Monza are the kind that beleaguered tire engineers, R&D alchemists, techs, builders and race-support people tack up on dark-stained, pin-pocked walls so that, in the middle of countless endless work nights, they can remind themselves that indeed, at times, it is absolutely worth it.

Pirelli’s DOT Supercorsa race tires took first, third, and fifth in the AMA Superstock final at Road Atlanta last weekend. Hooters Suzuki’s Vincent Haskovec earned his first-ever AMA national win in the race, followed by Pirelli-shod Chris “Opie” Caylor on his 1-888-Fastlap/Team EMGO Taiwan Suzuki in third, and Haskovec’s Hooters teammate, Mike Ciccotto in fifth. With the win, Haskovec and Pirelli have taken over a slim AMA Superstock points lead.

At Monza, Pirelli Supercorsas not only scored their first-ever World Supersport podium sweep, but also obliterated Monza’s Supersport track record by an astounding 1.7 seconds. The race heroes of the effort were an injured Chris Vermeulen and his Pirelli-mounted factory Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR who won by over nine seconds to take his second win of the young season and build a commanding points lead in the championship. Second place went to Belgarda Yamaha’s Jurgen van den Goorbergh, and third to Van Zon Honda’s Iain MacPherson, both also on Pirelli.

In qualifying for the race pole, Vermeulen’s teammate Karl Muggeridge shattered Monza’s Supersport track record set last year by Vermeulen by 1.7 seconds. But despite he and Vermeulen breaking away to a 1.6-second lead gap within a lap of the start, Muggeridge was forced to retire from the race with a burned-out clutch.

Pirelli also continued to move up in World Superbike action, recording four top-10 finishes in Monza’s two races. DFX Ducati’s Steve Martin went ninth and seventh respectively, while Italian up-and-comer Marco Borciani gave Pirelli two eighths.