From a press release issued by Dunlop’s advertising and public relations agency, Vreeke & Associates:

Dunlop previews tire options for AMA races at Barber Motorsports Park

Birmingham, AL-Dunlop Motorcycle Tires will arrive at the Barber Motorsports Park near Birmingham, Alabama with a number of tire choices for the Superbike and Superstock teams competing at this weekend’s Honda Superbike Classic Presented by Dunlop, May 14-16, 2004.

“The track has a very new surface, and this means the asphalt will have an abrasive effect on the tires,” said Jim Allen, U.S. manager of road racing. “The sandpaper-effect really wears the front tires, so we are bringing along a number of racing compounds for Superbike and Superstock, all of them in the hard to hard-plus category.”

Allen noted that track temperatures are likely to be as high at Barber Motorsports Park as they were at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, the site of round three of the AMA series. On Sunday, May 2, Infineon’s track temperatures climbed above 125 degrees, which put added heat into the tires and reduced grip late in the race. Virtually all of the Superbike and Superstock riders at Infineon selected hard compound front and rear tires.

“The one variable we can’t easily predict will be weather,” noted Allen. “If we have some spring storms that are common here, the track will cool and so will the tires. For the fans, tire selection strategy will be interesting to watch.”

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