Press Release

Dunlop-Equipped Racers Take on World’s Best

Buffalo, NY: Dunlop
congratulates 2011 Team Dunlop members Mark Worth and Chase Bell, plus alumni
team members Joey Savatgy and Chris Alldredge along with
Derek Drake and Gabriel Jairala on being selected to
represent the United States at the 2011
FIM Junior Motocross World
Championships
. Each year, amateur
racers from 34 nations compete for both individual and team pride at an international
location, and on August 13-14, Team USA’s six-member squad—all running on
Dunlop Geomax tires—will attempt to capture Team USA’s second-consecutive world
championship team title in Cingoli, Italy.

Jairala
and Drake will compete in the 65cc class riding KTM 65s, while Monster Energy
Kawasaki Team Green riders Worth (a five-year Team Dunlop member) and Bell (a
2010 and 2011 Team Dunlop member) will race 85cc bikes. Rockstar Energy Suzuki
rider Savatgy (a 2007 Team Dunlop member) accompanied by Yamaha amateur support
rider Alldredge (2008 and 2010 Team Dunlop) will contest the 125cc class.

“We
are incredibly proud that all six racers selected to represent the USA at this
year’s event are Dunlop racers,” said
Primo Marotto, Dunlop's Manager of AmateurMotocross Support. “Worth,
Bell, Savatgyand Alldredge have all enjoyed multiple years of support
on the Team Dunlopsquad, while Jairala and Drake contest the 65cc
amateur national competition on
Dunlop tires. We are honored to continue lending tire support to these
great
riders as they take on the world. In addition to the official team USA
riders,
2011 Team Dunlop squad member Michael Mosiman and his brother Josh,
anotherDunlop racer, will also participate in the event.”

For more information about Dunlop's
amateur support program, go to
www.teamdunlop.com

About Dunlop

Dunlop is the largest supplier of original equipment and replacement motorcycle
tires in the US and the only manufacturer of motorcycle tires in North America.
With North American operations headquartered in Buffalo, NY, Dunlop has been
making and selling high-quality tires in the US since 1923. For more
information, visit
www.dunlopmotorcycle.com.

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