Milan, 20 December, 2000. Pirelli and Metzeler tyres scored
40 podium finishes this year in the different motorcycle racing
disciplines of Europe and North America.

Pirelli Supercorsa and Metzeler Rennsport dominated the various
Supersport 600 championships: Yamaha/Pirelli riders Antonio
Carlacci, Jim Moodie, Soren Hole and David Jeffries won the
Supersport 600 championships of Italy, Great Britain, the
Scandinavian open and the Isle of Man TT respectively. Jeffries
also took the Isle of Man TT Senior 1000 and Carlacci distinguished
himself by scoring four pole positions in five championship races.
For Metzeler, Kaufmann of Germany on Suzuki, Weichel of Canada and
Hinterreiter of Austria, both on Kawasakis, won their national
Supersport 600 championships.

Metzeler Rennsport also achieved another prestigious success when
Ducati rider Stefano Cruciani won the Italian Sport Production
Championship. No less impressive was Pirelli Supercorsa, for whom
Barner (Kawasaki) won the Finnish Superbike title. In the United
States, Lee Acree underlined once again the superiority of
Pirelli’s zero degree steel radial technology used by all Pirelli
and Metzeler riders by winning the PACE 600 Sportbike Championship
on his Pirelli-shod Suzuki.

Off-road, South African Grant Langston on a KTM continued Pirelli’s
winning tradition in motor cross by taking the 2000 world 125 cc
championship. Cedric Melotte also did well on his KTM to win the
German 125 cc cross title.

Metzeler dominated enduro motorcycle racing this year, continuing
another of the Pirelli Group’s traditions by producing this long
list of successes: in the German 125 cc championship, Bogeholz took
the title on a KTM and Husqvarnas Trinks was
runner-up; a triple success in the 250 cc championship, won by
Thelen (Husaberg) with Schreiner (Honda) second and Singler
(Kawasaki) third; there was another triple in the 400 cc 4T, won by
Matoska on a Husaberg, with Ramsbacher and Zitzewits, both on
Suzukis, second and third respectively. And for good measure, Fleck
and Mader (EML) won the German enduro sidecar title on Metzeler
tyres.