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Rome, GA: Effective immediately, all Pirelli
sponsor requests from AMA racers must be forwarded to Christoph Knoche at
Pirelli Tires LLC, 100 Pirelli
Dr., Rome, GA 30161. All sponsor requests for
regional racing series must be forwarded directly to each series local Pirelli
tire racing vendor.
Already Knoche has orchestrated Pirelli’s sweeping the Daytona 200 and
earning 21 podiums in the AMA Superbike Series in 2007, marking it as Pirelli’s
best year ever in professional road racing in America. Knoche said, “I came here
two years ago with the mission of taking Pirelli to the top. Having already
swept the podium at America’s most famous motorcycle race
is more than I could have hoped for. And with just our few riders we were on the
podium at nearly every AMA event, proving we have the right product, the right
teams and the right combination of support from Pirelli’s SBK development.”
Pirelli Motorcycle Tire is applying its spec-tire R & D in World
Superbike to power its first concerted challenge for professional championships
in America’s AMA Superbike Series. By
signing the M4 EMGO Suzuki team in 2005 and Attack Kawasaki in 2007, Pirelli
established an alliance with top-running factory-satellite teams assisting in
the development of tires for American racecourses.
After three races in 2006, Christoph Knoche took over as
Pirelli’s AMA tire technician. Knoche
reassessed Pirelli’s development program, thrusting the effort quickly forward,
putting the M4 EMGO Suzuki riders on the podium a total of 14 times by season
end, earning the team’s riders second and third in the AMA Supersport
Championship, and fourth in the AMA Superstock Championship. By the end of 2006 he was offered the job as the North
American Racing Manager and he took the
challenge.
To assist Knoche, Pirelli is looking for an
experienced person join Pirelli’s team, filling the position of Road Racing
Technician. Applications, for those interested, must be sent to:
Pirelli
Human
Resources Department
100 Pirelli
Drive
Rome, GA. 30161.
From Pirelli press
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