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june 07, 2019 - Metzeler
METZELER wins the 2019 Dunlop Senior TT with Dean Harrison
Historic victory for the tyre brand and for the British rider from Bradford who, riding the RACETEC™ RR Slick fitted Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR of the Silicone Engineering Racing Kawasaki team, crossed the finish line in first position with an impressive 53-second advantage over the next pursuer
The METZELER brand also achieved victory in the Lightweight TT with Michael Dunlop realising a total of eight podiums thanks to James Hillier and Jamie Coward performances, in addition to those of Dean Harrison
Douglas (Isle of Man), 7 June 2019 – The METZELER brand and Dean Harrison have today won the Dunlop Senior TT, the most prestigious race of the Isle of Man TT, a historic and fascinating motorcycle competition which has been held since 1907 on the 60.720-kilometre (37.733 miles) road circuit of the Snaefell Mountain Course.Victory in the Dunlop Senior TT is the perfect crowning moment of a week in which the METZELER brand flew high winning the Lightweight TT with Michael Dunlop and climbing the podium a total of eight times thanks to performances by James Hillier and Jamie Coward., in addition to those of Harrison and Dunlop.
The success at the Dunlop Senior TT represents an historic victory for both METZELER and the rider from Bradford who, after seven years of collaboration full of successes and victories in all the other classes of the Isle of Man TT, a first time win in the Dunlop Senior TT. Furthermore, at 30, Dean Harrison is one of the youngest riders ever to win this race.
After getting three second places in the Superbike and Supersport races on Monday 3rd June and in the Superstock race on Thursday 6th June, today Dean Harrison, on the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR of the Silicone Engineering Racing Kawasaki team fitted with METZELER RACETEC™ RR Slick tyres, has achieved a fantastic victory. He crossed the finish line, with an advantage of over 53 seconds over Peter Hickman, second, and Conor Cummins, third.
To complete the podiums obtained by METZELER were James Hillier, third in the second Supersport race, and Jamie Coward, who gave the tyre brand a splendid double in the Lightweight TT classifying second behind Michael Dunlop, thanks also to the performance of the RACETEC™ RR treaded tyres.
The success in the Dunlop Senior TT and the excellent results obtained also in the other classes of the Isle of Man TT, as well as in the many road racing competitions such as the North West 200 and the Ulster Grand Prix, demonstrate the high technological and performance standards reached by METZELER in the development of its range of slick and treaded racing tyres. These products are tested in the toughest and most demanding road racing conditions and races, such as the Isle of Man TT, and are made available to all riders through their dealer network.
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