Originally posted by Ernie
yeah that would be why Dunlop has a virtually unbroken string of AMA wins and the AMA laptimes are faster than WSB on Pirellis. You're right.
Am I missing something? When does WSB come to America? And Dunlop has an unbroken string because they pay to have Mladin and Spies ride their tires. They bought out AMA dirt track for a shit ton of money, so they HAVE to run Dunlops, and they buy out AMA street teams, too. 90% of the AMA riders teams are paid good money to run Dunlops because Dunlop concentrates their marketing budget in the AMA, just like Pirelli concentrates their marketing budget in WSB. More Dunlops win AMA because the only teams not running Dunlops are teams so piss poor that they're not worth Dunlop's money. Besides, Mladin and Spies could probably outride most people on race tires if they were using street/trackday tires.
It's also the same reason Honda wins Formula X, and nothing else (except MotoGP, but that's different). Honda's the only manufacturer to put honest budget power behind a Formula X team, so they can say "Look, we win!" It's the same reason the world goes round, man. AMA runs Dunlops because Dunlop pays the bills.