Rome, Ga. - Through two rounds of the 2009 FIM World
Motocross Championship, Pirelli and its Scorpion MX family of tire are
in firm control of the point standings after a stellar weekend at the
second round of the season in Bulgaria. Pirelli-backed riders swept the
top five positions at the Sevlievo circuit in the MX1 class while also
posting strong results in the MX2 class.

With a rain-drenched opening round behind them, Europe's best
riders were awarded with a perfectly prepared track at Sevlievo, one of
the finest facilities in the world. In the first moto of the weekend,
points leader and Teka Suzuki rider Ken De Dycker held off the
challenges of Yamaha Monster Energy rider Josh Coppins to gain an early
advantage heading into the final moto of the weekend. In moto two, De
Dycker was not as fortunate, unable to find a way around Coppins but
still bringing home a third place finish. Factory KTM's Jonathan
Barragan set sail in moto two, capitalizing on a good start to cruise
to victory. Thanks to his third place finish in moto one, Barragan
brought home second overall while a consistent Coppins relied on his
pair of runner-up finishes to steal the overall win. Reigning world
champion David Philippaerts brought home fourth aboard his Yamaha
Monster Energy bike while Factory KTM's Max Nagl rounded out the
top-five sweep for Pirelli Tire.

In the ultra-competitive MX2 class, NGS Honda's Marvin Musquin took
home his first career overall victory while the Yamaha Monster Energy
Ricci Racing duo of Nicolas Aubin and Davide Guarneri performed
strongly aboard their Scorpion MX MidSoft 32 fitted machines with
respective fourth and fifth place finishes overall.

The current MX1 class point standings boast four Pirelli riders in
the top five with De Dycker leading the way by a single point over
Coppins in second. KTM teammates Barragan and Nagl continue the Pirelli
push rounding out the top five in the standings with deficits of six
points and 10 points, respectively. In the MX2 class standings,
consistent efforts in the first two rounds have helped boost Guarneri
to third, just 19 points out of first while Aubin follows closely in
fourth an additional three points behind.