Maxxis support for off-road event
Maxxis International is to sponsor the 2014 edition of the Welsh X-Trem off-road challenge, following on from its support for the 2013 event. The event will take place on 8-9 March across the 2,500 acre Walter’s Arena near Glyn Neath and organisers say they have spent many hours ensuring vehicles and their tyres will not […]
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Dunlop to evaluate new tyre options at Australian Moto2 test
Dunlop will test nine separate specifications of rear tyre at Australia’s Phillip Island circuit as it seeks to avoid similar problems to those that caused the Moto2 and Bridgestone-supplied MotoGP races to be shortened in October 2013. The circuit was resurfaced in 2013, and its abrasiveness caused the organisers of the Australian grand prix to […]
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Nankang UK to supply tyres to Fun Cup series
Nankang Tyre UK has announced that it has agreed to partner the Fun Cup series, supplying its NS-2R as the control tyre for the series. Previously supported by Uniroyal, which supplied the series’ control tyres since its inception in 2002, Fun Cup cars in the 2014 season will fit the NS-2R at each championship, following […]
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“Better weather and more running” for Pirelli F1 tyres in Bahrain
Pirelli is providing a total of 30 sets of tyres for each Formula One team this week, as the second of three pre-season tests gets underway in Bahrain on Wednesday. Warm ambient conditions of around 20 degrees centigrade will provide a marked contrast to the first test of the year in Jerez, which featured low temperatures and rain. Paul Hembery, Pirelli’s Motorsport director said that he expected the test to “allow ourselves and the teams to assimilate more data and knowledge of the tyres.”
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Goodyear racks up 60 years of NASCAR tyre supply
This year, Goodyear Tire & Rubber celebrates its 60th anniversary as a key supplier to the USA’s most popular motorsport – NASCAR. The tyre maker says its NASCAR tyre supply is one of the longest-running supplier relationships in racing, and in all of sports history. “All of us at Goodyear are extremely proud to celebrate 60 consecutive years of supplying race tyres to NASCAR and its drivers,” said Stu Grant, Goodyear’s general manager of global race tyres. “Since 1954 our involvement in NASCAR has been a proving ground for tyre development, helping Goodyear provide superior performance and innovation both on and off the track.”
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Bridgestone Battlecross X30 impresses Extance father-son motocross competitors
Father-son motocross duo Mick and Adam Extance have given Bridgestone’s new motocross tyre their approval, with the latter saying the Battlecross X30 was “up there with the best tyre I’ve ridden on.” Seven times Dakar Rally competitor, Mick Extance tested the Battlecross X30 at his off-road school track in the Welsh mountains. Mick, who was […]
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12 rally competitors confirmed for Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy
World Rally Championship tyre supplier Dmack has confirmed twelve competitors for the inaugural season of its five-event Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy. Rising UK talent Tom Cave will compete with young talent from 10 other countries to win a prize drive in the 2015 FIA World Rally Championship. Dmack received 24 registrations from around the globe, […]
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Acorn Infinity Motorsport premieres new 2014 drift car
Acorn Infinity Motorsport (AIM) introduced three new race cars for the 2014 British Drift Championship at the UK’s premier motorsport show, Autosport International, recently held at the NEC Birmingham. Steve ‘Baggsy’ Biagioni and his new Nissan S13 participated on the Lydden Hill Race Circuit stand throughout the four days, while in Hall 9, Mark Lappage […]
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Kumho Tyre gains naming rights for Australian Junior Rally Challenge
Kumho Tyre Australia has become the new naming rights sponsor for the Australian Junior Rally Challenge, further expanding the company’s backing of the ECB Australian Rally Championship. Kumho is already the championship’s official tyre supplier. Announcing the company’s participation as naming rights sponsor, Kumho Tyre Australia’s national marketing and training manager, David Basha, said “Kumho believes in the future of the Australian Rally Championship and backing the Junior Challenge is all about nurturing the future stars of the sport who will help build interest in the championship overall.
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Pirelli 2014 F1 tyres first details, special winter spec tyre for Jerez
Pirelli has released the first details of its Formula One tyre line-up for 2014 ahead of the first winter test in Jerez. The supplier will bring new tyres designed to operate with the wide range of regulations brought in for the 2014 season, which Pirelli describes as a “technical revolution”. Headlined by the presence of […]
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£3.5m investment to support Dmack PCR, TBR, motorsport range expansion
Carlisle-based tyre brand Dmack has secured an investment of £3.5m from private equity managers Maven. The injection of funds will help to fund the next stage of its growth, according to Dmack, boosting its production capacity and range of road-going and motorsport tyres.
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Cooper ambassador Xavi Foj claims podium in Dakar 2014 T2 Class
Cooper Tire Europe’s 4x4 ambassador Xavi Foj took third place in the Dakar Rally, following an epic fightback. Foj has used Cooper Discoverer S/T Maxx tyres in the past three Dakar events, claiming T2 Class victories in 2012 and 2013. After a difficult opening to his 2014 Dakar campaign, including brake issues and an electronic problem, hopes of a hat-trick faded.
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Groupauto ups BTCC sponsorship to partner Passat
Groupauto, the company responsible for the Approved Garages scheme has increased its sponsorship activity in the British Touring Car Championship for 2014. The company is now a partner sponsor of the Power Maxed Racing VW Passat, following a successful ticket sponsorship deal with Donington Park in 2013.
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Pirelli resumes WRC supply
Last weekend, Pirelli made its return to the World Rally Championship after a long absence. The tyre maker was sole WRC tyre supplier between 2008 and 2010 but left the series when it was opened up to multiple tyre suppliers for the 2011 season. It also supplied the WRC Academy until 2012. Its focus this year is privateer competitors, and Pirelli is offering these drivers an entirely-new range of rally tyres.
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