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Dmack unveils “green” Surface Saver rally tyre

Dmack has unveiled a new environmentally-friendly rally tyre whose tread is designed to reduce damage to roads and help cut costs and improve sustainability in motorsport. The Dmack Surface Saver has a low impact and less aggressive tread pattern which results in reduced abrasion and damage to gravel roads, the Anglo-Chinese manufacturer says. The E-marked tyre exhibits a symmetrical D-block design with reduced edges and 3mm less tread, measures it says give the tyre enhanced durability.

25th October 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli, Dmack, Kumho, Dunlop to supply British Historic Rally

Motorsport

Pirelli, Kumho and Dmack have announced that they will supply tyres to the 2013 MSA British Historic Rally Championship, following the competition’s move to an open choice era. Dunlop, the supplier to the UK’s premier historic rally series for the past four years will continue to make its tyres available to the championship, which takes in both gravel and asphalt events across the country. The championship features old-school rally machinery dating from the 1950s to the 1980s. “We firmly believe this is the right time to open up the tyre supply situation,” said championship manager Simon Marks. “More tyre manufacturers are now in a position to supply the historic market and our competitors will now be able to choose between four excellent suppliers.”

15th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

DMACK tyres face mixed surface challenge in WRC Spain

News

This season’s rookie tyre manufacturer in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), DMACK tyres, face a stern challenge at next weekend’s Rally de Espana – the 12th and penultimate round of this year’s series. The mixed-surface round delivers an extra challenge for competitors and teams who must transform rally cars from gravel to asphalt specification during the event. But it’s also a huge test for tyre manufacturers. Not only will they have to cope with the normal rigours of a world rally but, on day one, gravel tyres will have to perform on both gravel and asphalt mixed-surface stages.

14th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Quality not quantity – Fewer tyres for WRC and WTCC in 2012

Motorsport

Current FIA strategy is to increase its championships’ association with “road relevant technologies and environmental sustainability in motor sport” while maintaining control of the costs involved. This focus was reflected in several decisions approved at a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) on September 23. Amongst a number of points agreed upon at the Singapore-based meeting was the decision to reduce the number of tyres available to competitors in next year’s FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) and World Touring Car Championship (WTCC).

28th September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Latitude Cross a “perfect match” in WRC debut

News, Premium

Following the snow and ice encountered in the opening round of the 2011 World Rally Championship, round two gave drivers the opportunity to become better acquainted with their Michelin Latitude Cross tyres. Rally Mexico, held between March 3 and 6, took place in temperatures of up to 35°C and featured rough, rocky stages along with narrow, twisting sections that proved a worthy test of driver skill. Despite the heat encountered, Michelin reports its tyres were “particularly competitive and even enabled the drivers to beat 2010's benchmark times on certain stages.” The tyre maker notes this is an especially remarkable achievement given that under new regulations the latest-generation WRC cars are less powerful than their predecessors which contested last year's event.

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9th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Dmack Tyres celebrates PWRC victory in World Rally debut

News

The first round of the 2011 World Rally Championship has yielded a win in the production car category (PWRC) for Dmack Tyres at its debut event. Czech driver Martin Semerad used the brand’s DMG-ICE tyre to seal what Dmack describes as “a dream start” in Sweden. In the S2000 category Martin Prokop also secured second place on Dmack rubber. Dmack is lined up beside global tyre giant Michelin as the only two tyre manufacturers authorised to supply rubber to WRC competitors.

14th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

DMACK confident in DMG-ICE tyre for WRC’s Swedish opener

News

The new tyre supply entrant into the World Rally Championship DMACK Tyres states that it is ready for its “biggest test” – the 59th running of Rally Sweden on 10-13 February, which marks the Chinese manufactured brand’s debut. The Swedish event is the beginning of what could be termed a fresh start in the history of the WRC with new cars, manufacturers and tyre suppliers – one of the global big three, Michelin is also joining the championship in 2011.

7th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Dmack Completes WRC Gravel Tyre Evaluation

News

Dmack Tyres reports that it recently completed its first major evaluation of its WRC specification gravel tyre during a two-day test session in Latvia last week. The test was conducted by Dmack’s official driver (three-time British Rally Champion Mark Higgins) to assess the tyres in terms of high and low speed handling, compound consistency and durability before deciding on the exact final specification.

DMACK’s world rally championship specification 205/65-R15 gravel tyre in G4 compound was used both days on the WRC and Group N rally cars supplied by its technical partner MML Sports. The test road on the first day reportedly had a soft surface with a mix of fast and slow corners while on the second day conditions were faster with a hard base and loose gravel surface. Performance and durability was found to be comparable with other motorsport brands.

30th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

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