MOTORSPORT
Avon Motorcycle Tyres has announced the appointment of a new public relations agency. As of March 8 Performance PR became responsible for handling all media enquiries and for raising the profile of the Cooper Tire owned motorcycle division.
Dunlop has announced that a diesel-powered car will be competing in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship for the first time in the championship’s 49-year history. BMW club series champion Rick Kerry indicates that he plans to enter a turbocharged BMW 1 Series acquired from BMW Motorsport in Germany.
It was a win for Bridgestone in Qatar as Australia’s Casey Stoner rode his Ducati to victory in the MotoGP season opener. He squeezed out pole position starter Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha during the race’s final laps to take this, his first MotoGP victory.
(Akron/Tire Review) Expanding its presence in various motorsport series, Maxxis has signed on as title sponsor of the XRRA extreme off-road racing series. The Maxxis XRRA series combines elements of rock crawling with off-road racing.
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Dunlop Tyres has announced their entry into a new television deal with motorsport programming producer Greenlight TV that will see the BACR/Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup broadcast on Sky Sports and Motors TV. This is seen as a substantial boost for the inaugural season of this series, for which 11 confirmed drivers have already registered.
Bridgestone has confirmed it will visually differentiate its two specifications of dry weather F1 tyres following last-minute changes to this year’s Formula One regulations. This ruling by the Formula One Commission and the FIA World Motor Sport Council means states that the two different tyre compounds – both of which must be used in each race – must be visibly different.
South Pacific Tyres, Goodyear Dunlop’s Australian and New Zealand operation, has appointed Wayne Johnston to the role of the company’s vice-president, sales. In his new position he is responsible for all Goodyear and Dunlop tyre sales throughout Australasia. This covers 450 retail stores and 150 licensees trading under various names including Beaurepaires, Goodyear Auto Service Centres and Frank Allen Tyres. Johnston also has responsibility for the company’s nine retreading factories and for its participation in motorsport.
Johnston will also continue in his existing role as national manager for New Zealand, and will spilt his time between there and Australia.
On 27 February the FIA announced that Pirelli had won the tender to be the official tyre supplier to the 2008, 2009 and 2010 FIA World Rally Championships. The decision came as something of a surprise for two reasons: Pirelli withdrew from WRC, citing “marketing reasons” only one season earlier; and secondly because the decision means Group Michelin no-longer supply either of the two leading four wheel motorsport series.
During an interview with Italian media Pirelli Tyre S.p.A CEO Francesco Gori disclosed that the tyremaker has approached the FIA regarding supplying tyres for Formula One racing. This admission comes only days after the FIA selected Pirelli as sole supplier for the Word Rally Championship’s 2008-2010 seasons.
Taiwan-based tyre manufacturer Maxxis believe they offer one of the UK’s most extensive ranges of off-road, all-purpose and road going 4×4 tyres, and the company chose this year’s British Indoor 4×4 Show, held at the Donington Exhibition Centre, Derby, on February 18, to showcase their range.
With growth in the UK 4×4 market continuing, particularly at the high-end of the sector, Pirelli’s Scorpion range of high performance SUV tyres have no shortage of potential customers. Featuring tyres aimed at a the full spectrum of driving conditions, the Scorpion range, designed for luxury off-road vehicles such as the Porsche Cayenne, Range Rover and BMW X3, offers something for virtually everyone.
Bridgestone is providing opportunities for the next generation of budding motorsport journalists to reveal their talents through its 2007 e-reporter initiative. The Europe-wide competition, now in its fourth year, offers up-and-coming writers with the chance to interview GP2 drivers and write in-depth race reports from a European GP2 race weekend.
Parker Hannifin Process Air and Gas believe that filling a HGV’s tyres using the company’s latest nitrogen generation technology can enable commercial fleet operators to improve the safety of their vehicles while reducing operating costs by a considerable margin.
As Bridgestone prepares for its role as Formula One’s solitary supplier, the tyremaker has disclosed that in 2007 it will supply teams with only four different specifications of dry weather tyres – Hard, Medium, Soft, and Super Soft.
Avon Tyres is amongst the nominees named for the International Historic Motorsport Show 2007. The Melksham based tyremaker will compete for the Motorsport Company of the Year award, which will be announced at a black tie dinner function held on Saturday March 24.
Avon Tyres Motorsport has produced racing tyres for more than 25 years, and currently supplies tyres to more than 150 championships around the world.
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