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Sport Maxx Tyres Help Hollamby in Time Attack

Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup driver Shaun Hollamby, took on one of the most breathtaking circuit phenomenons of the year performing in the Time Attack at Circuit Park Zandvoort, Holland. Time Attack is said to be the next ‘big thing’ in automotive lifestyle and brings full throttle excitement to the track. It puts drivers under pressure with one lap against the clock.

Street legal cars are let loose on tracks across Europe to achieve the fastest lap possible and the best from each track meet in the final later in the year. Shaun Hollamby, a race winner, in the Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup was invited to race Milltek’s Audi R8 at the legendary race circuit in Holland. The R8 proved to be quite a different experience from Shaun’s usual winning car the Sport SEAT Leon Cupra 2.0T. Only the Sport Maxx tyres were the common element to the two cars.

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Fifth Gear to Test Cooper Tyres

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Cooper Tire’s acclaimed Zeon 2XS tyres will be put to the test on the small screen during the Fifth Gear programme that will air on 25 August. The ultra-high tyres will be featured on the Nissan R35 GTR of performance tuning company, GTC, as the car goes head to head with a Porsche 911 Turbo. GTC director Ben Linney’s GTR is the first example of the car to land on UK shores and, after tuning, pumps out 536bhp. The car was driven by Fifth Gear’s high-profile new ‘test driver’ during the head to head run at Welsh circuit, Anglesey, on 9 July.

The car, and the Cooper Zeon 2XS tyres, perfect for the GTR thanks to their superior cornering and handling characteristics, performed impeccably during the test, according to Linney. “The car was driven hard all day,” explained Linney. “The driver was doing power slides and drifts in the wet weather, just feet away from the cliffs. The 2XS tyres lasted all day, and with very little wear. As they say, they ‘don’t give up a thing’.”

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PCL Expands Sales Operation with New Appointments

PCL has promoted Gareth McGuigan – who was for three and a half years one of the company’s regional sales managers – to business development manager for the UK and Eire, while Paul Carrington has joined the company in his place, representing Scotland and the north. The company, which specialises in tyre inflation equipment and pneumatic products, has reinforced its sales team in response to increasing demand.

Before joining PCL, McGuigan spent seven years in America on a football scholarship, finally returning to the UK to spend six years in sales management with Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Nissan. Looking forward to his promotion, McGuigan commented: “My goal is to build on the success we’ve had to date on national accounts, providing support to existing customers and distributors, whilst developing new business.”

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Apollo Tyres To Increase Capacity

Apollo Tyres has said that it will invest Rs 1,000 crore (around US$237 million) this year to increase capacity at its factories in Gujarat and Kerala. The projected production increase is 10 per cent on the current figure of 850 tonnes/day.

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Michelin Phasing Out OEM Supply of PAX

Last year’s speculation that Michelin’s feelings towards its PAX run-flat system had somewhat cooled appears after all to contain substance. The New York Times reports that the tyre major is no longer attempting to sell the system to vehicle manufacturers. Michelin spokeswoman Lynn Mann told the newspaper that this decision had been reached as automotive manufacturers have several other run-flat technology choices available to them and due to the “slow growth of the extended-mobility tyre segment in general.”

Only three years ago Michelin predicted that its tyre-wheel combination “could become as commonplace as fold-flat seats,” however the company’s experiences with PAX in the US have been a saga of customer complaints about high replacement tyre costs and difficulties finding appropriate repair facilities. Michelin still faces a number of lawsuits filed by disgruntled consumers. In spite of this, Ms Mann claims these issues played no role in Michelin’s latest decision, and she added that replacement tyres and service would continue to be made available for vehicles already fitted with the tyres.

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Australian ‘Drifter’ Nathan Weissel Teams Up With Federal Tyres

Federal Tyres has partnered with Nathan Weissel, winner of the 2007 NSW Drift Series, 8th overall in the Australian National Drift Series as his major sponsor. According to the company, the extreme performance of Federal’s 595 Competition Series has shown great resonance in action at 2008 Toyo Drift Australia Series at Symmons Plians Raceway.

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Goodyear OE For 2009 North American Toyota Models

According to Goodyear, a “variety” of its tyres have been selected for OE fitment on several models of the 2009 Corolla and Matrix. These North American market selections represent some of the first OE fitments of Goodyear’s Eagle F1 All Season tyre, launched last July. The 2009 Corolla and Matrix will come standard with the following tyres, depending on the specific vehicle model: P195/65R15 Eagle LS-2; P205/55R16 Eagle RS-A; P215/45R17 Eagle RS-A; and P215/45R18 Eagle F1 All Season.

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VTS Testing 2 New Beaded Edge Tyres

Vintage Tyre Supplies is the process of testing two new Waymaster Cord beaded edge tyres. Recognising that beaded edge products are increasing hard to come by, it apparently was an easy decision for the company to begin making its own products for this niche segment. “It seemed quite natural for us to take the brave step and develop our own brand, the,” company representatives reported in a customer newsletter.

The two new tyres currently being tested are: 760 x 90 and 895 x 135, which will soon be added to the range which also includes: 710×90, 810×90, 815×105, and 820×120.

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Former Race Academy Winner Coaches Latest Intake

Dunlop Race Academy 2005 winner and Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup champion Simon Shaw is to coach this year’s Race Academy intake in a bid to find potential stars of the future. “I went through exactly the same process that this year’s finalists will go through so I know exactly how they will be feeling,” says Simon. “At the start of 2005 I was a car salesman but by the end of the year I was racing in the Ginetta Championship and last year I went on to win my class in the Sport Maxx Cup, supported by Dunlop.”

Race Academy will offer a schedule of training throughout 2008 with Shaw and Le Mans 24-hour racing driver, Calum Lockie. One winner will then race on track with the professionals in the televised Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup final race in October.

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New Brembo Range Arrives in the UK

Power and Performance Products (Triple P) has introduced the UK to a new two-piece brake disc set from renowned Italian specialists Brembo. Triple P is the exclusive importer for Brembo High Performance products in the UK, and the new Turismo range is aimed at some of the market’s best-performing road cars. Turismo is suitable for the Audi R8, BMW M5 and M6 (E63), Lamborghini Gallardo, Mini Cooper and Cooper S, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Nissan 350Z, Porsche 996/997 – C2S/C4S, and the Subaru Impreza WRX STi.

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Kumho revamps V710, Adds LX Platinum

Kumho is making some improvements to its championship-winning Ecsta V710 and is adding eight more sizes to the tyre’s lineup. First introduced in 2004, the V710 is Kumho’s top-of-the-line DOT competition tyre. The tyre has won more than 75 SCCA Solo National Championships in the last four years, as well as dozens of divisional Club Racing championships, the company said.

“Even though the V710 has continued to fare well in competition and in independent comparison tests by magazines such as Grassroots Motorsports, we knew it was time for some changes,” said Rudy Consolacion, Kumho motorsports manager. “We raised the bar when we introduced the V710 three years ago, and with the changes we’re making we’ll raise the bar again.”

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Toyo OE on 2009 Nissan Murano

Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corporation will supply its Proxes A20 tyre as original equipment on Nissan’s all-new 2009 Murano crossover vehicle. The 2009 Murano will reportedly be available starting in January of 2008. The Proxes A20 is an all-season tyre specifically designed to reduce noise and improve both wet and dry performance, while maintaining ride comfort. Improvements were also made to reduce rolling resistance. The Proxes A20 comes standard on the four-wheel drive LE trim level of the Murano in size P235/55R20 102T.

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Bridgestone Run-Flats OE for New Nissan GT-R

Bridgestone announced on November 22 that it will supply Potenza RE070R RFT run-flat tyres as OE on the latest Nissan GT-R, which made its global debut on October 24. The tyre major reports that a 255/40ZRF20 (97Y) size tyre will be fitted to the front axle of the high performance car as standard, and size 285/35ZRF20 (100Y) to the rear. The highly rigid structure of the Potenza RE070R RFT has been specifically tuned for the Nissan GT-R, commented Bridgestone upon announcing the deal, adding also that the tyre’s asymmetrical tread design would provide the GT-R with excellent handling in both wet and dry conditions.

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Drifting to Victory with Toyo

Tanner Foust, driver of the Toyo Proxes R1R shod AEM/Memphis Car Audio/Toyo Tires Nissan 350Z, was crowned the 2007 Formula Drift champion this past weekend during the Formula Drift Championship Finals at Irwindale Speedway in California. Foust entered the final event leading the championship by 23 points, which meant he only needed to finish in third place or better to secure the championship, however he ended the season on a high note by taking first place on the day.

Irwindale Speedway is known to fans as “The House of Drift” and draws capacity crowds for the annual drifting finals. Foust climbed the championship ladder during the final rounds by first defeating Tony Brakahopia in the Top 16. During the Top 8, Foust defeated Ryuji Miki, and then moved on to the Top 4 to defeat Kenji Yamanaka. In the Final, Foust defeated number two ranked Chris Forsberg for both the event win and the 2007 championship.

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Marangoni Makes it Four in a Row

Italian tyre manufacturer Marangoni is celebrating an unprecedented fourth year of motorsport success after Simone Faggioli won the Italian Hillclimb Championship for a third time with his Zeta Linea Racing-shod, Facetti-tuned Honda-powered Osella PA21S. This adds to the Florentine driver’s incredible record of winning the 2004 and 2006 Italian Hillclimb Championship and a European 2005 title.

The hard-fought 2007 Championship saw some outstanding drives from Faggioli in his bid to retain his title. The longest Championship round, the 17 kilometre Trento Bondone hill, saw mechanical gremlins preventing overall honours at this event but a class win for Faggioli, from strong running team-mate Christian Merli (2nd), with fellow team members David Baldi (4th) and Guilo Regosa (6th). With each of these drivers running Marangoni tyres it was without a doubt a pleasing performance for the tyremaker.

Simone opted out of the Coppa Bruno Carotti climb to manage Team Faggioli, but returned to the cockpit for the 9th Cronscalata del Reventino to record an outright victory. The 46th Coppa Paolino Teodori saw an accident for the Osella and Faggioli slipping to second place in the standings. Heroic efforts by the team to rebuild the car were rewarded with a dominant performance in the 45th Cronoscalata Svolte di Popoli and further victories in the 25th Pedavena/Croce d’Aune and 53rd Coppa Nissena to clinch the Championship.

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