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Pirelli Going Green in VW Race Series

Pirelli has been named the official tyre supplier for the 2009-11 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup, the first zero-carbon racing series in the world. The Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup was founded in 2008 and is comprised of 30 factory-prepared and managed 2009 clean-diesel Jetta TDIs piloted by relatively unknown talented drivers aged 16 to 26. Volkswagen’s goal is to find drivers with the most talent and help them break into the world of professional motorsports.

“Pirelli is very excited to be the exclusive tyre supplier to the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup, the world’s only carbon-free racing series,” said Rafael Navarro, Pirelli Tire North America’s director of motorsport and media communications. “This series is a very important part of our motorsport growth in North America as it provides a platform to introduce young developing talent to our brand while reducing the impact motorsport has on the environment.”

The series kicks off with a driver selection event on 1-4 February. Races will begin 24-26 April at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, making stops in Ohio, Virginia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ontario, and New Jersey before the series wraps up at Road Atlanta on 25-27 September. (Tire Review/Akron)

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Bridgestone Completes First F1 Slicks Test

The official tyre supplier to Formula One, Bridgestone, spent the last three days (17-19 November) on hand at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona. Twenty-two drivers participated in the three days of testing, producing sample data for the company’s new compound slick tyres, which will be used in the 2009 season, as well as running on the 2008 specification grooved tyres.

Dry conditions at the track meant that there was no need for Bridgestone’s wet, extreme wet or development single wet tyre; although the weather was cold, meaning that attaining and maintaining tyre temperature was a challenge for teams, particularly with the hard compound slick. Teams used visibly different packages, with development 2009 aerodynamic packages, interim and 2008 specification cars all in use. There was also some use of KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) by certain teams.

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Bridgestone Leads Look at NHL’s Best Captains

Bridgestone Americas has kicked off a couple of promotions to support the Bridgestone brand role as the official tyre of the NHL. The Bridgestone Greatest NHL Captains promotion allows hockey fans to visit NHL.com and select the greatest NHL captains for each of the past four decades. The Nov. 11 to Dec. 21 effort will also present captains programming and content via the NHL Network and NHL.com.

The promotion will culminate with the greatest captains of each decade being announced in a special tribute during the NHL SuperSkills competition on Saturday, January 24, 2009 at the Bell Centre in Montreal during the NHL All-Star Weekend. In cooperation with the NHL Network and NHL.com, a 20-part original series “Captains Driven By Bridgestone” will be broadcast on the NHL Network from November 2008 through April 2009. Each show will include a feature on one NHL Captain through exclusive interviews and profiles. (Tire Review/Akron)

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Cooper Zeon RS3 Fitted on ROUSH Mustangs

Cooper has announced that its new Zeon RS3 tyre will be fitted for the ROUSH Stage 3 and P51B Mustangs. The company claims that the tyre is a must “for the Ford Mustang enthusiast with an uncompromising need for maximum dry grip traction.” Based in Livonia, Michigan, ROUSH Performance provides an array of Ford Mustang and F-150 styling, handling and performance upgrades, in addition to a complete line of performance parts and crate engines. Cooper is its official tyre brand.

Chuck Yurkovich, vice president of Global Technology for Cooper Tire, stated that, “The Cooper Zeon RS3 is the latest innovation to develop from Cooper Tire’s exclusive relationship with ROUSH Performance. The RS3 is the perfect compliment to the performance characteristics valued by true ROUSH Performance enthusiasts.” The RS3 comes in a 275/40ZR18 with a UTQG tread wear/traction/temperature rating of 220-AA-A, and is available through ROUSH Performance or through Cooper Tire dealers.

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Advans Face Varied Race Demands, Comments Watanabe

With a widely differing range of tracks already visited during the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) and its Formula Master partner series in 2008, official tyre supplier Yokohama reports it faces a huge challenge when designing tyres for both series. Although the ADVAN tyre production for both formulae is very similar, the design and development process has to take into account an enormous amount of variants, resulting in very different tyres.

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World Touring Car Championship Comes to Brands Hatch

The World Touring Car Championship – whose Rounds 13 and 14 will be held at Brands Hatch this weekend – often has a small number of competitors choosing to feature in just one weekend as guest teams. The somewhat tough challenge is to be competitive with the regular entrants, and on Saturday and Sunday this is just what Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing team will attempt to do as it makes its WTCC debut.

One of the hurdles for one-off teams to overcome is in adapting their car set-up to the Yokohama ADVAN, the WTCC’s official tyre choice. Last year’s guest entry Colin Turkington, along with Team RAC, rose to the challenge and claimed a third and fourth place.

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Yokohama Sponsors New US Events

Yokohama Tire’s ADVAN tyre has been made the official tyre sponsor of Hooked on Driving, an advanced driving instructional program for drivers of high-performance cars. The tyre has also been made the event sponsor of Hooked on Driving’s two upcoming events at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow, California on 18 July and Spring Mountain Raceway, Nevada on 5 September.

The director of the brand, Jim Mayfield, commented that the event was the perfect platform for the brand, as the drivers and enthusiasts of high-performance vehicles would be the main target market for the ADVAN. He also stressed the brand’s “race heritage” as a key factor in determining it’s sponsorship strategy.

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Goodyear bringing a piece of NASCAR history to Goodwood

NASCAR is Goodyear’s single largest motorsport customer in North America, and the US tyre major holds the position of official tyre supplier until 2012. Every year the championship requires 150,000 Goodyear race tyres. The company’s relationship with NASCAR began in 1954, with the tyre alliance becoming official in 1997. In this time the sport has seen some iconic race drivers and cars, none more so than the legendary Bobby Allison, with 85 career wins placing him with the top drivers of all time.

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Next-Gen WTCC Tyres Already in Preparation – Yokohama

According to Yokohama, FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) drivers have universally praised the performance of its Advan tyres in the hard-fought competition, but success has not stopped the Japanese manufacturer from engaging in preparation work on the WTCC’s next generation tyre. Yokohama is confirmed as the WTCC’s official tyre supplier until the end of 2009 but the company says is not resting on the success of its current racing tyre. In the background, development work is already underway on the next series of performance rubber. When the current tender ends in 2009, the ADVAN design used in today’s WTCC will be three years old. Should the FIA and WTCC teams decide to use a different specification tyre, Yokohama says it will already have developed options in line with touring car changes, and be ready to manufacture its latest product.

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BFG Official Tyre for Mustang Series

Michelin North America’s BFGoodrich brand is the presenting sponsor and official tyre of the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup.

The seven-race professional kicked off this past weekend at Road Atlanta, with all factory-built Ford Mustang FR500S race cars competing on BFGoodrich g-Force R1 tyres.

“BFG’s involvement in the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup goes beyond just our sponsorship involvement,” said Doug Brown, brand category manager for BFGoodrich brand. “BFGoodrich Tires wants to provide yet another avenue to recognise the efforts put forth by the drivers because we know they can count on the g-Force R1 tyre lap after lap and we want the competitors to be recognised for their racing ability as well.” (Tire Review/Akron)

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Maxxis Renews Team Green Sponsorship

Maxxis has renewed its sponsorship of the Kawasaki Motors UK motocross and enduro racing initiative, Team Green, and will continue to supply the squad with tyres for the 2008 season. “After having a fantastic 2007 season with Maxxis tyres, we are delighted that the Team Green squad is receiving continued support in 2008,” commented Alex Brawn, racing co-ordinator at Kawasaki Motors UK about announcing the renewal.

“Since our riders take part in a variety of off road events, on two and four stroke Kawasaki machines from 85cc to 450cc, we need a range of tyres that will cater for all disciplines and conditions,” he added. “We make tough demands, but Maxxis tyres meet all our requirements, and this means our riders can challenge for race and championship wins.”

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Second HiQ Motorsport Forum in Peterborough Today

HiQ says it is hosting an evening of Motorsport “thrills and spills” at its Whittlesey Road, Peterborough, store from 6.30pm to 8.30pm today. The idea is for the retail chain to give motoring enthusiasts a taste of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championships, which the company is officially sponsoring for the first time. The high octane entertainment will feature appearances from leading touring car team Seat and driver Darren Turner, who will give onlookers an insight into the world of competitive motor sport. Tonight’s event is the second motorsport forum to ever take place, following what the company called an “extremely successful event in Grays last week, which was attended by more than 100 people.”

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Firestone Sole Tyre Supplier for Combined IndyCar Series

In Europe Formula 1 is considered the leading motor sport, but in the US IndyCar is king, but for the past 12 years this single-seater championship has faced rivalry from Champ Car. Now, however, the two championships are combining under the IndyCar Series banner – and Firestone has been selected as the sole tyre supplier to the series.

Bridgestone and Firestone have supplied both championships for the past 12 years and, for the previous few seasons, been sole official supplier to both. As official tyre supply brand, Firestone will act as title sponsor for the Firestone Indy Lights series, while still, says Bridgestone, benefiting from the tyre major’s racing work over the past five years.

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HiQ’s First Motorsport Forum

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HiQ hosted its first ever motorsport forum at its Grays store on Thursday March 27, where Vauxhall driver Tom Onslow-Cole showed off his four wheels before answering questions about the championships. The event was the first of its kind ever staged, and was the ideal precursor ahead of the first round at Brands Hatch on Sunday.

The aim of the forum was to bring the excitement of the BTCC into the community. The evening featured a question and answer forum with Tom Onslow-Cole and the Vauxhall team, an autograph signing session, competitions to win free tickets and computer simulations. Similar events are set to be staged at HiQ stores near to race tracks around the country as the championship progresses.

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Maxxis Signs 3-year deal with Best in the Desert

Maxxis has confirmed its status as Official Tyre of Best in the Desert with a new three-year deal. “Best in the Desert is very, very proud to have Maxxis with us,” said series owner Casey Folks. “We’ve had about 30 Best in the Desert vehicles with Maxxis on them and by going with Maxxis, we’ve had zero problems. Our relationship is outstanding, and as we go forward we’re making Maxxis synonymous with Best in the Desert – and when you think about it, what a great combination.” Brad Williams of Maxxis’s automotive department was equally enthusiastic, saying: “Best in the Desert is recognised as one of the premier desert racing series among top teams and sponsors. We are pleased to be part of their growth and feel we have a found a great partner for years to come.”

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