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BFGoodrich Victory Tour to Visit London in November

BFGoodrich tyres will be celebrating its motorsport success with a pan-European roadshow that is to visit London in November. This giant 1,600 square metre interactive display will feature BFGoodrich tyres and the rally vehicles that have delivered victories in the World Rally Championship, the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and the famous Dakar rally.

The BFGoodrich Victory Tour roadshow will be located at the Lakeside shopping complex, just to the east of London adjacent to the Dartford Crossing, offering easy access for motorsport enthusiasts from across the southern half of the UK. Good motorway links also mean that rally fans have a straightforward journey from further-afield.

27th September 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Run-Flat Mousse – Victim of its Own Success

As we reach the mid-season break in this year’s FIA World Rally Championship, it is worth pausing to remember a small and seldom celebrated development that for two decades has kept competitors in the action and even seen drivers take first place when disaster would otherwise have loomed large. This saviour of many a racing team’s competition hopes is the mousse insert, an innovation that can keep a tyre in roadworthy condition even after receiving substantial damage.

It is twenty years since the Michelin Group first publicly showed off this mousse insert, which it christened the ATS (Appui Temporaire Souple, or Flexible Temporary Support), at the gruelling 1987 Acropolis Rally. Initially the system had its limitations, with post-puncture use restricted to a maximum of 30 kilometres and centrifugal force caused by the moving mousse ring creating unpleasant steering wheel vibrations, but despite these teething troubles, numerous improvements were made in subsequent years and today the system is said to enable vehicles to keep driving on 90 per cent of all punctures.

4th June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Donnelly to Ride on BFGoodrich for Champioinship Challenge

BFGoodrich tyres will supply reigning Irish Tarmac Rally Champion, Eugene Donnelly, for the tyre he needs to continue his quest to retain the title. Donnelly has recently joined the Reid Motorsport team and his Subaru WRC will now be equipped with the BFGoodrich g-Force tarmac competition tyres developed for competitors in the World Rally Championship. The tyres are supplied through Kerr’s Tyres of Antrim, a key distributor of BFGoodrich car tyres in Ireland.

4th May 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

UK’s Youngest Rally Crew Runs on Yokohama

The UK’s youngest competing rally crew, 17-year old driver Kris Hall and co-driver Ella Flynn, 16, have attracted the attention of one of the most forward-looking organisations currently involved in rallying; Eddie Stobart. Stobart already has an impressive reputation for spotting and supporting emerging talent and its support for Kris and Ella further reinforces what many believe; that this crew has a big future in rallying.

2nd May 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

WRC – Subaru happy with BFGoodrich.

Subaru World Rally Team managing director, Richard Taylor has stated that his WRC team is ‘pleased’ with how their new partnership with tyremaker BFGoodrich is progressing. Subaru were required to change to BFGoodrich this season after Pirelli decided to end their involvement with the FIA World Rally Championship.

23rd January 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Donelly Unveils New Kumho-Sponsored Car at Autosport Show

Triple Irish Tarmac Rally Champion Eugene Donnelly and co-driver Paul Kiely chose the stand of long-time sponsor Kumho Tyres for the official unveiling of their 2007 car at last week’s Autosport International Show.

17th January 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Finishes WRC 2006 with Good Results, May be Back in 2008

Comments by Pirelli Competizioni Director Paul Hembery have led to speculation that the tyre company may return to the World Rally Championship in 2008.

7th December 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Hankook Signs David Higgins for China Rally and Wales Rally GB

Hankook is set to join forces with former British Rally Champion David Higgins on the final round of the China Rally Championship and of the World Rally Championship. The Welsh-based Manxman worked with Hankook earlier this year when he drove to third overall in the Lurgan Park Rally and the parties say they are delighted to be reunited on these two key events. Hankook Motorsport manager Mike Patterson said that Hankook would be supporting David’s efforts in the China Rally this month, which is the final round of the China Championship and the Asia Pacific Championship, together with his entry in Wales Rally GB.

21st November 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

SJR Hankook Team Gears up for Wales Rally GB

Wales Rally GB is set to be a fitting finale for the debut season of the SJR Hankook team in the British Rally Championship. And as an added incentive, the team boasts Wales’ top rally drivers Gwyndaf Evans and Stuart Jones who will likely receive tremendous home support on the Cardiff-based rally – also the final round of the World Rally Championship.

“2006 has been an amazing season for Hankook…raising its profile in the British motorsport world and by working with Gwyndaf and with Stuart we have been able to make a real impact,” said Hankook motorsport manager Mike Patterson. “We were at Wales Rally GB last year supporting three cars and we are delighted to be back on the world stage again with Gwyndaf and Stuart, and looking forward to an impressive end of season event.”

14th November 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

The g-Force

BFGoodrich’s award winning g-Force profiler has proved unstoppable at this year’s FIA World Rally Championship. BFGoodrich has swept the board winning every round in every country so far, but you have to remember the company supplies tyres to five out of the six teams in the event. Either way, the WRC demands a broad spectrum of tyre types and, as such, BFGoodrich has produced variations of the g-Force Profiler, capable of taking on every type of terrain encountered. With the mass of the car rarely distributed evenly on all four wheels at the same time, the battle is to control the tyre pressure.

BFGoodrich’s award winning g-Force profiler has proved unstoppable at this year’s FIA World Rally Championship. BFGoodrich has swept the board winning every round in every country so far, but you have to remember the company supplies tyres to five out of the six teams in the event.

7th November 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama’s Road To Success In Motorsport

They say motorsport improves the breed and no-one has demonstrated that more effectively than Yokohama. It’s been involved in motorsport for years and has used the experience it gains on the racetracks and rally stages to produce some of the most technologically advanced road tyres in the world. In fact, so successful have its motorsports programmes been, that manufacturers such as Bentley, Porsche, Lotus, Audi and Brabus have adopted the company’s products as original equipment fitment.

23rd October 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Forthcoming Rules On Motorsport Tyres Published

The World Motor Sport Council met in Barcelona recently and, in the subsequent press release issued by the Federation Internationale de L’Automobile (FIA), there were a couple of references to tyres in future Formula 1 and World Rally Championship events.

19th October 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Nutahara Takes Second P-WRC Win

Yokohama ADVAN-equipped and supported Japanese driver Fumio Nutahara took his second rally win of the season in the FIA Production car World Rally Championship on Rally Japan in early September. This brings his total to two wins from three events so far and he is now second in the championship with three more scoring opportunities.

5th September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama to Supply WTCC for Second Year

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced it will continue to supply ‘Advan’ control tyres for the 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). Yokohama began supplying tyres to the WTCC for the current 2006 season.

28th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

BF Goodrich Confirms Rally Commitment

BF Goodrich has confirmed its commitment to the FIA World Rally Championship in 2007, despite looking set to be the sole tyre supplier, following Pirelli’s decision to quit the series at the end of this season. BF Goodrich currently supplies all but one of the manufacturer-backed teams, namely the Subaru World Rally team, however, next season all the teams look set to use their tyres.

16th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors