FULLERTON, CA. – It was an exceptional day for the Steele family and Yokohama Tire Corporation at the Tecate SCORE San Felipe Challenge of Champions, September 10, in San Felipe, Baja, California, Mexico. Husband and wife team Cameron and Heidi Steele put on a show with Yokohama’s Geolandar® tires. Heidi – battling severe stomach flu [...]

Frankfurt am Main, Germany,- Hankook introduce their new High-End Ultra High Performance Flagship Ventus S1 evo² – the company’s first UHP tyre engineered by DTM racing technology. The next generation of Hankook’s multiple award-winning Ventus line of high-end tyres benefits from the company’s performance expertise as the exclusive tyre partner to the DTM, one of [...]

Tyre manufacturer Maxxis has agreed a new distribution agreement with Stapleton’s Tyre Services. The UK’s largest tyre distributor will begin supplying Maxxis products from October 1 and an exclusive distribution arrangement will commence in January 2012. Maxxis is pursuing ambitious growth and brand development plans and to achieve these it is committed to improving range [...]

After its sponsored teams collected podiums and special accolades at the Scottish round of this year’s Maxxis British Drift Championship and then wowed the 20,000 strong crowds at the TRAX performance car show – one of the highlights of the drift calendar – tyre manufacturer and title sponsor Maxxis is looking ahead to an exciting [...]

Tokyo – Bridgestone Corporation announced that its Group company, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC (BATO) has decided to further increase production capacity of passenger car radial tires (PSR) and light truck radial tires (LTR) at its Aiken Plant in South Carolina, the United States. The total investment will be approximately US$211 million (approximately ¥18.0 billion). [...]

Tokyo – Bridgestone Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, will begin production of large and ultra-large off-the-road radial tires for construction and mining vehicles (“large and ultra-large ORR tires”) at a new plant in Aiken County, South Carolina, U.S. The decision was made to quickly respond to the strong global demand [...]

Lexington, Ohio — It was another record-setting GRAND-AM race weekend as the series staged a championship-deciding season finale at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The 2011 GRAND-AM season marked the first year that drivers in both the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and the Rolex Sports Car Series all competed on Continental Tires. The Mid-Ohio [...]

Today every part of the world is undergoing infrastructural development of some kind or the other. Many developing countries are busy in construction of roads, highways, residential and commercial buildings to provide better infrastructure for the growth of the nation and its people. These have given rise to construction industry. If you are in construction [...]

Kumho Tire recently won several victories at the International Motorsports Games, including the championship at the VLN (Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring) on May 1st, followed by a victory at the French Gravel Rally Championship. Kumho Tire, which already won second place at the last VLN opening game, moved to the semi-pro class VD1T with its Ian [...]

Rancho Cucamonga — Three rough and tumble race tracks, six heart-pounding rounds, four dominating victories, and 15 impressive podium finishes. These are the envious figures posted by the Kumho Tire Pilots mid way into the 2010 TORC season. Fresh off a huge weekend of racing at Osh Kosh, Wisconsin where every Kumho Pilot finished better [...]