The first official test of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season sits just two weeks away as race teams prepare for another exhilarating race season. This week, Team Falken Tire took delivery of its 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR at Chicago O'Hare airport and transported the car south to Indianapolis, Ind., home of the team's race shop.
Tags: American Le Mans Series, Race tires, Sebring International Raceway
It's not often that meetings among Indy car owners are chronicled. As luck would have it, however, there was a fly on the wall at the recent gathering to decide what to do in the wake of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC's decision to pull out of IndyCar racing.
Tags: B.O.B., INDYCAR, Race tires
Federal Corp. has launched its new Federal Motorsports Web site: www.federalmotorsports.com. The Web site has been designed from the user’s viewpoint.
Tags: Race tires, Racing, Web site
Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. has introduced two, race compound 20-inch sizes for the Toyo Proxes R888, designed to fit the new Nissan GT-R, a limited production, Japanese supercar.
Tags: Consumer Tires, Race tires, Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp.
Following a ratification vote by members of the United Steelworkers Local 2 in Akron, Ohio, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will reduce staffing at its race tire production facility in "The Rubber City" by up to 120 positions.
Tags: Contract talks, Goodyear, Labor issues, Labor relations, Manufacturing, Race tires, Steelworkers
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