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A racing slick or slick tyre is a type of tyre that has a smooth tread [1][2][3][4] used mostly in auto racing. The first production slick tyre was developed by M&H Tires in the early 1950s for use in drag racing. By eliminating any grooves cut into the tread, such tyres provide the largest possible contact patch to the road, [5] and maximize ...
Reintroduced for the 2009 season, a set of slick F1 tyres. Slick tyres were reintroduced at the beginning of 2009, along with aerodynamic changes intended to shift the balance towards mechanical grip in an attempt to increase overtaking. On 2 November 2009, Bridgestone announced their withdrawal from Formula One at the end of the 2010 season.
A motorcycle tyre (spelt tire in American English) is the outer part of motorcycle wheel, attached to the rim, providing traction, resisting wear, absorbing surface irregularities, and allowing the motorcycle to turn via countersteering. The two tyres' contact patches are the motorcycle's connection to the ground, and so are fundamental to the ...
A rain tyre or wet tyre (spelt tire in American English, commonly shortened to wet) is a special tyre used in motorsport in wet weather as opposed to a slick tyre used in dry conditions. It is very similar in many ways to the tyres found on normal road cars. [1]
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is an American company that specializes in the design, manufacture, marketing, and sales of replacement [2] automobile and truck tires, and has subsidiaries that specialize in medium truck, motorcycle, and racing tires. With headquarters in Findlay, Ohio, Cooper Tire has 60 manufacturing, sales, distribution ...
George Brown (22 February 1912 – 27 February 1979) was a motorcycle racer, known as " the father of British sprinting". [1] Brown raced a variety of bikes but is most closely associated with the Vincent brand. For a time he worked at Vincent, where he headed up their Experimental department and raced the factory-backed single and V-twin bikes.
Slick tyres returned for the first time since they were abolished for the 1998 season. Bridgestone continued to be the sole supplier of tyres, and drivers still had to use both compounds of tyre during a race. [33] Soft tyres were differentiated by a green marking around the sides of the tyres, rather than a white marking in a groove as used in ...
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