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Hoosier Racing Tire [39] USA: 1957 Hoosier: Hutchinson SNC [40] France: 1957 Hutchinson Tires Inoue Rubber [41] Japan: 1926 IRC Tires Kelani Tyres Sri Lanka: 1990 CEAT [42] Kenda Rubber [43] Taiwan: 1962 Kenda, Kenda radial Kumho Tires [44] [45] South Korea: 1960 Admiral, Marshal, Kumho, Zetum, Trailfinder [46] Madras Rubber Factory [47] India ...
During the 1950s and 1960s, Formula One tyres were supplied by Dunlop, Englebert, Firestone, Continental and Goodyear.In 1958, Dunlop introduced its R5 racing tyre, replacing the cotton fabric of the earlier R1 to R4 tyres with nylon fabric, allowing for a reported 12 lb reduction in tyre weight. [3]
Hoosier Racing Tire was founded in 1957 in Lakeville, Indiana by stock car racer Robert Newton, and Joyce Newton. Newton wished to design a faster tire compound to gain an advantage against fellow racers. This was done by retreading street tires in order to obtain a compound that would adequately gain enough traction.
An example of Yokohama sponsorship in racing at a Nitro Rallycross event. Yokohama is the official tire supplier of the Super Formula Championship since 2016. [8] It was the official tire supplier of the Macau Grand Prix Formula 3 race from 1983 until 2019, with an exception in 2016, when Pirelli was chosen for the tire supplier that year. [9]
The first drag racing slick was developed by M&H Tires (Marvin & Harry Tires) in the early 1950s. It was the only company in the world that produced and sold original drag racing tyres. Drag racing slicks vary in size, from slicks used on motorcycles to very wide ones used on "top fuel" dragsters.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American multinational tire manufacturer headquartered in Akron, Ohio. Goodyear manufactures tires for passenger vehicles, aviation, commercial trucks, military and police vehicles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, race cars, and heavy off-road machinery.
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.
The plant manufactures all Firestone Firehawk racing tires. It is the first new tire plant in the city of Akron in more than 70 years. Bridgestone also opened up a $6 million test track adjacent to the Advanced Tire Production Center to support passenger tire testing and development. The test track opened in autumn 2022.