One of the greatest changes in recent times for the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) was the introduction of the Dunlop Sport Maxx Soft tyre. The tyre is being used in one of the three races as nominated by the driver.
Dunlop Motorsport is trialling new electronic intelligence innovation embedded into the tyre of the world’s premier motorcycle racing event – MotoGP, where Dunlop are the Official tyre partner of the Moto2 and Moto3 championships.
Since the launch of the new Dunlop Sport BluResponse high performance tyre in January, the tyre has taken win after win in top magazine tyre tests across Europe. Over a four week period beginning in late January, the BluResponse took first prize in no fewer than four European tyre tests. The winning streak started with
Racing tyre specialist Dunlop Motorsport made tracks straight to Mercedes-Benz when it needed a fleet of high-profile trucks. Resplendent in their gleaming yellow paintwork and chequered flag livery, the 15 new Actros 1842 BigSpace tractor units were supplied by Birmingham Mercedes-Benz dealer Midlands Truck & Van.
Dunlop is extending the line of the Sport Maxx RT, originally launched in Ascari, Spain, in February 2012. In total 25 sizes will be added to the line-up to meet increasing demand for the sporty and high performance tyre.
Dunlop is launching a new breed of tyres. The new Sport BluResponse, is a touring summer tyre designed to be fitted on passenger cars and delivers impressive benefits including excellent performances in wet grip, no compromise on mileage and important savings on the fuel consumption.
Goodyear Dunlop is launching PrecurePro, a development of its precure retreading program for commercial vehicle tyres, covering all aspects of the precure commercial vehicle tyre retreading business. It offers a professional and wide range of benefits and opportunities to both retreading partners and fleets.
Craig Breen has been named Driver of the Year at the Dunlop Motorsport Ireland Champions of Irish Motorsport Awards in Dublin. Breen secured his second successive world title last month when he won the S2000 category of the World Rally Championship following his victory in the WRC Academy in 2011.
Dunlop tyres has announced that Mazda’s newly-redesigned 2014 Mazda6 sport saloon will be riding on Dunlop SP Sport 5000 tyres when the vehicle goes on sale early next year.
Dunlop, one of the world’s leading tyre manufacturers recently hosted Vision West Nottinghamshire college students at its Motorsport factory in Birmingham. The 11 motorcycle students, aged over 18, were given a tour of the facilities courtesy of Dunlop employees.
