The Pirelli-backed GT Cup championship will welcome an Audi R8 LMS to the next round of the eight-round series that is due to take place at Oulton Park on Saturday (21 July).
Derek McGarrity and co-driver James McKee emerged the winners of 2012 Hankook Down Rally, round six of the Carryduff Forklift NI Rally Championship on Saturday, July 7.
Pirelli tyres excelled on the Aer Lingus Motor Club [ALMC] Rally last weekend with the top four classified crews all using Pirelli’s highly-competitive RX7 and RX9 asphalt tyres.
Bridgestone European’s latest tyre survey shows that more than six out of 10 (63 per cent) of motorists drive on under-inflated tyres and almost one in five have at least one tyre worn down below the EU legal minimum tread depth.
Toyo Tires has developed a leading edge fuel efficient tyre, which has achieved the highest grade under the JATMA Tire Labeling System, both in rolling resistance coefficient and wet grip performance.
Pirelli has provided motorsport students from Myerscough College with competition tyres to help them on their quest to build a Ford Fiesta R2 as part of their course.
In a move to further support Continental Tyres expansive fleet business and more specifically its Conti360° Fleet Services, the company has announced the creation of two new independent departments to oversee the areas of Fleet Support and Truck Tyre Marketing across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Jochen Hahn in the Castrol Team Hahn Racing , driving his MAN truck racing on Goodyear tyres still leads the FIA European Truck Race Championship after the sixth round, which took place at Nürburgring Germany on July 13 – 15.
Indepth guidance and advice on the impending tyre labelling legislation is heading up the newly developed website from Cam Systems (www.cam-systems.co.uk), designed to ensure customers are informed how to be totally operational and compliant in this area by November this year.
