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Bridgestone Ireland recently gave an opportunity to a select group of performance tyre dealers to test its Potenza Sport performance tyre at Mondello Race Track, driving the circuit’s 415bhp Audi R8s.<\/p>\n
Also included was an opportunity to drive and test Firestone\u2019s Firehawk Sport at the County Kildare circuit. During the visit to Mondello, the group received a brand and product presentation from Jackie Wherity and Colm Conyngham of Bridgestone Ireland, and a visit to the Mondello museum containing the Birrane Collection of classic racing cars.<\/p>\n
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Bridgestone is the official tyre supplier to Mondello\u2019s driving experiences and its test drivers were on hand to give their feedback on the tyre\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n
In recent years, Mondello has run Bridgestone Potenza Sport tyres on a range of BMW M Competition cars, Audi R8s, VW Golf GTis, and classic Ferraris and Porsches.<\/p>\nJackie Wherity presenting Bridgestone’s performance tyre range at Mondello.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Bridgestone also has a large Bridgestone Potenza Sport sign displayed at the circuit for all events, promoting the tyre to the many car enthusiasts that visit the circuit during the year.<\/p>\n
Bridgestone hopes to bring more tyre retailers to Mondello to drive on the performance tyres in the near future.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe the performance tyre sector is a growth area for tyres in Ireland,\u201d says Jackie Wherity, consumer sales manager, Bridgestone Ireland. \u201cDriving on our tyres helps dealers to have the confidence to recommend Bridgestone performance tyres to the customer, from their own personal experience.”<\/p>\nLar Murray, AA Tyremaster receiving the award for best driver of the day from Ken Elliot, Mondello Park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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