Ads
related to: mickey thompson sportsman tires
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
In his career, Thompson raced vehicles from stock cars to off-road, and engineered numerous competition engines. He went into the performance aftermarket business in the early 1960s and then, in 1963, he created "Mickey Thompson Performance Tires" that developed special tires for racing including for Indianapolis 500 competitors.
On May 1, 2023, Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels announced Tirehub is now an authorized national distributor for Mickey Thompson Tires. [4] As of 2023, the company retains a network of 80 TireHub Distribution Centers, adding roughly 12 in the year prior to expand its regional capabilities.
He had Armstrong Rubber build him wider tires for his Land Cruiser. [1] Soon other group members wanted wider tires for their vehicles too. He saw the need for the larger off-roading community to purchase tires, so he had Armstrong Rubber build enough tires to fill his one and a half car garage. [1] He took out an advertisement in Sunset magazine.
Early Jack Chrisman funny car from 1965 1971 Mickey Thompson-owned funny car 1975 Gene Snow funny car Funny Car is a type of drag racing vehicle and a specific racing class in organized drag racing. Funny cars are characterized by having tilt-up fiberglass or carbon fiber automotive bodies over a custom-fabricated chassis, giving them an ...
The car turned out to be a fifties-style dragster at a time when dragster design was rapidly evolving. Tire technology, with wider purpose-built drag slicks, was pushing speeds ever higher in the U.S. By the time Mickey Thompson showed up at Brighton in 1963 with his Ford-powered Harvey Aluminum Special the Allard dragster was looking ...
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.