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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.
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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 ...
NASCAR feared that the new management might threaten the manufacturer's racing program, [7] [8] and invited Hoosier as a backup plan. [9] [6] In 1988, Hoosier entered the Winston Cup Series. [10] Hoosier gained an early advantage in the season's second race, at Richmond, where Morgan Shepherd took the pole and Neil Bonnett won the
Depending on the club, Toyo or Hoosier tires are specified. For SCCA SM, the Hoosier SM7.5 is the dry tire and SMW (SM Wet) is the wet tire. For NASA, the Toyo RR is the dry tire and RA-1 is the wet tire. (205/50R15) is the spec tire size. Hoosier Tires [5] will provide the spec tire for all National SCCA Events. The wheel size is fixed at 15 ...
The 1989 season marked the end of the first of two tire wars between Goodyear and Hoosier, with Hoosier leaving NASCAR shortly after Goodyear debuted their new radial tires. [ 1 ] Also, 1989 was the first season without Bobby Allison , Benny Parsons , and Cale Yarborough .
General Tire was selected as the tyre brand of choice in the 2019 and 2020 season before it was switched to the Hoosier brand for the 2021 season. [ 30 ] On 3 May 2022, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series announced a new partnership deal with VP Racing Fuels to become the new exclusive fuel supplier in the series, switching from a previously undisclosed ...
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