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 PINHAIS,
BRAZIL (December 8-11, 2011) -- The Hoosier brand continues its push to
dominate drag racing around the globe.
Last weekend, the purple tire
brand captured nine of the 12 open classes at the 18th Brazilian Drag Racing
Festival at
the Curitiba
International Speedway
in Pinhais,
Brazil.
The
annual festival, which attracted more than 40,000 spectators, is considered to
be the largest drag race in Latin America.
This
year's event had a total of seven track records set with four of them set using
the Hoosier tire brand.
The
event attracted 360 competitors mostly from Brazil and Paraguay
competing at a 1/4-mile distance.
The four records set on Hoosier drag tires included:
Pro
Mod:
Driver:
Roderjan Busato
@ 7.421
seconds.
Rear Super:
Driver:
Gustavo Castanon
@ 9.002
seconds.
Turbo Rear
(TT): Driver: Jorge
Pacheco @ 9.327
seconds.
Original Rear
(TO): : Driver
Celso Camargo
@ 10.547
seconds.
The
fastest driver in the
competition was Alejandro
Sanchez
in
the Top
Alcohol Dragster
class with
a time of 6.348
seconds (366 km/h
or 227.421
mph)
using
Hoosier tires.
There
were 18 total classes in the competition, but six of the classes only allow use
of tires produced in Brazil.
In
the 12 open classes, Hoosier-shod drivers captured nine class wins.
Special
thanks goes out to Alissom Schefer of Hoosier
Tire Brazil
who provided the details used in this report.
Hoosier
Tire Brazil's store is
located just four (4) minutes away from the Curitiba
International Speedway.
Congratulations
to all the winners using Hoosier tires.
Hoosier
Racing Tire would also like to express our appreciation to all the drivers who
competed on our tires during the event.
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