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"NEW H2O WET HELPED ME EARN MY FIRST SCCA SOLO NATS TROPHY!" Submitted by: Chris Robbins

LINCOLN, NE -- My 2006 Mazda MX-5 (3rd generation Miata) is prepped for C Street Prepared class autocross competition, where I compete against the smaller & much lighter 1st and 2nd gen Miatas. 

My drivetrain/suspension mods include AST 5220 coilovers, Hyperco springs, Hotchkis RX-8 front swaybar (no rear bar), full polyurethane bushings, and Mazdaspeed LSD. The engine is producing close to 200 hp and 170 tq (crank). It weighed 2360 at Nats this year, or nearly 400 lbs more than my competition. 

My best finish at Nats was 11th in 2010, although the car does have a National Championship title (Juliann Pokorny won the CSP Ladies class in 2009, in the rain on Day 2, on Hoosier Wets). More

RRDC’S MARK DONOHUE AWARD WINNER FANDOZZI PRESENTED WITH UNIQUE TROPHY AT ROLEX 24

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 1, 2012) - Kevin Fandozzi, who earned the 41st annual RRDC Mark Donohue Award for his spectacular Touring 3 class victory at the 2011 SCCA National Championship Runoffs last September, was presented the award at RRDC’s annual dinner prior to the running of the 50th Anniversary Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Originally scheduled to be awarded at the 2012 SCCA National Convention in March, the Road Racing Drivers Club board members elected to present the trophy to Fandozzi in Daytona as part of the RRDC’s 60th-anniversary celebration. The award is given in the name of Mark Donohue for personal spirit and performance at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. More

2011 Cayman Interseries Season Wraps Up With Competitive Final Day of Action at Daytona Historics

Schneider Takes First Win in Morning Sprint; Riddell Solos to Enduro Victory

DANNY STEYN WINS THE PRESTIGEOUS 2011 AMERICAN ROAD RACE OF CHAMPIONS AT ROAD ATLANTA ON HOOSIERS! Testimony of a Champion...

KEVIN FANDOZZI NAMED 41ST ANNUAL RECIPIENT OF RRDC MARK DONOHUE AWARD

HILLIARD, Ohio (Nov. 3, 2011) - Kevin Fandozzi, of St. Joseph, Mich., was selected as the 41st annual recipient of the prestigious Road Racing Drivers Club Mark Donohue Award for his outstanding Touring 3 class victory at the 2011 SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., in September. He will be officially presented the award at the 2012 SCCA National Convention on March 1-3, 2012, at the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa in Las Vegas.  

Fandozzi, 41, a mechanical engineer, formerly with General Motors and now running his own company, Insight Driven, won his first SCCA National Championship after four straight appearances at the Runoffs, racing his Insight Driven/Carbotech/Hoosier 2008 Chevy Cobalt SS. More

ERIC CURRAN AND JIM STOUT WIN USGTC FINALE AT DAYTONA

Chevrolet Corvette and Dodge Viper have won the final two rounds of the 2011 US GT Championship, held at Daytona International Speedway (October 21-23).  

Driving for Whelen Engineering Marsh Racing, Eric Curran (GT-U / Chevrolet Corvette) took the overall victory in Saturday's championship race from George Whelen (GT-U / Chevrolet Corvette) and Jim Stout (GT-1 / Dodge Viper). 

The top three changed positions throughout the race with Curran crossing the line just ahead of his team-mate Whelen, after a late safety-car period resulted in a one-lap dash for the checkered flag. More

LEE DAVIS SCORES HARD-EARNED FLAG-TO-FLAG CAYMAN INTERSERIES SPRINT RACE VICTORY AT RENNSPORT REUNION

MONTEREY, Calif. (October 16, 2011) – Lee Davis drove straight from the pole to a Cayman Interseries sprint-race victory Sunday morning at Rennsport Reunion IV but the flag-to-flag win was far from easy.  The 20-minute sprint was the first race of a Sunday Cayman Interseries doubleheader at Rennsport and will be followed by a 45-minute finale this afternoon.

Davis led into Turn 1 at the race start in his black and red No. 33 Cayman S that carries the colors of the Advan Porsche 956s and 962s and Luna-C Clothing, but immediately felt what was going to be race-long pressure from debuting driver Jack Kachadurian.  Driving a No. 14 Cayman S in the theme of a Richard Lloyd Racing Canon Porsche 956, Kachadurian jumped from third to second at the race start and kept the heat on Davis for the majority of the race. More

SCCA NATIONAL RUNOFFS 2011 DRIVERS ON HOOSIERS, AGAIN FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, EARN 17 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Submitted by: Paula Nate

September 24-25, 2011 Elkhart Lake, WI – On what had turned out to be a very windy rainy autumn weekend, the 48^th SCCA RunOffs® were held on the spectacular rolling, twisting, turning Road America road course.  Hoosier Racing Tire was there to support and service well over half of the entrants that competed for Twenty–Eight National Titles.  More

HOOSIER NAMED TIRE FOR NATIONAL SPEC MIATA COMPETITION BEGINNING IN 2012

TOPEKA, KS (August 19, 2011) – Sports Car Club of America has announced that Hoosier Racing Tire will become the exclusive tire supplier for the SCCA Club Racing Spec Miata class for National competition beginning in 2012.

Beginning January 1, 2012, all cars in the class will run exclusively on the Hoosier SM 6 tire in the P205/50ZR15 size, with the P205/50R15 Hoosier H2O designated for wet conditions. More

2011 JUNE SPRINTS SCCA NATIONAL EVENT Submitted by: Paula Nate

June 16-17, 2011 (Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin) – While fast-moving Grassroots racing action takes place almost every weekend, this weekend on the spectacular four-mile rolling, twisting, turning Road America road course, the 56th edition of the Chicago Region SCCA WeatherTech June Sprints were held.  Nearly four hundred teams competed in the first leg of what’s known as the “Triple Crown” of sports car club racing. More

PRODUCT BULLETIN: NEW H2O WET TIRE SIZE! P225/45R-15

MARK SANDRIDGE'S SUNDAY SWEEP CLOSES OUT CAYMAN INTERSERIES ACTION AT SVRA MID-OHIO VINTAGE GRAND PRIX

Sandridge wins Sunday sprint and enduro; Lee Davis wins Saturday sprint race

LEXINGTON, Ohio (June 26, 2011) – A Sunday sweep of both races by Mark Sandridge – including a second-consecutive enduro race win with teammate Joe Varde – closed out the final day of Cayman Interseries action at this weekend’s SVRA Mid-Ohio Vintage Grand Prix.

Sandridge also won his third straight pole earlier in the weekend in his No. 49 white and red-and-yellow striped No. 49 Cayman S, which is themed after his 1994 IMSA Champion Team Salad Porsche 911 RSR.

“What a fun day and a great weekend,” Sandridge said.  “The pressure from Lee Davis was incredible.  Every time I would turn a great lap he was right there with me, we had a great time racing each other today and it is just fun to end up in first place here.” More

SPEC RACE ATOM HOSTS INAUGURAL RACE ON HOOSIERS!

ALTON, VA (June 10-11, 2011) --  The Spec Race Atom presented by Honda Racing/HPD had it's inaugural event June 10th and 11th at Virginia International Raceway. 

The cars are race versions of the Ariel Atom equipped with Honda engines and Hoosier R6 Road Racing Radials. 

The cars are manufactured by TMI at their facility at VIR.

With sub three second 0-60 times, great handling and low maintenance, this new series offers exciting racing at a very reasonable price. More

MARK SANDRIDGE AND JOE VARDE CLOSE OUT CAYMAN INTERSERIES WEEKEND AT THE GLEN WITH ENDURO WIN

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (June 13, 2011) – Mark Sandridge and Joe Varde co-drove their white and red-and-yellow striped No. 49 Cayman S, which is themed after their 1994 IMSA Champion Team Salad Porsche 911 RSR, to their first Cayman Interseries victory late Sunday afternoon in the final race of the SVRA Historic Enduro 200 at Watkins Glen International.

Sandridge, who won the pole for The Glen’s weekend races on Saturday, started the No. 49 and turned the wheel of over to Varde during an early pit stop under caution. Varde drove the rest of the way and passed Lee Davis, who was driving his black and red No. 33 Cayman S that carries the colors of the Advan Porsche 956s and 962s and Luna-C Clothing, for Team Salad’s first win since joining the Cayman series this year. More

PRODUCT BULLETIN: JUNE SPRINTS

GLOBAL FORMULA RACING REPEATS AS FSAE WINNER ON HOOSIERS!

BROOKLYN, MI (May 12-14, 2011) -- International collaboration may be a developing theme among teams competing in the annual Formula SAE event in Michigan.

Once again this year, students from Oregon State University teamed up with students from Duale Hochschule Baden-Wurrttemberg-Ravensburg in Germany as part of Global Formula Racing (GFR) to dominate this year's Formula SAE competition at Michigan International Speedway. 

GFR again used Hoosier's 6.0/18.0-10 LC0 tires to carry them to the overall win in this year's prestigious event. In fact, the top seven overall finishing teams rode on the Hoosier tire brand. More

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