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 BRASELTON,
GA (June 5-6) -- At the SCCA National at Road Atlanta this past
weekend, 10 drivers rode into victory lane on Hoosier racing
tires--more than any other tire manufacturer. Road Atlanta is the
former home to the SCCA Runoffs and widely acknowledged to be one of
the most challenging road courses in the world with 10 Hoosier-shod
drivers rising to meet those challenges.
In the production
classes, three winners rode on Hoosier tires. In the F Production
class, Mark Irwin scored his first win of the year in his Bertone
X1/9. Mark used Hoosier's 20.0x8.0-13 R45 up front and 20.0x9.5-13 R45
as his rear tire choice. The G Production winner was Kevin Allen in a Triumph
Spitfire scoring his second win of the year using Hoosier 20.0x8.0-13
R45 tires. In H Production, it was Kevin Francke also on 20.0x8.0-13
R45's mounted on his MG Midget. This was also Ken's first victory of
the year.
In the GT class, two
winners rode on Hoosier tires. Stacy Wilson (photo) notched his second
win of the season in GT-3. Stacy rode to victory using Hoosier's
23.0x9.5-15 R45 tires mounted on his Mazda RX-7. In GT-4, it was
Joe Tenney in a Toyota Tercel taking his first win of the year using
Hoosier's 20.0x9.5-13 R45 tires.
In the Formula category, there were three more
winners on Hoosier tires. Tim Minor took the win in Formula
Continental--his third win in 2004. Tim drove a Van Diemen mounted on
Hoosier 20.0x7.0-13 R35 C3000 fronts and 22.0x9.0-13 R35 C3000 rear
tires. The Formula Mazda winner was Shane
Doles. It was a historic win for Doles who claimed his first career
National win in the class. Shane used a Hoosier 20.0x7.0-13 R45 C3000
(front) and Hoosier 22.0x9.0-13 R45 C3000 (rear) set up en route to
the win. In Formula 500, Neal Speiler captured his third win of the
year in his KBS. Speiler rode to the win using Hoosier's 19.5X6.5-10
R25A tires on the front and 19.5x7.5-10 R25A tires on the rear.
There were two more
winners at Road Atlanta--Bob Eubanks and Rodger Cook. Eubanks was the
American Sedan winner claiming his second win of the season using
Hoosier's new R3S04 tire. Bob's Mustang uses the P255/50ZR16 R3S04
tire. In the D Sports Racer class, Rodger Cook claimed his third win
of the year. Rodger rode to victory using Hoosier's
20.0x7.0-13 R35 C3000 tires up front and Hoosier
22.0x9.0-13 R35 C3000 tires on the rear of his winning race car.
All
seven Southeast Division National events of the 2004 season have been
capably serviced by Appalachian Race Tire. Rodney Perry of Hoosier Road
and Drag Tire South attended the event and provided the details used
in this report.
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