With the start of the 2019 season Goodyear is confirming its long-term commitment in truck racing. Goodyear is honoured to extend its partnership with the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) as exclusive tire provider to the FIA European Truck Racing Championship for a further three years, until 2021.
Starting at Misano, Italy on May 26, the series will yet again see the thrills of 1,500 horsepower, 5.5 tonne trucks racing at speeds of up to 160 km/h with acceleration similar to a high performance sports car.
All entrants will be exclusively racing on specially developed Goodyear Truck Racing Tires. The extended exclusive relationship with the FIA and the European Truck Racing Association (ETRA) gives Goodyear the stage to demonstrate its innovative technological capabilities in truck tires and test new technologies for truck tires under challenging and competitive conditions.
Goodyear Truck Racing Tires
Goodyear Truck Racing tires are built in size 315/70R22.5 using a similar carcass to standard Goodyear truck tires. The carcass is modified and includes cool running specifications and provides increased lateral rigidity, to perform in the most demanding racing conditions.
Goodyear Truck Racing tires also have a specifically designed tread providing very high levels of grip in both dry and wet conditions. In combination with a characteristic asymmetric shoulder design and circumferential grooves, the tread compound offers all-round performance consistently to all drivers and on all tracks.
A further feature of Goodyear Truck Racing tires is RFID (Radio Frequency Identity), which gives each tire a unique identity allowing the FIA to monitor each tire to ensure all teams keep to the regulations regarding the number and usage of race tires.
Source - News.Goodyear.EU