Tire producer Goodyear has lately introduced a long-term tire provide settlement with Masters Historic Racing, one of many main promoters of historic motorsport on the planet. The tire provide settlement builds on Masters’ lengthy standing relationships with the Goodyear-owned Dunlop and Avon manufacturers, and marks the reintroduction of Goodyear into a number of premium championships, together with occasions for Components 1 and 24 Hours of Le Mans automobiles.
Masters was fashioned in 2004 and presently runs 9 race collection within the UK, Europe and North America. The present race portfolio encompasses a various vary of races for traditionally vital automobiles from Sixties touring automobiles by way of to 2010s sports activities automobiles.
Goodyear will provide tires to the Masters Endurance Legends and Masters GT Trophy collection from the start of 2024. These tires can be manufactured alongside Goodyear’s up to date FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Sequence LMP2 and LMGT3 tires. This can make sure the prototypes and GT automobiles within the Masters portfolio profit from the identical consistency, efficiency and sturdiness as the present automobiles.
Goodyear will even develop into the provider for the Masters Racing Legends collection for 1966 to 1985 Components 1 automobiles. With 368 Grand Prix wins, Goodyear is probably the most profitable producer within the historical past of Components 1. In an period spanning the eligibility interval for the Masters championship, Goodyear dominated F1 towards intense competitors from different tire producers. The newly-developed Goodyear F1 tires will regularly change the Avon model on this class.
The present Dunlop-branded vary of cross-ply treaded tires for historic Pre-66 GT and touring automobiles can be expanded to help Masters’ burgeoning grids, highlighting the corporate’s dedication to the sector. The Dunlop vary offers actually genuine efficiency and aesthetics, complying with the FIA’s Appendix Okay rules.
David Pleasure, Technical Chief and Gross sales Account Supervisor Historic, Goodyear EMEA, explains the size of the corporate’s dedication: “The historic racing market is turning into more and more numerous, spanning classic to very latest automobiles. Throughout our Goodyear and Dunlop manufacturers we now have elevated the scale of our historic tire portfolio, with an funding in new tire sizes and specs, to make sure entrants have probably the most applicable and genuine interval tires for his or her automobiles. It’s a pleasure to decide to a long run partnership with Masters, who take a forward-thinking method to historic motorsport.”
Ron Maydon, President and Founding father of Masters Historic Racing: “We’re extraordinarily happy to have the long-term dedication of Goodyear throughout its vary of manufacturers. This new settlement offers confidence in tire provide to our Masters prospects, in addition to historic racing basically. We’re proud to have probably the most profitable tire firm within the historical past of each F1 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans as a accomplice.”
