The following is a look at the various racing sanctioning entities and which series tire makers are involved in for the 2013 racing season.
(Underlined items indicate those series that have open tire competition.)
Avon: British GT; Italian GT/Sportscar championships; various British road-racing, hill-climb, rallycross and vintage series.
BFGoodrich: Skip Barber Mazdaspeed Challenge; Mazda MX-5 Cup; NASA; NMRA; SCORE; TORC; Rally America; various off-road, rock-crawling and drifting championships; Legends/Bandoleros.
Bridgestone: Izod IndyCar (Firestone brand); Super GT (Japan).
Cooper: Indy Lights; Pro Mazda Championship; USF2000; IMSA Prototype Lites; British Formula 3; Global Rallycross Championship (North America); drifting; drag racing (ADRL, NHRA, land speed competition, etc. Mickey Thompson brand); TORC; off-road (Mickey Thompson).
Continental: Tudor United Sports Car Championship (combined Grand-Am Rolex and American LeMans Series); Continental Sports Car Challenge. (also see: General Tire)
DMack Tyres: WRC; DMack Fiesta Cup; rally-raids.
Dunlop*: LMS; British Touring Car Championship; Australian V8 Supercar Series; Super GT (Japan).
Falken: Tudor USCC (GT LeMans class); Formula Drift; King of the Hammers.
Federal: Legends Racers; drifting
General Tire: BITD; LOORS; MORE; NORRA; SCORE; SNORE.
Goodyear: NASA; NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, Camping World Truck Series, Canada, etc.; NHRA Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock; SCCA road racing; various sprint car series; off-road; rock-crawling.
Hankook: SCCA; Formula 3 Euroseries; DTM German Touring Car Championship; Super GT (Japan).
Hoosier: ARCA; ASA; NASCAR West, etc.; WOL Sprint Cars, Midgets; Fastrak; various dirt and paved circle track series; F2000 Championship Series; NARRA; NASA; SCCA road racing and solo; Trans Am; NHRA (various classes up through Pro Stock); IHRA; USAC Gold Crown; Lucas Oil Dirt Racing; karting.
Kumho: Auto GP World Series; Marlboro Masters F3; Italian F3; Asian Formula Renault F3; Super GT (Japan); various grassroots series.
Maxxis: LOORS; TORC; off-road; drifting; rock crawling; karting.
Michelin: Tudor USCC (GT LeMans class); GT3 Cup Challenge Canada; LMS; FIA-Formula e; FIA-ERC; FIA-WRC; Super GT (Japan); Rally-raids.
Nitto: NASA-USTCC; Formula Drift; off roading.
Pirelli: FIA Formula 1; FIA GP2; FIA-GP3; Pirelli World Challenge Championship; FIA-WRC; FIA-ERC: Blancpain GT Series; GT3 Cup Trophy USA West; Ferrari Challenge; Brazil stock car.
Radar Tires (Omni United): various off-road.
Specialty Tires/American Racer: LOORS; Legends-Dirt Cars; CARS X-1 Pro Cup; various dirt track and asphalt oval series.
Toyo: SCORE: BITD; Rally-raids; SCCA national events; NASA (various series).
Yokohama: IMSA GT3 Challenge; Formula 3 (Asia); FIA World Touring Car Championship; FIA-ERC; ADAC GT-Masters; NASA: SCORE; BITD; drifting; Super GT (Japan).
* Dunlop racing activities are handled by Dunlop Tyres Ltd.'s Dunlop Motorsport Division, which designs and builds Dunlop racing tires at the firm's plant in Birmingham, England, and which coordinates racing activities in Asia/Pacific with Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.
RACING SANCTIONING BODIES
American Speed Association (ASA); Automobile Racing Club of America Inc. (ARCA); Best in the Desert (BITD); Fastrak Racing Series; Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA); FIA-European Rally Championship (ERC); FIA-World Rally Championship (WRC); Formula Drift Holdings L.L.C.; Formula SAE: Indy Racing League (IRL); International Hot Rod Association (IHRA); International Motor Sports Association (IMSA); Le Mans Series (LMS); Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORS): Mojave Off Road Enthusiasts (MORE); National Auto Sport Association (NASA); National Association of Stock Car Racing (NASCAR); National Dirt Racing Association (NDRA); National Hot Rod Association (NHRA); National Muscle Car Association (NMCA); National Mustang Racers Association (NMRA); National Off Road Racing Association (NORRA); North American Road Racing Association (NARRA); SCORE International; Southern Nevada Off-Road Enthusiasts (SNORE); Sports Car Club of America (SCCA); Trans Am Race Co. L.L.C.; Traxxas TORC-Off-Road Championship; United Sprint Car Series (USCS); United States Auto Club (USAC); World of Outlaws (WOL).
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