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January 19, 2015 01:00 AM

Who competes in what

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    The following is a look at the various racing sanctioning entities and which series tire makers are involved in for the 2015 racing season.

    (Underlined items indicate those series that have open tire competition.)

    Achilles Tire: Formula Drift

    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;

    Bridgestone: Verizon IndyCar (Firestone brand); Super GT (Japan).

    Cooper: Indy Lights; Pro Mazda Championship; USF2000; IMSA Prototype Lites; British Formula 3; Global Rallycross Championship (Europe/international); drifting; drag racing (NHRA, land speed competition, etc.— Mickey Thompson brand); TORC; off-road (Mickey Thompson).

    Continental: Tudor United SportsCar Challenge (P, PC and GTE classes); Continental Sports Car Challenge. (also see: General Tire)

    DMack Tyres: Rally America; WRC.

    Dunlop*: LMS (LPM2 and GT classes); British Touring Car Championship; Australian V8 Supercar Series; Super GT (Japan); F4 Japanese Championship

    Falken: Tudor United SportsCar Challenge; Formula Drift; King of the Hammers.

    Federal: Legends Racers; drifting

    General Tire: BITD; LOORS: MORE: NORRA: SCORE: SNORE.

    Goodyear: NASA: NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity Series, Camping World Truck Series, Canada, etc.; NHRA Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock; Rev-Oil Pro Cup; SCCA road racing; various sprint car series; off-road; rock-crawling.

    Hankook: SCCA; DTM German Touring Cars; FIA F3 European Championship.

    Hoosier: ARCA; ASA; NASCAR West, etc.; WOL Sprint Cars, Midgets; Fastrak; various dirt and paved circle track series; F2000 Championship; NARRA; NASA; SCCA road racing and solo; Trans-Am; Legends-Thunder Roadsters; NHRA (various classes up through Pro Stock); IHRA; USAC Gold Crown; Lucas Oil Dirt Racing; karting.

    Kumho: Auto GP World Series; Zandvoort Masters F3; Asian Formula Renault F3; SCCA road-racing, solo, etc.

    Maxxis: LOORS; TORC; off-road; drifting; rock crawling; karting.

    Michelin: Tudor United SportsCar Challenge (GT-LM class); Porsche GT3 Cup Canada; FIA-WRC; FIA-ERC; FIA-GT; FIA Formula-e; Super GT (Japan); Rally-raids.

    Nitto: SCORE; NASA-USTCC.

    Pirelli: FIA Formula 1; FIA GP2; FIA GP3; BRDC F4; Pirelli World Challenge; GT3 Cup Trophy USA West; Ferrari Challenge; Lamborghini Super Trofeo; Brazil stock car.

    Radar Tires (Omni United): various off-road

    Specialty Tires/American Racer: LOORS; CARS Pro Cup; Legends-Dirt Cars; various dirt track series.

    Toyo: SCORE: BITD; TORC; Rally-raids; SCCA national events; NASA (various series); NHRA; Super GT (Japan).

    Yokohama: Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA; Global Rallycross (North America); Formula 3 (Asia); FIA World Touring Car Championship; Super GT (Japan); FIA-ERC; ADAC GT-Masters; NASA: SCORE; BITD; drifting.

    * Dunlop racing activities are handled by Dunlop Tyres Ltd.'s Dunlop Motorsport Division, which designs and builds Dunlop racing tires at the firm's plants in Hanau, Germany, and Montlucon, France, and which coordinates racing activities in Asia/Pacific with Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

    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: Grand American Road Racing Association (Grand-Am); Indy Racing League L.L.C. (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); Traxxas TORC-Off-Road Championship; Tudor United SportsCar Championship (TUSC); United Sprint Car Series (USCS); United States Auto Club (USAC); United States Rally Association (USRA); World of Outlaws (WOL).

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