Conti sponsors ChampTruck series

FORT MILL, S.C. (May 22, 2015) — ChampTruck series, the revived North American truck racing series, has named Continental Tire the Americas L.L.C.'s the series' tire sponsor and tire supplier.

Truck racing can be found in Europe, Australia, India and South America, Conti said, but it has been absent from North America for the past 25 years.

Now ChampTruck International L.L.C. has revived the sport here and earlier this year signed components supplier Meritor Inc. as the series title sponsor. The series will hold 10 events this year, Conti said, six on true road courses and four on the road courses at oval tracks.

The first race was held April 24-26 at New Jersey Motorsports Park. The next race weekend is set for May 22-24, at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, Calif., with the season finale will be Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

As tire sponsor, Conti will equip every truck in the series Continental HSR2 tread pattern tires.

 “We are very excited to be part of the ChampTruck series and part of this growing segment in racing,” said Alex Chmiel, director of marketing for Continental truck tires, the Americas.

“Our research and development engineers spent a lot of time with ChampTruck drivers and testing tires at races to determine the best tire for truck racing series.”

ChampTruck races include a series of 30-minute-long sprint races throughout race day, Conti said.

“ChampTruck is all about real racing, real tracks and really big trucks — with speeds reaching 100 miles per hour,” said John Condren, executive director and founder of ChampTruck.

“It's crucial our drivers have reliable and durable tires, which is why ChampTruck specifically chose Continental Tire as our official tire…. I am confident Continental Tire's products will provide the quality needed for top-level competition.”

 

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