October 20,
2016
Toyo Tires® Continues On-Site Hospitality and
Support of the 25-Hours of Thunderhill™
The Longest Endurance Road Race in North America
CYPRESS, CA
– Toyo Tires® continues its support of amateur road racing with VIP
track services and an on-site hospitality area at the 25-Hours of Thunderhill™, the longest endurance road race in North
America. This year’s race will take
place December 3-4 at Thunderhill Raceway Park in the rolling Northern
California foothills. Competitors using
Toyo® Proxes® tires will enjoy access to the Toyo Tires
hospitality area including meals on Friday (lunch and dinner), Saturday (breakfast,
lunch, dinner and a midnight snack), and Sunday (breakfast and lunch).
Registered
participants will also receive free mounting and balancing services from
Thunderhill AIM Tire on all preorders and via trackside service at Thunderhill
Raceway Park from December 2-4. The
program applies to racers using the Toyo Proxes® RS1™ full-slick,
the Proxes® RR DOT competition, the Proxes® R888™ and the
new Proxes® R888R™ tires in dry conditions; while the Proxes®
R1R™ and Proxes® RA1™ are approved for wet use.
“Toyo Tires continues
to demonstrate the importance they place on the road racing community",
said Jeremy Croiset, NASA Director of Business Development. "This VIP program
has quickly become a staple at the biggest pro-am endurance race in North
America drawing interest from nearly every team in the paddock and we're
thrilled Toyo Tires is hosting it again this year."
This is the 14th
year Toyo Tires has been the Official Tire of NASA and the fifth year the
company has provided VIP track services to support racers in the 25-Hours of
Thunderhill.
“We continue
to be ‘all in’ with our unrivaled support of the 25-Hours,” said Marc Sanzenbacher,
senior manager, motorsports, Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. “Amateur road racing represents the heart and
soul of our Proxes competition line of tires.
We are proud to support our loyal race teams in their quest to ‘Survive
the 25’.”
Space for
this special program is limited. Racers must register for the VIP
hospitality at toyotires.com/races-and-places/racer-direct-program
and tire purchases must be made through one of the following dealers by
November 21.
AIM Tire.
Ron Cortez
(707) 938-9193
aimtires@aol.com
Thunderhill
AIM Tire
Jim Thompson
(530) 519-2201
jim@thunderhill.com
To learn more about the 25-Hours of
Thunderhill, check out http://nasa25hour.com/. For more information about the Toyo Tires
contingency offered for NASA competitors, go to https://www.nasaproracing.com/contingencies.
About Toyo Tires®
Established in 1966, Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp.
represents the innovation, quality, performance, and excellent service that
Toyo Tires has delivered worldwide for 70 years. The company offers a full line
of premium tires for nearly every vehicle including light trucks, SUVs,
crossovers, sports cars, luxury cars and hybrids as well as commercial
trucks. Many of the tires are built in the United States at their
state-of-the-art factory in White, Georgia. To find the right tire for your
vehicle as well as an authorized dealer, visit www.toyotires.com. Be sure to join the Toyo Tires community
on: Facebook,
Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
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EDITOR’S
NOTE: Photos of the 25-Hours of Thunderhill
are available at:
http://media.toyotires.com/image-gallery?view=category&mode=gallery&cat=2760
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