BFGoodrich Tires Remains King of the Hammers Official Tire

JOHNSON VALLEY, CA, FEBRAURY 4, 2010: BFGoodrich Tires continues its reign as the 2010 Griffin King of the Hammers Official Tire. BFGoodrich Tires takes the King of the Hammers race seriously to the point of developing multiple different tires specific for this event and supporting a crew of professional drivers.
“We are proud to have BFGoodrich Tires on our team. They offer not only great support to our drivers, but also to our event with the BFGoodrich Tires Information and Media Center and also the tools and technology for assisting with race communication,” said race promoter Dave Cole. Read more

BFGoodrich Tires Gears Up for King of the Hammers Domination

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Feb. 3, 2010 – BFGoodrich® Tires is looking to continue its domination at the 2010 Griffin King of the Hammers in Johnson Valley, Calif. on Fri., Feb. 12 with its third straight victory. In 2008 and 2009, competitors on BFGoodrich tires won five of the six possible podium spots with the coveted King of the Hammer scepter going to Shannon Campbell in 2008 who then handed it off to Jason Scherer in 2009. Not only did BFGoodrich Tires sweep the podium in 2009, but took the top nine spots at the ultimate combination desert-and-rock race. The field, which will be narrowed from 145 to 100 before race day, will be gunning for reigning King of the Hammers Champion, Scherer, who drew the 38th position for 2010. Scherer will attempt to repeat on BFGoodrich Baja T/A®KRT tires, the same tires that lead him to victory in 2009. Read more

BFGoodrich Tires Wins 23rd Overall SCORE Baja 1000 Title; Claims Eight of 10 Overall Four-Wheel Spots

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Nov. 23, 2009 – BFGoodrich® Tires, the official tire of the SCORE Desert Racing Series, won the overall four-wheel victory at the 42nd Annual SCORE Baja 1000 and claimed eight of the 10 overall spots. Earning his second overall four-wheel Baja 1000 victory, 22-year-old BFGoodrich Tires driver Andy McMillin along with his father Scott McMillin completed the 672.85 mile loop that began in Ensenada in the time of 14 hours 19 minutes 50 seconds, logging an average speed of 46.95 miles per hour. The victory signified Scott McMillin’s third class win and first overall crown. BFGoodrich Tires has won the overall four-wheel title at the SCORE Baja 1000 23 times over the last 24 years.
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BFGoodrich Tires Preps for 23rd SCORE Baja 1000 Victory in 24 Years

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Nov. 16, 2009 – BFGoodrich Tires is preparing for its 23rd victory in 24 attempts at the granddaddy of off-road races, the SCORE Baja 1000. The 42nd running of the most well known of all desert races will begin on Friday, November 20 and end on Saturday, November 21 in Ensenada, Mexico. More than 325 racers will attempt to master the rugged terrain and dethrone last year’s Baja 1000 champions and BFGoodrich Tires’ drivers Roger Norman and Larry Roeseler by taking home the overall title. Read more

BFGoodrich(R) Tires Meets Consumer Demand with New Sizes Added to the All-Terrain T/A Tire Line

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Nov. 3, 2009 – Consumers asked, and BFGoodrich Tires answered once again with the addition of six new sizes to its premier light-truck tire, the BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A®KO. The sizes added to the line-up were designed to provide coverage for some of the latest pick-up truck fitments in the industry today including the Dodge Ram 3500 Series, Ford F-150 and Super Duty F-250/350 Series as well as the Toyota Tundra.
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BFGoodrich Tires and BlueRibbon Coalition Join Forces to Raise Money for Trail Preservation

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Oct. 10, 2009 – BFGoodrich Tires and BlueRibbon Coalition announced today a partnership that will benefit off-roaders and off-road trails alike. BFGoodrich Tires will make a $5 donation to the BlueRibbon Coalition for each of its new 10 sizes of BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain T/AKM2 tires sold between August 2009 and till the end of December 2009.
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BFGoodrich Tires Takes X Games Rally Gold; Sweeps Podium

-The podium sweep brings BFGoodrich Tires’ X Games rally medal count to 11 in four years-
LOS ANGELES – August 3, 2009 – BFGoodrich Tires swept the podium at the X Games 15 Rally Super Special this past weekend in Los Angeles after Kenny Brack (Ford/BFGoodrich) took home his first X Games gold medal. Last year’s gold medallist Travis Pastrana (Subaru/BFGoodrich) earned a silver medal after leading in the finals, but clipped a wall and ended his shot at gold. Tanner Foust (Ford/BFGoodrich) earned the bronze medal over ROCKSTAR/Ford Fiesta teammate Brian Deegan (Ford/BFGoodrich). The BFGoodrich Tires’ podium sweep brings its medal earning to 11 in four years of X Games rally competition. Read more

GYMKHANA 2 preview

 

Tuesday evening on May 26th DCshoes hosted a small industry get together and sneak view party of the GYMKHANA Film Project Part 2. The next episode of this epic gear head film feast will be launched June 1st in just 5 days from today.
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BFGoodrich® Tires Adds LRE Rated Sizes to the All-Terrain T/A®KO Tire Line

GREENVILLE, S.C. – April 29, 2009 – Since its launch in 1976, the BFGoodrich^® All-Terrain T/A^®KO tire is the industry’s premier all-terrain light-truck tire. Known for delivering the ideal combination of style and performance, the All-Terrain T/A^®KO tire line will be available in six additional LRE rated sizes, providing drivers with additional load carrying capacity. The All-Terrain T/A^KO line features 51 fitments ranging in size from 215/75R15 to 325/60R22 with sizes 225/75R16 LRE and 285/70R17 LRE available now, 305/54R16 LRE and 325/65R18 LRE released in May and 325/0R20 and 265/75R16 LRE released in June.

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BFGoodrichTires Dominates at King of the Hammers

New BFGoodrich Baja T/A®KRTB-compound tire Reigns Supreme at Grueling Off-Road Race

GREENVILLE – March 2, 2009 – BFGoodrich® Tires dominated the second annual King of the Hammers off-road race that took place last Friday, February 27, near Johnson Valley, Calif. The predominant off-road tire manufacturer captured the overall win and the first nine finishing positions in a winner take all combination dash featuring some of rock crawling’s most technical courses and wide-open off-road racing. BFGoodrich Tires driver Jason Scherer mastered the 82-mile loop course, which encompassed the harsh terrain of Johnson Valley’s Hammer trail system to take the win in 4 hours, 42 minutes and 49 seconds. Read more

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