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Tyre News
Continental FIFA World Cup Competition
Bridgestone to Cease Tire Supply to the FIA
Formula One World Championship
Cooper Tire Backs Toyota Dakar Rally Squad
Euro Car Parts Announces Expansion Plans
Maxxis Babes Go Online!
Cooper Tire to Sponsor Re-launched USF2000 Series
and IMSA Prototype Lites
National and Revive! Partnership Moves to Next
Stage
TyreSafe Receives Prince Michael International
Road Safety Award
Continental FIFA World Cup Competition
 Continental
Tyres, one of the Official Sponsors of the 2010 FIFA World
Cup, has announced it is offering fans the chance to win World
Cup tickets in the ContiFanContest at www.contisoccerworld.co.uk.
To enter, fans need to demonstrate their love of football
or enthusiasm for their team by producing and publishing a
short video and sharing the link via the VideoContest page.
Fans then need to try their luck in the FanGame where they
get the fans to cheer and do different moves, including a
special move that brings out the vuvuzelas.
For those of you yet to be enlightened, vuvuzelas are used
in South African football to get the fans revved up and are
a must for all aficionados of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South
Africa. Fans need to complete six out of eight tasks on their
scorecard to qualify for the prize draw, ranging from voting
for other videos in the VideoContest to achieving a certain
level in the FanGame.
Eleven lucky winners will be picked from a prize draw to
each win a pair tickets to a match, including flights to South
Africa, accommodation and a safari for them and a guest. Continental
footballs and vuvuzelas can also be won.
Bridgestone to Cease Tire Supply to the
FIA Formula One World Championship
Bridgestone has announced that it will not enter into a new
tyre supply contract with the FIA Formula One World Championship
(F1) series; the current contract is set to expire at the
end of the 2010 season. In addressing the impact of the continuing
evolution of the business environment on its decision, the
company focused on the need to redirect its resources towards
the further intensive development of those innovative technologies
and strategic products which support the company's goals and
further enhance the company's reputation as a technology leader.
In an official statement Bridgestone said it was committed
to supporting F1 and the series' teams through the completion
of the 2010 season. The company also expressed its sincere
appreciation and gratitude to the management of Formula One,
the F1 teams and support staff, and the F1 fans around the
world for their enthusiasm and support for Bridgestone over
the last 13 years.
Cooper Tire Backs Toyota Dakar Rally Squad
 Cooper
Tire Europe will compete in next year's Dakar Rally after
sealing an agreement with Dakar veteran, Spaniard Xavier Foj.
Foj and co-driver, Argentine Pablo Jaton, will compete in
a Toyota Land Cruiser KXR, built by Jaton's brother, in the
Toyota Cooper Tire team, using Cooper's rugged Discoverer
STT rubber for the famously arduous 9000km event.
It will be the second year that Foj has used Cooper's STT,
renowned for its outstanding off-road traction and durability,
for the Dakar. Last year, he finished second in the T2 class
for production vehicles, with no punctures or tyre problems.
The Toyota Cooper Tires team will fit 255/75R15 and 245/75R15
STTs to the KXR for the event, in which competitors tackle
soft sandy dunes as well as tough, rocky terrain. The event,
held between January 1-17, 2010, will be the second running
of the Dakar in South America and the route, which takes competitors
across the Atacama Desert, is believed to be one of the toughest
in history.
Euro Car Parts Announces Expansion Plans
 Euro
Car Parts (ECP), the leading aftermarket parts supplier has
demonstrated nationwide expansion, following seven new branch
openings since June, and it does not stop there with 15 new
branches due to open throughout 2010.
The seven new branches opened this year were in Ipswich,
Cambridge, Hastings, Swansea, Brighton, Bradford and Hull.
Making ECP's branch network of 71 branches stronger than ever,
Euro Car Parts claims a position as the largest car parts
distributor in the UK, catering for both trade and public
customers and providing OE- quality parts at an affordable
price.
Two of the branches planned for 2010 have now been moved
forward to open in Barking and Edmonton at the end of November
and early December.
Maxxis Babes Go Online!
 The
Maxxis Babes have been cheering on Maxxis-sponsored teams,
drivers and riders at the British Superbike Championship and
Maxxis British Motocross Championship, drift events and tuning,
styling and performance shows this season to the acclaim of
motorsport enthusiasts up and down the country.
Now they have their own website. Maxxis has launched www.maxxisbabes.com
to promote further the association between the Babes and Maxxis
tyres and give fans the opportunity to catch up with the exploits
of Candice - who was voted grid girl of the year for 2009
by British Superbikes fans - and the girls in 2010. The website
features an event planner to indicate where fans will be able
to meet up with the Maxxis Babes next season.
Events will include the Isle of Man TT Races, the Maxxis
British Motocross Championship, the British Superbikes Championship
and a series of national tuning/performance shows which Maxxis
is planning to attend in conjunction with Max Power magazine.
Itineraries and further details will be uploaded to the site
as soon as they become available and the events section will
be updated after each round/show, along with the girls' blogs.
The Maxxis Babes will be blogging about the events they attend
during the year as well as answering enthusiasts' questions.
The website will also feature videos and downloads, including
a free screensaver and free wallpapers for PCs, plus a series
of image galleries showing the individual Babes and photographs
of the girls at various motorsport events. There will be opportunities
for enthusiasts to have a photograph taken with the girls
at the events they attend and these shots will also be uploaded
to the site. Fans will be encouraged to sign up to Maxxisbabes.com,
which is free to join, to enjoy full access to the Babes'
photo galleries and all the available downloads.
Cooper Tire to Sponsor Re-launched USF2000
Series and IMSA Prototype Lites
 Cooper
Tire has been revealed as the exclusive tyre supplier and
first sponsor of the newly-revived USF2000 National Championship,
which is being re-launched for the 2010 motorsport season
as a feeder category to the US-based Indy Racing League.
'The USF2000 National Championship presented by Cooper Tires'
will launch in the Spring, as a single-seater racing category
with races expected to take place on road courses, street
tracks and ovals. Cooper will also present the winner of each
race's pole position with $500, which will be called the 'Cooper
Tires, Don't Give Up a Thing Award'.
The tyres used by all competitors in the series will be
designed, developed and supplied by Avon Tyres Motorsport
in the UK and co-branded COOPER/F2000. Each car will be allocated
a minimum of three sets of tyres for use at each event and
a minimum of four sets per car will be available at official
test dates. Cooper will provide trackside fitting and tyre
engineering support at each race and test.
National and Revive! Partnership Moves
to Next Stage
 Following
a successful pilot carried out at a small number of branches,
offering customers a SMART repair service provided by Revive!,
National Tyres and Autocare has extended the trial to 35 more
branches in the North West. Small to Medium Area Repair Techniques
(SMART) are ideal for repairing bumper scuffs and damage to
alloy wheels, making the service a perfect 'while-you-wait'
add on for National Tyre's customers.
"Revive! impressed us with their professional approach and
their product offering compliments our core business," said
Mike Garwood, Project Manager of National Tyres and Autocare.
"Their image is very professional, aligning well with our
brand values, and their workmanship and commitment to customer
service is outstanding."
"The service is proving very popular with customers. Previous
experience with the high cost of bodyshop repairs has led
many customers to shy away from repairing minor scuff's, dents
and scratches. However the fast, convenient, low cost service
that Revive! offer has been a real revelation.
" Mike added; "It's easy for our technicians to inspect vehicles
for scuffs and scratches whilst doing a tyre check and customers
are delighted to learn that these can be repaired quickly
and professionally while they wait. The addition of a Lifetime
Ownership Guarantee is both unique in the industry and a real
winner with our customers".
Revive! leads the way in the cosmetic paint industry and
is part of the working party currently setting the training
standards for SMART repairers. Its customers include Alfa
Romeo, Mercedes, Fiat and Lex Autolease.
TyreSafe Receives Prince Michael International
Road Safety Award
TyreSafe, the UK's leading tyre safety organisation, has
been awarded a prestigious Prince Michael International Road
Safety Award in recognition of its achievements in raising
awareness about the dangers associated with driving on defective
and worn tyres.
TyreSafe is now in its third year and since its inception
has helped reduce the number of deaths on the UK's roads from
tyre related accidents, as reported by the Department for
Transport, from 44 in 2006, to 34 in 2008. The number of reported
casualties from accidents where illegal, defective or under-inflated
tyres were a contributory factor has also reduced significantly
from 1580 in 2006 to 894 in 2008.
"It's a fantastic honour to have been awarded this distinguished
accolade," said Stuart Jackson, chairman, TyreSafe. "Despite
being just three years old, the activities of TyreSafe really
demonstrate what can be achieved when an industry rallies
together. We continue to spread our messages about tyre safety
to a wider audience in an increasingly engaging manner and
we hope these efforts will result in an even greater reduction
of tyre related accidents."
TyreSafe campaigns in line with current legislation and duty
of care regulations. It targets those within the tyre industry
such as manufacturers and retailers as well as many outside
including drivers, vehicle manufacturers, fleet operators,
insurers, enforcement agencies and other groups.
During 2009 it has run a number of successful campaigns
including bike tyre safety month in April, and October's tyre
safety month which encouraged car drivers to check their tread
depth. Since 1987, the Prince Michael International Road Safety
Awards have been presented to individuals, companies or organisations
in recognition of their outstanding contribution to improving
road safety. TyreSafe received their award within the Road
Users category which recognises education and enforcement
programmes that change the behaviour of road users for improved
safety. The other categories covered by the awards are for
roads and vehicles.
"The judges were very impressed by TyreSafe's example of
an industry-led organisation which has delivered some very
successful campaigns, raising awareness of an important road
safety issue," comments Adrian Walsh, director, RoadSafe,
- organisers of the awards. The Judges considered over 80
nominations TyreSafe was one of just 15 bodies who were successfully
selected against a set a stringent criteria, to receive the
award.
TyreSafe chairman Stuart Jackson received the award from
David Jamieson, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department
for Transport, at a luncheon on 20th November. The organisation
will be further represented at the Annual Awards Luncheon
Ceremony, hosted by His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent,
on 8th December, where the highlight of the ceremony will
be the announcement and presentation of the 2009 Premier Award.
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