Hankook Announces Its Plans For 2010 Sport Season
The Hankook Tire company has confirmed that it will continue to participate in professional drifting competitions and Time Attack races as well as again launch the bonus program for the fans of more popular kinds of sport.
In 2010 Hankook will again sponsor Papadakis Team and Dynamic Autosports team in the Formula Drift Championship. Pilots from Conrad Grunewald Racing will join the teams. The owner of the team Conrad Grunewald will participate on one of the few American muscle-cars in Formula Drift – 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS that will be equipped with Hankook Ventus R-S3 tires.
The company will also continue to sponsor Tanner Foust, twice champion of Formula Drift that pilots Rockstar/Scion tC.
In the Time Attack races the company will also sponsor a few participants – Gary Sheehan from GST Motorsport, Jonathan Bomorito from Sierra Enterprise and Chris Rado from World Racing.
All these pilots will use Hankook Ventus Z214 DOT R Compound tire with symmetric tread pattern that is distinguished by smooth surface and two circumferential grooves ensuring exceptional driving performance on dry and wet track.
“Drifting and Time Attack races are becoming more and more popular in the USA thus influencing the market of tires – noted Bill Bainbridge, marketing director of the American department of Hankook. – All these changes take place in spite of economic difficulties. Hankook remains the leading tire producer in the segment developing state-of-the-art technologies and presenting tires with unique features, such as Ventus RS-3 and Ventus Z214.
Hankook Tire Review
Hankook tire review on Optimo 4S got the highest mark on all the portals. Optimo 4S has recently passed the testing of the German magazine Auto Bild among the year-round tires and showed perfect results. Moreover Optimo 4S is a unique tire to get the mark Blue Angel from the Federal Agency of Environmental Protection Of Germany for its noiseless indication, low rolling resistance and 5% of fuel expenses decrease.
According to the American magazine Modern Tire Dealer, today Hankook is considered to take the seventh place among the hugest and the most quickly developing tire company in the world. When Auto Bild 8 was testing the round-year tires 195/65R15 T/H/V in size from different developers the car of the experience was VW Golf. As far as the Auto Bild editor was right, Optimo 4S was the only tire that “showed perfect working characteristics at any weather conditions”. He also noticed its “good controllability on snow surfaces and effective braking on wet and dry surfaces”. Finely, Optimo 4S became one of 2 testing tires that got the perfect marks.Hankook tire review says that it showed a good balance in any weather conditions. And this tire was the one to get the largest number of points in controllability criteria. As far as safety level is concerned Optimo 4S also impressed greatly.
Executive vice-president of Hankook Tire Company and the main operative director of its Europe section Seung-Do Jin claimed: «Auto Bild tests prove that due to progressive materials and industrial technologies modern balanced year-round High Performance class Optimo 4S tire can become a good alternative to winter and summer ones. We are pleased with the results that are showed by our tire as they demonstrate our urge towards the combination of comfort, economy and safety of the highest level. We will continue to please our exacting clients by our best production in all tire market segments».
Hankook Optimo 4S has an asymmetrical profile: inside side is optimized for the motion on snow, and the outside one guarantees ideal controllability and braking on wet surface. This tire is the example of “Kontrol Technology” conception, that presents the innovative approach to new production developing.
The British magazine Tyres & Accessories called Optimo 4S a possible beginning of “new tires generation”.
Now the most widespread Hankook Optimo 4S tire is 175/70R13 in size with T speed index that is perfect from compact autos to big ones.
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