The FIA European Truck Racing Championship starts on Goodyear tyres

May 23, 2019 - At the start of the 2019 season, Goodyear announced its commitment to truck racing for many years. The international tyre manufacturer was recently selected as the exclusive tyre partner by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and will supply the truck racing tyres for the FIA European Truck Racing Championship until 2021, in its 5.5-tonne racing trucks with up to 1500 horsepower to hunt to 160 km / h quickly over the track.

All participants will race on specially developed Goodyear truck racing tyres.The truck racing tyres are used in the dimension 315/70 R 22.5 and have a similar carcass as the series tyres from Goodyear. The carcass has been optimized to reduce the risk of overheating. At the same time, the tyres have more lateral stability. They also have a specially designed tread that provides excellent traction on both dry and wet roads. Combined with a characteristic asymmetric shoulder design and circumferential grooves, the tread compound gives all riders a versatile and consistent performance on all tracks.

All truck racing tyres are equipped with RFID chips and are thus recognizable. The advantage: The FIA can monitor every tyre and make sure that all teams adhere to the rulesregarding the number and use of racing tyres.

For the next three years, all trucks in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship race on Goodyear racing tyres.