Goodyear gets set for new challenge with ETCR deal
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Goodyear is looking forward to its new venture as the exclusive tyre supplier to the PURE ETCR series, which kicks off at Vallelunga on the 18-20th of June.
The company secured the deal to supply ETCR as part of an expanding touring car portfolio that already includes WTCR and the British Touring Car Championship.
“Goodyear has developed a completely new tyre for the PURE ETCR,” project manager Sebastian Trinks told TouringCarTimes. “We launched a new Eagle SuperSport RS range for road legal cars and then adapted this tyre for the PURE ETCR.”
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While Volvo has been in and out of various championships, it has claimed a title in all but one programme and ended on top with the 2017 world title, before ceasing its motorsport operations for, what appears to be, good at the end of that title winning season.
Let’s start from the beginning:
The Volvo 240 Turbo – Group A
While Volvo models were present in touring car racing prior to the 240 Turbo in privateer hands, this model marked the first official racing factory programme for the Swedish brand.