BFGoodrich/Hurst/Woodhouse Ford Mustang Pace Car, built by Hurst Performance in conjunction with Woodhouse Auto Family of Blair, Neb. and BFGoodrich, sold for $120,000 at the 39th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit the newest Victory Junction Gang Camp in Kansas City, KS, a year-round facility that serves children with chronic medical conditions and serious illnesses. In addition to taking home the highly-collectible pace car, Kyle and Pattie Petty, founders of Victory Junction Gang Camps, extended a special bonus to the winning bidder; an invitation to be their guests for a day for a tour of the Camp, an afternoon of hunting or fishing with Kyle and then join them for dinner at the Petty Farm.

BFGoodrich Tires will be supporting 11 vehicles competing in NASA’s (National Autosport Association) 25 Hours of Thunderhill taking place Dec. 4-6, 2009.  The teams will put their BFGoodrich g-Force™ R1™ tires to the test during the grueling 25 hour endurance race at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, Calif. The nine teams that have selected BFGoodrich tires as their tire of choice for the race will benefit from the professional technical engineering and tire fitting support that BFGoodrich brings to each of its sponsored events.  The field of 11 vehicles shod with BFGoodrich tires will range from Mazda MX-5s to the BMW M3 and boasts the best in motorsports including seasoned race drivers, media and celebrities alike. 

Officials with Rally America, Inc., the premier sanctioning body for performance rally competition in North America, announced today that BFGoodrich Tires has joined them as the presenting sponsor of the 2009 and 2010 Rally America National Championship Awards Banquets. A longtime supporter of performance rally competition world-wide, BFGoodrich builds world-class rally tires which are the choice of many of the world’s top rally teams including many in the Rally America National Championship and various Regional rally events held across the U.S. and North America

Hurst Performance Vehicles, a company who is responsible for some of the most iconic pace cars in racing history, announced today that it has partnered with BFGoodrich Tires, to create a very special supercharged 2010 Mustang convertible to serve as the official pace car for the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge event held at Miller Motorsports Park. The BFGoodrich/Hurst Mustang pace car will debut at the last Ford Racing Mustang Challenge race of the season on Sept. 19.

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.

BFGoodrich Tires is looking to continue its winning ways at the X Games 15 rally competition as the tire of choice for six of the 12 invited athletes.  BFGoodrich Tires will partner with Subaru Rally Team USA and Vermont SportsCar for the fourth straight year, having been part of their multiple medal performances at X Games 12, 13 and 14.  BFGoodrich Tires is also the tire of choice for Ford’s Fiesta team, which will make its X Games debut at the Rally Car Racing Super Special on Sunday, Aug. 2.

For drivers who opt for high performance in their sporty sedans, coupes and hatchbacks, BFGoodrich Tires has announced an extension to its g-Force™ Super Sport A/S tire line.  Available in 16 new H- and V-rated sizes, the BFGoodrich g-Force Super Sport A/S tire will be available to consumers in May 2009, inspiring performance driving all year round. “At BFGoodrich Tires, we understand that consumers want to drive their performance vehicle in different weather conditions – without sacrificing grip in wet, dry and snow,” said Tricia Linder, brand category manager for BFGoodrich Tires.  “The 16 additional sizes to the g-Force Super Sport A/S tire line will give more drivers the opportunity to experience year-round control through BFGoodrich Tires’ track heritage providing the performance expected from a tire, regardless of the weather.”

BFGoodrich Tires won gold and bronze medals last weekend during the X Games 14 Rally Super Special in Los Angeles. Travis Pastrana (Subaru/BFGoodrich Tires) took home the gold medal while his Subaru Rally USA/Vermont SportCar teammates, Ken Block and BMX legend Dave Mirra (Subaru/BFGoodrich Tires) each earned bronze medals after Block’s car failed to start for the second semi-final heat race to determine third place.

BFGoodrich Tires is combining its winning technology with the skill of legendary BMX star Dave Mirra and 2004 WRC Production Class champion Niall McShea for X Games 14.  Mirra will be partnered with co-driver Alex Kihurani and McShea will team up with co-driver Marshall Clarke for the Rally Racing Super Special on August 3.  Each will field a BFGoodrich Tires-backed Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car prepared by Vermont SportsCar for the ever-popular X Games four-wheel competition.

BFGoodrich Tires takes pride in being the predominant tire in nearly every type of racing while supporting many grassroots forms of motorsports.  As the presenting sponsor and official tire of the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup, BFGoodrich Tires is excited to take part in the seven-race professional championship series which kicks off this weekend at Road Atlanta.  Through its involvement in the series, BFGoodrich Tires staff and engineers will be on hand to support racers and teams while outfitting the series’ factory built Ford Mustang FR500S race cars with BFGoodrich® g-Force R1™ tires.

BFGoodrich Tires had an impressive showing as the 2008 Formula Drift season kicked-off with on the streets of Long Beach last weekend. Two-time Formula Drift champion Samuel “The Crazy Swede” Hübinette captured the top qualifier honors and continued his momentum straight through to the finals where he earned a runner-up finish behind the wheel of his NuFormz Racing Mopar Dodge Viper SRT10 equipped with BFGoodrich g-Force T/A®KDW tires.

Samuel “The Crazy Swede” Hübinette is adding a new weapon to his formidable combination of horsepower and torque currently found in his Team Mopar/Nuformz Dodge Charger SRT8.  After careful testing and collaboration, the team is stepping up to the massive 335/30ZR18 BFGoodrich g-Force T/AKDW tire to attack the asphalt for the remaining rounds in the 2007 Formula Drift series.

Hübinette was previously using a 295/35ZR19 NT BFGoodrich g-Force T/AKDW tire, which proved to be effective due to its long and narrow contact area, but the team noticed that the requirements needed to position Hübinette’s Dodge Charger SRT8 for the best possible scores in Formula Drift competition could be improved.  With this knowledge in hand, BFGoodrich’s team of engineers recommended this alternate size from the depth of available dimensions within the g-Force T/AKDW tire line-up to better suit the Dodge Charger’s performance capabilities.

A first place finish for Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena and second spot for Dani Sordo/Marc Marti ensured yet another one-two success for Citroën/BFGoodrich Tires on the asphalt of Catalonia Spain. The BFGoodrich® Tires pair left no hope for Ford Focus/BFGoodrich’s Marcus Grönholm and Mikko Hirvonen who followed in third and fourth places respectively. Sébastien Loeb’s 35th world-class win takes him to within six points of Grönholm in the Drivers’ championship, while Ford/BFGoodrich continues to top the provisional Manufacturers’ standings going into next weekend’s Tour de Corse in France.

The outcome of the 2007 Rally RACC Cataluña-Costa Daurada was essentially decided on the dramatic first leg, which was marked by changing weather conditions. The heavy showers that fell over the Costa Daurada region before the start left the roads damp and even very wet in places as crews pulled out of the Port Aventura service park early Friday morning.

The 2007 Rally New Zealand will without a doubt be remembered for many years to come. Finland’s Marcus Grönholm (Ford/BFGoodrich Tires) won the event by finishing just three tenths of a second clear of Sébastien Loeb (Citroën/BFGoodrich Tires) after 353.56km of stages, making it the narrowest-ever winning margin in WRC history. Grönholm’s fifth success of the year gives him a 10-point lead over Loeb in the Drivers’ championship, while Ford/BFGoodrich Tires goes even further clear in Manufacturers’ standings.

Whaanga Coast, Te Akau, Waitomo and Port Waikato are some of world rallying’s finest stages. Every one of them takes place to a magical backdrop, in unimaginably stunning scenery ranging from lush forest, gently rolling green hills and the Tasmanian Sea coastline. Any one of these spots would have provided a fitting location to clinch this year’s Rally New Zealand.

BFGoodrich® Tires captured sliver and bronze medals last weekend during the X Games 13 Rally Super Special in Los Angeles.  Ken Block (Subaru/BFGoodrich Tires) took home the silver medal while his Subaru Rally USA teammate and last year’s gold medal winner, Travis Pastrana (Subaru/BFGoodrich Tires) took the bronze medal in a semi-final heat race to determine third place. 

Pastrana, the defending X Games Rally Champion and Moto X Freestyle legend of double backflip fame, was automatically the top-seed in his BFGoodrich-shod Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car to start the event.  During the quarter-final round of eliminations, Pastrana was paired against and defeated Paul Choiniere, granting him a position in the semi-finals against Tanner Foust.  During the dramatic semi-final round, Pastrana slid into Foust’s lane in a spectacular push for the win and was disqualified, thus giving the win to Foust who faced Block in the finals.