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KORE Racing – Kent Kroeker Wins Stock Full Class at The General Tire Mint 400

03/29/2008

LAS VEGAS, NV – (March 29, 2008) – The General Grabber™ competition tires take home another first place win in the Stock Full class at the legendary Mint 400 race in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kent Kroeker of KORE Racing piloted his General Tire 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4, powered by a 5.7 liter Hemi® V-8 shod with General Grabber™ competition tires to a solid win .

“We are excited about Kroeker’s first place win on the new General Grabber competition tire,” said Travis Roffler, director of marketing, General Tire. “I knew that the tire would “Unleash the Fury’ at this important race and that Kroeker was the man to win stock full.”

“This is KORE’s first Mint 400 win and we couldn’t be more pleased with the Dodge truck, my crew and of course these incredible tires.” stated Kent Kroeker, KORE Racing. “The Mint 400 course is difficult and we are amazed at the abuse the General Grabber competition tires took without any problems.”

Originally created in 1969, the “Del Webb Mint 400 Desert Rally" as the first race was known, ran between the Mint Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas, and its sister hotel, The Sahara Tahoe. It was a demanding 400-mile course, with a lucrative purse, and over the years it attracted not only the best drivers in off-road racing, but also a number of celebrities.

Then in 1988, the Mint Hotel was sold and the historic race disappeared.

The new General Tire Mint 400 started from the El Cortez Hotel & Casino and wound through an arduous 95-mile lap course to the finish line some 16 hours later.

General Tire has ‘unleashed the fury’ in off-road competitive performance with its Grabber competition tires as General Tire powers into the 2008 off-road racing season.

Designed with a tough, three-ply Duragen™-reinforced body construction to stand up to the rigors of off-road conditions, the Grabber also features a newly-developed competition-specific tread compound. General Tire offers two distinct tread designs for different types of competitive conditions. In addition, the Grabber name and General Tire logo are prominently featured on the sidewall in red and white letters. The Grabber competition tires are designed in size 37x 12.50R17 for class 1, 7S, 7 unlimited, 8 and trophy truck.