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General Tire is Official Tire of 2008 KMC Wheels TROPHYLITE Championship Series Presented by KC HiLiTES

03/07/2008

General Tire will be the official tire for the inaugural season of the 2008 KMC Wheels TROPHYLITE Championship Series Presented by KC HiLiTES. Beginning with the Best in the Desert Blue Water Gran Prix May 16-18, all TROPHYLITE competitors will be equipped with the new General Tire Grabber competition tires. The 2008 series will feature five races that will include both desert and short course settings. “We are excited to form a partnership with TROPHYLITE LLC, and are looking forward to the feedback that we will be able to gain in our constant effort to provide the best tire for TROPHYLITE competitors and off-road enthusiasts alike,” said Tony Talbert, General Tire product manager. “We are pleased to have a company of General Tire’s caliber sign on as the exclusive tire of TROPHYLITE, said Matt Scaroni, TROPHYLITE founder and CEO. “We believe the TROPHYLITE concept is the perfect match for General Tire and its quest to develop the best off-road tire on the market.” TROPHYLITE is an affordable spec racing concept which provides the average off-road enthusiast the chance to step from the sidelines into the driver’s seat. TROPHYLITE offers not only a very affordable high performance spec race truck, but also the chance to compete in a real racing series. TROPHYLITE-manufactured trucks are based on a light duty two-wheel drive production Chevrolet truck, with a TROPHYLITE LLC chassis, approved drive train, and approved suspension components. Chassis, drive train, and suspension components also must be spec TROPHYLITE LLC components. “We are very pleased to team with Matt Scaroni and TROPHYLITE,” said Travis Roffler, director of marketing, General Tire. “This is an all-new class of vehicles and racing series for the off-road community, and we’re excited to be a part of its beginning.” General Tire has ‘unleashed the fury’ in off-road competitive performance with its Grabber competition tires as General Tire powers into off-road racing in 2008. 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.