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Voss Motorsports Team Conquers Pike's Peak Baja Protruck Event on General Tire GRABBER Competition Tires
08/01/2008
Voss Motorsports Team Conquers Pike’s Peak Baja Protruck EventOn General Tire GRABBER® Competition Tires
CHARLOTTE, NC – (August 1, 2008) – Jason Voss and James East of Voss Motorsports took home a first place finish in the Pike’s Peak Baja Protruck challenge, held July 14-20 in Colorado Springs. General Tire is the spec tire for the Ivan “Ironman” Stewart ProTruck class for the 2008 off-road season. The team, piloting a 2005 Ford Pro Truck, finished with a time of 14:08.096.
Mike Childress, running a 2003 Ford F150, took second place with a time of 14:16.70; and the Voss Motorsports team of Richard Voss/Peter Renn, in a 2005 Ford Pro Truck, finished third with a time of 14:31.713.
“The Baja Protruck off-road series is offering up some of the most exciting desert racing anywhere this season, and we are very pleased with the performance of our new Grabber competition tires,” said Travis Roffler, General Tire’s director of marketing. “We are thrilled to team with Ivan Stewart, one of the most accomplished drivers in off-road racing, and it is gratifying that he has placed his trust in specifying our tires in their inaugural season.” 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. “I’m very impressed with the quality and durability of the General Grabber,” Stewart said. “These drivers demand a tire that can stand up to no matter what the desert throws at it, and we’ve found that in the Grabber.” Stewart has been a consistent winner since he burst onto the off-road scene in 1973 with the Ensenada 300. Since then, he’s chalked up 84 career victories and 10 driver's championships. The wins include 17 Baja 500s, eight Mint 400s, four Parker 400s, three Baja 1000s and four SCORE World Championships.“These tires are proving to be ultimate contenders in the desert. They can withstand the extreme terrains encountered in desert racing,” Roffler added. “We are confident that these tires will make the off-road racing community sit up and take notice.”
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