Yokohama is pleased to announce that machines equipped with ADVAN tyres finished first and second in the top JN-1 class at the Shinshiro Rally 2021, Round 2 of this year’s Japanese Rally Championship series, held during March 19-21.
As Round 1 originally scheduled to be held in February was cancelled, the Shinshiro Rally was effectively the first round of this year’s series. Competing in heavy rain, the Toshihiro Arai/Naoya Tanaka team driving the FUJISUBARU AMS WRX STI finished ahead of the pack, followed by the Hiroki Arai/Noritaka Kosaka team in their ADVAN KYB AMS WRX.
The result is a great start toward the ultimate goal of capturing the series top JN-1 class championship. Teams drove to the finish on “ADVAN A08B”and “ADVAN A052” street sport tyres.
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The consumer tyre business in Yokohama Rubber’s new three-year (2021–2023) medium-term management plan, Yokohama Transformation 2023 (YX2023), aims to maximize the sales ratios of high-value-added YOKOHAMA tyres, namely the global flagship ADVAN brand, the GEOLANDAR brand of tyres for SUVs and pickup trucks, and various winter tyres.
YX2023 positions participation in motorsports activities as crucial to the company’s effort to develop new tyre technologies that will further strengthen the ADVAN and GEOLANDAR brands. Yokohama Rubber, therefore, is again participating in a wide variety of motorsports events in Japan and around the globe, from top-category to grassroots events.
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Established in 1917, the Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., opened its Hiranuma Plant in Yokohama in 1920 and began selling Japan’s first corded tyre, the Hama Town Cord, a year later.
After World War II, in 1950 Yokohama Rubber opened its Hiratsuka Factory, which remains one of the company’s core manufacturing facilities. Responding to diversifying needs during Japan’s postwar reconstruction, Yokohama Rubber developed not only tyres and belts but a wide variety of products and grew into a comprehensive rubber products manufacturer.
Yokohama Rubber has a history of pioneering that has kept it at the forefront of its industry throughout its more than 100-year history. Since its foundation, Yokohama Rubber has continually accepted new challenges, thus ensuring its position as an industry leader.
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