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Orange-infused tires perform well at Sebring

Prior to last weekend's race at Sebring, we told you about Yokohama's plan to debut their ADVAN® ENV-R1™, a new kind of tire that uses orange oil to displace about 10 percent of the total amount of petroleum used in the making of the rubber. Now that the race is over, we're naturally wondering how the new tire technology fared in competition. Apparently, rather well. Bob Faieta, winner of the class he was competing in, said, "Yokohama provided us with just an incredible tire this weekend. It was consistent through the whole race and ... Read more →

Yokohama to debut orange oil race tires at Sebring Sam Abuelsamid

Tire companies like Yokohama have been experimenting in recent years with replacing petroleum in tires with other materials and next week's race weekend at Sebring will see one of these products ...

Orange-infused tires perform well at Sebring 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Prior to last weekend's race at Sebring, we told you about Yokohama's plan to debut their ADVAN® ENV-R1™, a new kind of tire that uses orange oil to displace about 10 percent of the total amount of petroleum used in the making of the rubber. Now that the race is over, we're naturally ...

Yokohama to debut orange oil race tires at Sebring 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Tire companies like Yokohama have been experimenting in recent years with replacing petroleum in tires with other materials and next week's race weekend at Sebring will see one of these products at work. All the cars in the Porsche GT3 Challenge will be running on Yokohama ADVAN® ...


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