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Discount Tire Store Manager Wins Dunlop Drivers Cup U.S. Qualifier

(Akron/Tire Review) Billy Link, store manager at Houston’s Discount Tire Co., won the Dunlop Drivers Cup U.S. Qualifier at Virginia International Raceway and will represent the U.S. in Hanau, Germany, at the championship.

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He will compete in a multi-day driving event that begins in Hanau on Apr. 14 and ends in Marrakech, Morocco.

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The Dunlop Drivers Cup included on-track racing, karting, autocross, off-road sport-utility, off-road all-terrain vehicle and motocross events and featured SP Sport Maxx ultra-performance tires, according to the Dunlop brand division of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Other retailers that competed at Virginia International Raceway included: Josh Baughman, general manager of wholesale operations, North Central Tire, Canton, Ohio; Steven Andre, vice president of retail operations and owner Steven Sorbaro, Mavis Tire, Mt. Kisco, N.Y.; Jim Uliano, vice president of retail operations, Town Fair Tire, East Haven, Conn.; Angelo Ianelli, general manager of wholesale operations, Albert Tire, Pennsauken, N.J.; Fred Allen Jr., vice president, Allen Tire, Los Angeles; Marco Brodeur, region manager, Unimax, Granby, Quebec.

European Dunlop officials started Drivers Cup in 1998 to showcase Dunlop’s racing heritage and its line of passenger, truck, motorcycle and all-terrain tire lines.

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