Hankook to Compete in Japan GT

(Akron/Tire Review) Hankook Tire Co. will enter Japan’s Super GT Championships this year, and will team with former champion Team Endless Sports in the Super GT 300 class.

Published: February 27, 2006

Rated as one of the world’s three major Grand Touring events, Japan’s Super GT Championships feature some 40 teams, 19 vehicle badges, 100 drivers and 50,000 spectators per race. The two-class series – GT 300 and GT 500 – will have nine races this year.

“The event presents a good opportunity to showcase Hankook Tire’s technology level to the world,” said Hankook Tire Vice President Hyun-shik Cho. “We will do our best to finish in the top group and make our racing fans proud.”

Hankook said it also plans to participate in the 24 Hours of LeMans and FIA’s GT series in Europe.

Double Coin adds two all-steel ST radial sizes to its RT500 tire lineup

These include ST235/80R16 and ST235/85R16 sizes and are designed explicitly for high-speed trailer use.

By Christian Hinton

Published: April 19, 2024

CMA and Double Coin have introduced two new all-steel ST radial tires to the Double Coin lineup. The additions are 16-in. sizes, expanding on the RT500 model. These include ST235/80R16 and ST235/85R16 sizes and are designed explicitly for high-speed trailer use, CMA/Double Coin said.

"These additions fill a need our customers have asked about for some time," said Aaron Murphy, senior vice president at Double Coin. "We’re excited that the time has arrived to add these quality trailer tires to our Double Coin stable of products.”