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Yokohama US to Supply Control Tyres for New Porsche Racing Series

Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., have recently announced that its US tyre sales company Yokohama Tire Corpora- tion (YTC) will supply Advan racing tyres as the control tyre for a new Porsche racing series, which will be held in the United States and Canada from 2021.
YTC will supply the Advan A005 for use on dry tracks and the Advan A006 for use on wet tracks.
The Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama will be a one-make competition for type 991 generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport race cars. The Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama will be held on the weekend of 12th –14th March at the Sebring International Raceway in Florida.
YTC has been supporting a number of other Porsche motors- ports events in North America in recent years, including supply- ing control tyres for the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama, as well as the Porsche Pikes Peak Trophy by Yokohama in 2020. The company has claimed that the selection evaluation of the tyres’ superior performance and YTC’s stable supply structure.
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