Cars That Go Fast: KUMHO - THE TYRES TO HAVE ON THE 2008 MANX RALLY

KUMHO - THE TYRES TO HAVE ON THE 2008 MANX RALLY
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Elton on 22 May, 2008 05:44:00
 
Welshman Melvyn Evans won the RBS International Manx Rally on May 9/10, beating
Roger Duckworth into second place by less than a minute – both were driving
Subaru Impreza WRCs shod with Kumho tyres.
This was Evans’ second victory on the Manx. The event also represented a
welcome return to competition for Duckworth and co-driver Mark Broomfield,
following their accident on the Cork 20 International Rally last October. It was
the team’s first rally on Kumho tyres too - a strong showing that brought them
maximum points towards the 2008 Pirelli MSA Gravel Rally Championship.
For Kumho, it was another powerful statement to the world of rallying – one
of several branches of motorsport in which the company is making very rapid
progress. With the fourth-placed Audi A3 Quattro of David Kynaston and Andy
Russell also running on Kumhos, the company had three representatives among the
top four finishers.
Among its other recent successes was Niall McShea’s historic victory in the
Production Class of last November’s Rally Ireland, which was achieved with a
mix of Kumho’s proven C03 and its new TW02 rally tyre.
The next round of the Pirelli MSA  Gravel Rally Championship will be the Severn
Valley Rally on May 30 at  Llandrindod Wells.
For further information about Kumho  and its products log onto
www.kumhotyre.co.uk.