Yokohama ADVAN-Equipped Car Finishes First in Its Class at This Year’s Nürburgring 24-Hour Race

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., is pleased to announce that a car running on its ADVAN global flagship brand tires was the winner in the SP9 PRO-AM class at this year’s running of the 53rd ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring (hereafter, the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race), which was held on June 19–22 in Germany.

The SP9 PRO-AM class winning car was the No. 65 HRT Ford Mustang GT3 entered by Germany’s Haupt Racing Team (HRT). The SP9 PRO-AM class pits mixed teams of professional and amateur drivers competing in the highest SP9 class. The No. 65 HRT Ford Mustang GT3 team ran at stably high speeds and kept the car among the top 10 from the early stages of the race. It took the checkered flag in fourth place among all cars and first among SP9 PRO-AM class entrants. The fourth place overall finish was the highest ever for a PRO-AM team, another example of the outstanding support provided by Yokohama Rubber’s ADVAN racing tires.

Yokohama Rubber and HRT are also partnering in this year’s Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) races, which began in March. HRT is competing this year with the support of Ford Performance, the racing division of Ford Motor Company, and the class victory at the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race was the first victory for a Ford Mustang GT3 in a major European race. HRT will use ADVAN tires in future NLS races, including the series’ 6th race to be held in August.

The Nürburgring 24-Hour Race is held on Germany’s Nürburgring circuit, one of the world’s most challenging race circuits. Each year, the race is an event that features strong competition among the world’s leading tire makers. Over the years, Yokohama Rubber has supported many teams participating in the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race, and cars equipped with YOKOHAMA tires have won the overall championship three times.

The consumer tire strategy in Yokohama Rubber’s three-year (2024–2026) medium-term management plan, Yokohama Transformation 2026 (YX2026), aims to maximize the sales ratios of high-value-added tires by expanding sales of YOKOHAMA’s global flagship ADVAN brand, the GEOLANDAR brand of tires for SUVs and pickup trucks, winter tires, and 18-inch and larger tires. Yokohama Rubber positions participation in motorsports activities as crucial to its effort to further strengthen the ADVAN and GEOLANDAR brands. Yokohama Rubber therefore is again participating in a wide variety of motorsports events around the globe, from top-category to grassroots events.

SP9 PRO-AM class winner HRT Ford Mustang GT3

Haupt Racing Team: Winner of the SP9 PRO-AM class (4th place overall)

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