5:00 PM Mon. to Fri. (closed Sat. & Sun.) Daily via UPS or FedEx Northern Race Tires has American Race Tires andHoosier Race Tires in stock Call Jack at (603) 539-1566 for more information. Official Race Tire Supplier for: PASS North and South Super Late Models, Monadnock - White Mountain - Canaan - Speedway51 - Unity - South Racing on HOOSIERS New Left side tire will be 30/35 while Right side will remain the 45. Tires may be ordered fron Northern Race Tire (603) 539-1566 or Hoosier Tire South (336) 731-6100 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2:00pm-5:00pm. Tires may be ordered by chalk size or stagger size. Payment can be made by cash orTo pay by credit card, call Northern Race Tire before picking up tires at Hoosier Tire South.PASS will continue with the American Race Tire product for the PASSNorthern Race Tire will service bothFor practice and race tires call Northern Race Tire at (603) 539-1566.

For general product information regarding Hoosier racing tires contact Jeff Freeman at We Ship Daily via UPS or FedExRepresented Hoosier Racing Tire Corp., which obtained  summary judgment in defending a nationwide antitrust action brought in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania concerning exclusive dealing with sports sanctioning bodies.Plaintiff Specialty Tires of America (STA), a producer of racing tires, alleged that defendant Hoosier Racing Tire (Hoosier), a rival tire producer, violated the antitrust laws by entering exclusive agreements with organizations that sanction races on dirt oval tracks in the United States and Canada. The agreements at issue specified that the sanctioning body must require racers to use Hoosier-branded tires, and that Hoosier would pay the sanctioning body a specified amount of sponsorship or promotional money.  STA alleged these exclusive agreements violated Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act because Hoosier had a more than 70 percent share of sales in the alleged market for "dirt oval track tires," and precluded STA from competing for the sale of such tires to racers. 

STA also sued DIRT Motor Sports, one of the sanctioning bodies with a Hoosier-only tire rule.Hoosier filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that STA could not maintain its case because did not suffer an "antitrust injury," as any loss of tire sales it suffered flowed from the competition for exclusive contracts, and injury resulting from the competitive process cannot be compensated by the antitrust laws. studded tires only on frontHoosier also argued that, as a matter of law, a sports sanctioning body can decide whether to require its participants to use a particular manufacturer's products without violating the antitrust laws. used tires dayton njHoosier objected to STA's definition of the relevant market and Hoosier's share in that market, but assumed the allegations as true for purposes of the motion.cheap tires fredericton

The Court agreed with Hoosier and granted summary judgment, holding that “there is no antitrust injury to STA when it loses the competitive battle to be the exclusive supplier,’” and that any injury when it loses a bid is "the inevitable result of competition for exclusive contracts."  The Court also held that where "a sanctioning body freely decided to adopt a single tire rule, and then freely selects a supplier, no antitrust violation is present as a matter of law -- either under Section 1 or Section 2 of the Sherman Act," regardless of market share, and that STA had not submitted any evidence that Hoosier used coercive measures to prevent STA from entering into its own exclusive single tire contracts.On appeal, the Third Circuit affirmed, in a precedential decision, noting that sports sanctioning bodies "deserve a bright-line rule to follow so they can avoid potential antitrust liability as well as time-consuming and expensive antitrust litigation," and holding that where an organization in good faith has "freely adopted their own equipment rules and then freely entered into exclusive contracts with the respective suppliers

," the resulting agreement does not violate the antitrust laws, even if the supplier has a high market share and pays for the exclusivity.Race Tires of America, Inc. v. Hoosier Racing Tire Corp., et al., 2009 WL 2998138 (W.D. Pa, Sept. 15, 2009); aff’d 614 F.3d 57 (3d Cir. July 23, 2010); costs awarded 2011 WL1748620 (W.D. Pa, May 6, 2011) These case studies should not be used as a substitute for specific legal advice. They are provided only as illustrative examples of the scope of our legal experience. They do not purport to describe all matters with which we are involved. They are summaries only of the matters presented. Every case and legal matter is different. These case studies should not be viewed as suggesting or predicting any outcome in any other legal matter. Jump to: navigation, search Hoosier Racing Tire is an American tire manufacturer primarily specializing in the production of tires for competition use. An Indiana-based company, Hoosier claims to be the world's largest race tire manufacturer.

The company was founded in 1958, and has since provided tires for use in series sanctioned by IHRA, ARCA, CRA, NASCAR, IMCA, WISSOTA, SCCA, AIS, and Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. On November 23, 2012, it was announced that the UARA-Stars Late Model series would begin using Hoosier tires in 2013. On October 4, 2016, the announcement was made that Hoosier Racing Tire was purchased by Continental AG. Race car with Hoosier tires Hoosier Racing Tire area at a 2013 ARCA Racing Series raceFounded in 1956 manufacturing magnesium racing wheels, American Racing is a wheel industry leader in craftsmanship, engineering, innovation and performance offering more than 140 wheel styles. American Racing's wheel lines include American Racing, Boyd Coddington, Motegi Racing, Twenty Inches Strong, Dropstars and the Dale Earnhardt Jr. Series.How'd you like to run head-to-head with a Ferrari 458 in the quarter-mile, using a prancing horse of a very different kind, such as a 2013 V6 Mustang?

With a properly-tuned nitrous-oxide system, you can rip an 11.5-second quarter-mile in a six-speed, six-cylinder Mustang. Might cost you two grand, a bit more if you spend a lot of time tuning it. This might be a surprise to you, but street racers have known for a long time that "the bottle" is the cheapest way to make straight-line speed. Forget what you saw in the Fast & Furious movies; "NOS" doesn't really work like that. But it does work.Road racers and track rats can't benefit from nitrous oxide; the use of it is banned almost universally on road courses. There is a cheap-ish way to dramatically lower your laptimes, however. Just switch to a DOT-R tire like the Hoosier R7 or Hankook C51. It's not a free lunch, however. DOT-R tires have a very short lifespan compared to street rubber, most of them aren't very good in the rain, and none of them are worth a damn in near-freezing temperatures like the ones you'll occasionally encounter in an early-spring or late-fall trackday.The easiest way to handle these issues is to just drag your tires behind you on a trailer.

I've been doing that with my Boxster since 2005. When I get to the track, I jack the car up, remove the wheels with my street tires, and put the R-compounds on. While I'm at it, I'll bleed the brakes and do a general check on the suspension. At last count, the Boxster and I have attended about sixty-five trackdays in that fashion. Often, we'll paddock next to several other cars that are doing the same thing.In the past three or so years, however, the trackday-tire paradigm has changed dramatically. A new generation of maximum-performance, 200-treadwear entries from BFGoodrich, Yokohama, Falken, Dunlop, and others promise that you can drive them to track, rip off a couple days' worth of hot laps, then head home in perfect safety and comfort. As the great Patrick Bedard used to say, however, I'm from Missouri when it comes to claims like that. In other words, you're gonna have to show me.Last month, a few of my friends here at R&T and I decided to race my 1995 Plymouth Neon in the AER event at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

AER mandates 180-treadwear tires, so we asked BFGoodrich for a set of their "Rival S" in 225/45ZR15. But because we can't resist a little bit of experimentation, we brought along a set of DOT-R racing tires for comparison purposes.I'm currently racing my Neon in NASA using the Hankook C51. Well, I'm not racing it right now. My regional series director banned me for a while because we had a disagreement. I'm sure it will all work out and I'll return to NASA next year. But that's besides the point. The Neon absolutely adores the C51, allowing me to grab a 2nd-place finish at my last NASA race. But they are absolutely slick tires, with just the two shadow grooves required for DOT legality. Comparing them to the Rivals would be ridiculous, because the moment it rains you can't use the Hankooks.So we mounted up a set of Toyo R888s and took them to New Jersey to face the music. The R888 is a full-tread-depth tire that has a reputation for being pretty decent in club racing. Not great, but pretty decent.

My R888s were in pretty good shape, although they were date-coded back to the Bronze Age. They've been stored in the dark and they're still plenty grippy.Our fastest time on the Toyos was 1:22.104. This qualified us very well for the next day's race. We had to go to the AER people and beg them to drop us to a lower class. Thankfully, one of our more ethical team members had warned them in advance that we were using 'cheater' tires in practice and qualifying, so there was no issue. All of our drivers loved the Neon on the Toyos, saying good things about the car's balance, predictability, and ultimate grip in the midcorner.So we switched to brand-new Rivals and headed back out. This time, our best time was 1:23.301. Compared to the race tires, the Rivals were short on maximum grip. But our drivers reported that the Neon was easier to drive up to the limit of the tires. All of them felt that the limit of the Rivals was "wider," which is to say that you have more room for error or adjustment when you're cornering or braking as hard as you can.

The Rivals were considered to be a bit more heat-sensitive; you had to be more careful about pushing them too hard over the course of several laps.It's worth noting that at least two members of our team posted about the same times on both tires; only our most experienced club racers could get that extra second out of the Toyos. Also worth noting: temperatures were in the eighties both days, without a drop of rain. In colder weather, we'd expect that already small gap to shrink farther. If it had rained. . . well, let's just say that the Rivals would have been much better at shedding water. It's a brave person who races in the rain on most R-compound tires. Add standing water into the equation, and the line between brave and foolhardy is crossed pretty quickly.Best of all, the BFGs showed negligible wear after seventy laps. If the thermostat hadn't blown up on us, ending our race weekend early, I think we could have run them both days for the full distance with no troubles. We'll certainly expect more race weekends out of them.

Should you, the recreational trackday driver, choose the Rivals, or another tire of this type, over "R-comps?" I think the answer depends on what you value more: your own time, or your lap time. If you need that last second or two, then by all means load up the trailer and deal with everything that the tire-tow strategy entails. But if you're interested in reducing your stress and your time spend kneeling on the ground with a wrench before dawn, then you should definitely consider trying out a modern 200-treadwear summer tire. It won't get you through an ice storm, and it won't last through a decade's worth of commuting, but neither will you find yourself shaving your R-comps before each session with a putty knife strapped to a heat gun. Yes, people do that. Racers are strange, weird, and remarkably cheap people. Who else would think of drag-racing against a Ferrari with an entry-level Mustang?Born in Brooklyn but banished to Ohio, Jack Baruth has won races on four different kinds of bicycles and in seven different kinds of cars.