CYPRESS, CA – Toyo Tiresreturns to the 25-Hours of Thunderhill on December 6^th-8^th to once again offer VIP treatment for racers competing exclusively on the Toyo Proxes line of tires.  The 25-Hours of Thunderhill is held annually at Thunderhill Raceway Park, located near the town of Willlows in Northern California.  The event is considered the longest endurance road race in North America and attracts hundreds of National Auto Sport Association (NASA) road racing competitors.

The Official Tire of NASA, Toyo Tires proudly supports the 2013 series of races with an Enduro Contingency program.  During the 25-Hours of Thunderhill race, the brand will once again ‘roll out the red carpet’ for loyal Toyo Tires racers.  Registered participants will receive free mounting and balancing services from Thunderhill AIM Tire on all preorders and via trackside service at Thunderhill Raceway Park from December 6^th-8^th.

All qualified participants and their qualifying support team members will have access to free meals at the Toyo Tires hospitality area on Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the race event.  During practice on Friday, guests are welcome to a morning breakfast, and can dine on snacks, lunch, dinner and beverages.  Saturday’s race day will have all meals available from breakfast to dinner while Sunday morning guests will receive breakfast.

“While Toyo Tires supports all NASA endurance racing throughout the year with an excellent contingency program, the 25-Hours of Thunderhill represents the culmination of the efforts made by all racing competitors throughout the year,” said Marc Sanzenbacher, senior manager, Competition Performance Products Division, Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp.  “Toyo Tires continues its efforts to give back to the dedicated NASA racers who compete on Toyo Proxes tires.”

Registration for this special program is limited.  All purchases must be made through Thunderhill AIM Tire at (530) 934 5588 ext. 118 or http://www.thunderhillaimtire.com/, or AIM Tire at (707) 938-9193 or www.aimtire.com  by November 25^th.

The program applies to racers using the Toyo Proxes RS1 full-slick and Proxes RR DOT competition tire in dry conditions; while the Proxes R888, Proxes RA1 and Proxes R1R are approved for wet use.

For full details on how to qualify to be a preferred VIP Toyo Tires racer, and to access the registration form for this promotion, log on to www.nasaproracing.com.

About Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp.

Toyo Tires offers Proxes and Open Country tires for a variety of motorsports applications.  Proxes equipped cars have won championships in autocross, road racing, time attack and drifting, while Toyo is the Official Tire of NASA, The Cadillac Challenge and PCA HPDE.

Our Open Country tires for off-road competition have won stages in the Dakar, the Baja 500 and 1000 overall, two SCORE-International Overall Championships, the Best In The Desert series Grand Champion, Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Pro 4 Class Championship, Stadium SUPER Trucks; and in other forms of motorsport such as rock crawling and rock racing.

For more information on competition Toyo tires that deliver championships, log onto www.toyotires.com and connect with the community at Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google+.

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