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  • General Tire Dominates the Best in the Desert Championship

    BJ Baldwin wins 2010 BITDHENDERSON, Nevada – (Dec 6, 2010) – Team General Tire crushed the competition taking Best in the Desert Championships in three classes.   “Ballistic” BJ Baldwin unleashed the fury this season on BITD and won the Championship in the Trick Truck class.  One of GT’s young guns Jason Voss followed up with a 2nd place finish in the championship and won the Trick Truck class at the TransWest Ford Henderson 250 Dec 3rd – 5th.

    David Schneider also answered the GT calling with a championship in class 4400, as well as Louis Chamberlin gave the competition his all and won the championship in class 7-2.  Procuring General’s first championship in a desert racing series since its re-launch into desert racing in 2007, Team GT pulled out all the stops at this Best in the Desert series crowning event. (more…)

  • General Tire tears up the desert at the 43rd annual Tecate Baja 1000

    ENSENADA, Baja, Mexico – (Nov. 23, 2010) – Team General Tire and the General Tire Grabber competition tire took on the desert once more at the 43rd annual Tecate Baja 1000, which stretches from Ensenada to La Paz, Mexico,  and results in the longest version of the SCORE Baja 1000 known as the Peninsula Run.

    Team General Tire was primed to unleash its fury on the desert’s most fearsome course for its third consecutive season.  Finishing at the top, was the unstoppable team of Kent Kroeker, who placed second in Class 8 and “Ballistic” BJ Baldwin who took home fourth place in Trophy Truck. (more…)

  • Team General Tire storms Round 13 and 14 of the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series in Las Vegas with six podium finishes

    LAS VEGAS – (Nov. 10, 2010) – The beautiful sunny and clear Las Vegas weather didn’t disappoint this weekend, and neither did the action-packed Round 13 and 14 races of the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Nov. 6 and 7.

    The Round 13 Pro 2 Unlimited race Saturday saw an intense neck-and-neck battle for first place between two members of Team General Tire, Carl Renezeder and Robby Woods.  Woods and Renezeder led the pack for the entirety of the race, creating a daunting gap for rest of the drivers to overcome. After several turns, Renezeder pushed hard to take first position from Woods in turn eight and held the lead till the race’s end, taking home first place with Woods in second. Woods celebrated his first podium finish in 2010. The extreme action continued at the Pro 4 race Saturday where Renezeder made his mark once more, stealing second in the final lap. (more…)

  • Rick D. Johnson takes home first in Trick Truck and first overall for Team GT at 2010 BITD Vegas to Reno

    LAS VEGAS, NV – (August 23, 2010) – Team General Tire’s Rick D. Johnson stole the show with an incredible victory at the 2010 Best In The Desert Vegas to Reno Race Aug. 20, landing him not only first in Trick Truck, but first overall.

    The dust did more than soar for Johnson’s opponents at Friday’s heart-pounding BITD race – it consumed them. The Team General Tire Trick Truck driver left his contenders in a cloud of dust as he took an incredible 3-mile lead. He held his position strong, battling through the desert’s rugged terrain and remaining at the head of the pack at mile marker 355. (more…)

  • Team General to Storm 2010 General Tire Mint 400

    LAS VEGAS – (March 25, 2010) – Team General Tire will be well represented at this weekend’s 2010 General Tire Mint 400, and will field a record 11 teams spanning several classes.

    • “Ballistic” BJ Baldwin, Unlimited Truck
    • Bobby Baldwin, Unlimited Truck
    • Rick D. Johnson, Unlimited Truck
    • Ed Stout, Unlimited Truck
    • Jerry Zaiden and Jason Campbell, Unlimited Truck
    • Jason and Rich Voss, Unlimited Truck
    • Jason McNeil, Unlimited Truck
    • Kent Kroeker, Class 8 – Debut of new truck
    • Marc Burnett, Class 7
    • Brandt Anderson, Class 7sx
    • Mike Childress – Class 1

    “Team GT is performing better than ever this year on our Grabber competition tires,” said Travis Roffler, director of marketing, General Tire.  “As title sponsor, the Mint holds a special place in all of our hearts, so the team is really pumped up.  We’re looking forward to seeing everyone on the podium at the end of the weekend!”

    If you can’t be there in person to see all the heart-pounding action, real-time, up-to-the-minute information on the event can be found at www.twitter.com/teamgt; and tracking will be available at www.generaltire.com. (more…)

  • Team General Tire Signs Short Course Sensation Greg Adler

    Fort Mill, SC – March 4, 2010 – Team General Tire has added Greg Adler Motorsports to its growing roster of short-course drivers in the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series.  Adler will compete in the Unlimited 2 class in both Lucas and select TORC series races, and joins Lucas Oil Off Road Racing champion Carl Renezeder, along with Carey Hart and Robby Woods, to provide short course fans with some heart-stopping racing excitement and certain podium finishes for the 2010 season. (more…)